Business Manager

The Assistant Chief, Business Office assists the Chief with the overall leadership and managerial functions of planning, organizing, staffing, operating and budgeting for the Business Office. The incumbent develops and communicates the vision for the Business Office, expresses the values that hold the service together and guides it through significant and continual change to ensure that benefits are administered in an effective, patient focused manner.

**Qualifications:**
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement, 04/21/2026. 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 within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Makes critical decisions, ensures required personnel, budget, space and equipment are provided, and guides, coaches and influences required change; Skilled in extensive preparation of briefing materials, preparation of information to base negotiations on and up-to-date familiarity with complex subject matter; Maintains close liaison between clinical and administrative services, monitors programs, and reports service opportunities and resource requirements; Clearly explains management practices and goals to gain the support of employees and fosters a working environment that ensures a free flow of communication between supervisors and subordinates; Utilizes all available tools to maximize reimbursement to the facility, provides data and improvement solutions to administrative and clinical services. NOTE: 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 their resume. Experience 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. 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/.