Job Summary

This position serves as the principal clerical/administrative assistant to the Chief of Surgical Care Services and Administrative Officer, supporting twenty-two specialty services at the Miami VA Healthcare System. As such secretarial support and is the primary resource for administrative functions within the entire Surgical Service. Coordinates all the clerical and day-to-day administrative support activities.

Job Description

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/11/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Typing Proficiency: This position requires the skills of a qualified typist. In addition to meeting the experience and/or education requirements, you must be able to type at least 40 words per minute. -AND- Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Receiving phone calls and determining the nature of the call; maintaining a calendar of events; making appointments; making travel arrangements; preparing meeting agendas; timekeeping; notetaking during meetings and recording minutes. Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. There may be occasional carrying of light objects, such as files, papers, and books. No special physical qualifications are required except ability to reach or stoop to lift or obtain files and to be able to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people. There may be need for extended hours on occasion due to emergency situations or emergency operations. The work is performed in an office setting; however, angry/upset patients and their family members may present a confrontational situation on occasion. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.