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This position is located at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix, AZ.
09/05/2023 to 09/25/2023
$31.76 - $37.05 per hour
WL 8
1 vacancy in the following location:
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No
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
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Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
None
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RP-23-PS-12116058-914-BU
747240000
Current federal employees of the hiring agency that posted the job announcement.
Federal employees whose job, agency or department was eliminated and are eligible for priority over other applicants.
Open to current permanent employees of the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona.
This is a bargaining unit position. This position is represented by AFGE. Please note that as provided for in the AFGE/VA Master Agreement the FIRST area of consideration for this position will be permanent employees of the local facility in which this position is being filled, the SECOND area of consideration will be all other eligibles.
Coordinates, leads and trains a team of at least (2) WG 8 Equipment Engineering Operator, (6) WG 5/6 Cemetery Caretaker, and (2) WG 4 Cemetery Caretaker in the performance of interment operations to include processing casket burials, cremains placement in-ground, and cremains placement in columbaria and all headstone, marker and niche cover installation. The workforce may swell at times based on, seasonal, temporary, community service, and volunteer workers. The incumbent is responsible for setting the pace, motivating, and balancing work load between members of the team, checking compliance to schedules and reporting work status to the Foreman. The incumbent also provides training to new employees and refresher
training to existing team members. Receives assignments from Foreman and works independently with assigned personnel to complete work. Distributes the balance of workload among team members in accordance with established work flow or job specialization and assures timely accomplishment of the assigned workload. Provides oral and written progress reports on work assignments to the supervisor.
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator.
The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more) for this vacancy. Information about CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
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.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
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For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.
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You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
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All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/25/2023 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12116058.
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