• Develop and implement facility policies and procedures in accordance with VA and VBA policy, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and other applicable Federal laws and regulations.
• Coordinate records management functions with Records Management Technicians, business lines, and management.
• Conduct focused monitoring and auditing of records created and maintained by business lines.
• Facilitate regular interdisciplinary records management committee meetings and participate in other facility committees pertaining to the information life cycle.
• Identify and report for corrective action problems or deficiencies in the Records and Information Management Program.
• Utilize project management knowledge and skills to assist business lines in completion of records retirement and records retrieval projects.
• Serve as the facility point of contact and advisor for maintenance and disposition of records, to include shredding of documents, when the record is not required to be retained or if the designated life cycle of the document has expired.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job.
• Selectees are subject to a background/suitability investigation.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• A probationary period may be required.
• These vacancies will be filled on a TERM basis, not-to-exceed (13) months, and may be extended to the maximum period allowed by law without further competition.
• These are not permanent positions. Please note the following summary pertaining to the conditions of TERM employment.
• A term appointment is a non-status appointment in the Competitive Civil Service for a specified period exceeding 1 year and lasting not more than 4 years.
• A term appointment does not confer competitive status and you are not eligible for transfer to other agencies or for reinstatement.
• A term employee may be promoted, demoted, detailed, or reassigned within the time limit of his or her appointment to other positions which the agency determines are appropriate for filling by term appointment.
• A term employee is eligible for pay increases called within grade increases upon satisfying the required waiting period and performance requirements.
• A term employee can work a full or part-time work schedule.
• A term employee is eligible for coverage under the Federal Employees Retirement System, Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program.
• A term employee can earn both annual and sick leave.
• A term employee must serve a 1-year trial period following appointment.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. 11/13/2020

These vacancies are being filled on a TERM basis, not-to-exceed three (3) years. However, the Term Appointment can be extended up to 4 years per OPM guidance. Please see provisions outlined in this announcement pertaining to the conditions of TERM employment. Please also see the following for more information: here


To qualify, applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level of (GS-07) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Specialized experience is defined as work that involves:
(1) Demonstrated experience regarding record management laws, regulations, rules, policies and procedures across an agencies organization's business lines;
(2) Demonstrated experience applying the principles and concepts of information governance of various phases of records and information management across an organization's business lines; and
(3) Experience that demonstrates an understanding of the complete records process and content management framework that supports the entire life cycle of an organization's records.

Examples of positions in which this experience would likely have been gained would include Records Management Officer (RMO), Data Resources Management Officer (DRMO), or perhaps an Administrative Officer with records management oversight.

OR

Education:
Applicants may substitute education for the experience required at the grade level GS-9. A Master's or equivalent degree or
two (2) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D. at an accredited college or university in a field directly related to the position. Such education must have provided you with the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of this position.


OR


Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at the GS-09 grade level: I possess a combination of specialized experience and graduate-level education as described above, such that my percentage of the required education plus my percentage of the required experience equate to 100 percent to qualify for the GS-9 level. Note: You can meet total qualifications for this job by combining specialized experience and appropriate education according to the following formula: (a) your total months of full time specialized experience as a percentage of a 12 month total; PLUS (b) graduate education in excess of 1 year (first 18 semester hours) may be combined with experience in order to meet total qualifications for grade GS-9. The total of the two percentages combined must equal at least 100 percent.


Note: 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 you document, to include 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 per week spent in such employment.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Applicants who do not fully address in their resumes the specialized experience needed for the position (as described in the job announcement), or who do not possess the education to substitute for it, will not be referred for further consideration.

If you are referred for consideration you will be rated on the following competencies based on your application for this position:

Competency 1 - Technical Competency - Knowledge of the laws. regulations, policies and procedures governing Federal, State and Local records management, record keeping requirements, and methods of destruction, and the ability to interpret, Implement and monitor them.

Competency 2 - Communication - Effective oral and written communication skills.

Competency 3 - Interpersonal skills - Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships.

Competency 4 - Information Assurance - Ability to develop a system of internal monitoring that identifies organizational risk through trending and severity.

You may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities identified in the announcement; and/or completion of a work sample; and/or an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or your further consideration for employment.

After we receive application packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we review applications to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. During our review, if your résumé and application package does not support your questionnaire answers, we will adjust your rating accordingly.

Your application will be evaluated using the category rating method based on your responses to the assessment questions and the documents you submit. If you meet the basic requirements for the position, your application will be evaluated and placed into one of three categories:

1. Best Qualified Category - Candidates who meet the minimum qualification requirements and demonstrate a high level of the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position.
2. Well Qualified Category - Candidates who meet the minimum qualification requirements and demonstrate a satisfactory level of the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position.
3. Qualified Category - Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications requirements.