Clarification from the agency

Area of Consideration (AOC): 1st AOC - Current permanent employees of the Miami VA Health Care System (Station 546) including its satellite locations and CTAP eligible. 2nd AOC - Current employees of the Department of Veteran Affairs. 3rd AOC - Current Status Eligible (e.g. Transfers, Reinstatements, VEOA, Cert. Military Spouses, etc.) Non Competitive - 30% Disabled Vets, VRA, Individuals with Disabilities (Sch A).

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Duties include but not limited to:

• Conducts Environment of Care (EOC) quality control site visits to document, track, and report deficiencies and corrections.
• Assigns deficiencies for correction to responsible parties and analyzes trends for performance improvement and quality assurance.
• Ensures maintenance of environmental sanitation are within acceptable bacteriological levels.
• Plans, coordinates, and supervises EMS functions such as environmental sanitation, linen distribution, waste management and bed management system (health aids).
• Determines the need for and allocation of resources for EMS functions.
• Provides input on Sanitation operations by reviewing supply usage, analyzing current workload, conducting time management studies and considering possible changes.
• Recommends equipment needs by analyzing function to determine the type and amount of equipment needed to efficiently and effectively complete each assigned task.
• Evaluates supplies to identify products that best perform and meet all Environmental Protection Agency and Veteran Health Administration requirements.
• Prepares equipment and supply requests.
• Identifies and implements security measures designed to safeguard supplies and equipment.
• Documents all EMS deficiencies/corrections into the Performance Logic System.
• Performs time and motion studies on all EMS processes. Clocks, documents and evaluates step processes to improve effectiveness and expedience.
• Coordinates program efforts with other internal/external activities and program management officials.
• Supervises 19 Housekeeping Aid Supervisors, with indirect oversight of 331 federal wage employees.
• Performs administrative and personnel management functions relative to staff supervised.
• Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff, clearly communicated through a formal Employee Performance Management System.
• Observes workers' performance, demonstrates, and conducts work performance critiques.
• Resolves informal complaints and grievances, develops work improvement plans and recommends personnel actions as necessary.
• Assigns work based on priorities, selective consideration of difficulty and requirements of assignments and capabilities of employees.
• Conducts minor disciplinary measures, such as warnings and admonishments, recommends other actions in more serious cases.
• Serves as Contracting Officer Representative for EMS contracts, developing contract specifications and evaluating technical proposals for solicitations; oversees services provided through contractors.

Work Schedule: Full-Time; Monday-Friday, 7:00am-3:30 pm
Compressed/Flexible: May be available, at Supervisor discretion.
Telework: This is not a Telework position.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Environmental Care Specialist/PD076740
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/01/2026.

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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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 and/or education as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:
• • Engages in activities related to the management and administration services provided by an Environmental Management Service (EMS).
  • Coordinates and manages an Environmental Management Program.
  • Provides advice and counseling to workers regarding housekeeping work and administrative matters, duties and quality control.
  • Assures employees are trained and fully comply with provisions of safety regulations.
  • Identifies developmental and training needs of employees and arranging for needed development and training.
  • Establishes criteria; formulates projects; assesses program effectiveness; and investigates or analyzes a variety of unusual conditions.
  • Exercises knowledge of local, state and federal regulations concerning biohazard and solid waste disposal, OSHA safety regulations and Joint Commission standards related to Environmental Management.
• OR,
• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a master's or equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.B. or J.D., if related. Transcript required (unofficial or official) with application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation. OR,
• Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and graduate-level education beyond the first year. Transcript required (unofficial or official) with application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Developing Others
Environmental Engineering
Internal Controls
Organizational Awareness
Planning and Evaluating
Problem Solving
Quality Management

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.

Work Environment: Work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, larges rooms, corridors and others. The work also involves spending time in storage areas, patient care areas and waste storage and handling areas. Follows and promotes safe work practices and procedures, including the use of required personal protective equipment (PPE).

Physical Requirements: Work can be physical at times, requiring the incumbent to make daily rounds evaluating daily operations to ensure program objectives are being met. Walking, standing, climbing and lifting items up to 75Ibs. such as equipment, cleaning supplies, trash, linens and furniture.
Position also requires driving or traveling by motor vehicles.

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/.

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.

Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.

Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.