Transportation Assistant

** Transportation Assistant****Department of Veterans Affairs****Location**1 vacancy in the following location:** Relocation expenses reimbursed**No** Telework eligible**No**Duties**** Summary**This position is located at the Northern Arizona VA Health Care System (NAVAHCS), Prescott. Arizona, in the Grounds and Transportation Section of the Facilities Management Service Line and is under the general supervision of the Section Supervisor. The incumbent provides fleet management support for the NAVAHCS and its assigned Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs), DAV Chapters and Vet Centers.**Responsibilities**Duties Included but not limited to:+ Responsible for all fleet management functions relating to VA-owned, GSAleased and short-term rental vehicles.+ Responsible for planning, coordinating, budgeting, and maintaining consistency in fleet services.+ Provides program oversight, ensures that all vehicle use is in compliance with specifications and that proper procedures, safety rules, medical center policies, and all government (federal and state) regulations are being followed.+ Determines procedures to be implemented or changed within the Medical Center's purview in order to meet the new requirements.+ Manages the fleet credit card accounts.+ Reports all GSA mileages monthly and revieNS monthly GSA bills for accuracy. GSA monthly bills are separated into various vehicle categories and users prior to processing.+ Responsible for coordination of all routine vehicles services based on GSA preventive maintenance schedules.+ Support emergency relief operations by assigning appropriate vehicles for use as needed per the local emergency management plan. **Work Schedule:** Monday-Friday 8:00A-4:30P**Telework:** Not Available**Virtual:** This is not a virtual position.**Position Description/PD#: Transportation Assistant/**PD401280**Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized****Financial Disclosure Report:** Not required **Travel Required**Not required** Supervisory status**No** Promotion Potential**None**Requirements**** Conditions of Employment**+ You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job+ Designated and/or random drug testing may be required+ Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959+ You may be required to serve a probationary period+ Subject to background/security investigation+ Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process ** Qualifications**To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/18/2021.**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-06** position you must have served 52 weeks at the **GS-05**. 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 Specialized Experience as described below:+ **Specialized Experience:****If you answer yes to this question, your experience must be documented in your resume.)** You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:+ Budget Administration+ Communications+ Customer Service+ Manages and Organizes Information+ Problem Solving+ Project ManagementExperience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.**Note**: *A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.***Physical Requirements:** Work is primarily sedentary in nature with occasional walking, climbing, stooping, bending, lifting, and reaching required. During visits to work site, the incumbent is exposed to working conditions similar to those of a journeyman level mechanic. Work areas may be hot, cold, duty, or dirty. Incumbent may be required to bend, stoop, or climb ladders to perform inspections of vehicles.For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at . **Education****There is no educational substitution at this grade level.****Note:** Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: . If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: .**Additional information**VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.**Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave**: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.**Special Employment Consideration:** VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator.The **Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan** (ICTAP) and **Career Transition Assistance Plan** (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be *we