Secretary (OA)

This position is located within the Fayetteville VA Medical Center, at the Fayetteville VA Health Care Center (HCC). The position reports directly to the HCC Health System Administrator and performs a variety of technical and program support duties in an extremely complex VA Health Care System, which is constantly evolving within a highly complex and growing service area. Incumbent is assigned as the primary administrative support person to the HCC Administrator and Associate Administrator.

**Qualifications:**
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/27/2026. 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-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-6. 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 as described below: GS -7 Grade Requirements: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-6 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: prepare memoranda; maintain calendars; maintain suspense files; prepare agendas for meetings; take minutes; make travel arrangements; and timekeeping. Skill in interpersonal communication to inform customers/stakeholders and present recommendations; Working knowledge of electronic office applications (e.g. Windows Office) and equipment, and emerging electronic technologies for automating office functions; Understanding of grammar, spelling, punctuation, VA correspondence format and skill in proofreading; Skill in adapting policies and procedures to emergency situations. Preferred Experience: Organizational and time management skills; strong customer service experience; proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; experience with records management and timekeeping systems. Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there will be walking, standing, bending and carrying (delivery/pickup) of light items like papers or books. No special physical demands are required to perform the work. 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/.