Administrative Support Assistant

About this role

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/04/2026. 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-6 level. 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: 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: knowledge of pathology and laboratory services is required, knowledge of personal computer and Vista application software support which supports Pathology and Laboratory and interfaces with other clinical and administrative functions of the medical center, knowledge of VA File-manager, and computer hardware for comprehensive support of existing applications and interface software, knowledge of the Health Care System's mission and operating procedures including information flow and knowledge of interactions which characterize communications within and outside the service in order to integrate new/modified modules into the existing system, knowledge of laboratory procedures and prevailing practices to advise on alternative approaches in problem solving, knowledge with oral and written communication skills in order to train personnel, identify/resolve problems, and prepare reports and instructional materials.