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The Legal Administrative Specialists will be alligned under VHA, Health Eligibility Center, Enrollment Eligibility Division and support the delivery of VA health care benefits and is responsible for ensuring the integrity of VA's enrollment system. The Enrollment Eligibility Division (EED) has primary responsibility for implementing and operating national programs relating to VA enrollment program, eligibility verification, benefits determinations, and enrollment processing functions.
05/09/2025 to 05/19/2025
$49,960 - $68,686 per year
GS 7
4 vacancies in the following locations:
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Not required
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Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
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CBZY-12734728-25-MC
836732200
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.
Who May Apply: CTAP Eligibles, VA Station 702 Member Services Employees, VA Wide Employees. Consideration will be given to the first 100 applicants. Any applicants received after the initial cut-off may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management.
Major Duties include (but are not limited to): Applies analytical and evaluative techniques to the identification, consideration, and resolution of issues or problems of a procedural or factual nature; Tracks data trends, questions, and/or concerns and shares the information with supervisors, managers, and trainers; Prepares written responses on a broad spectrum of inquiries from customers by recognizing issues, topics, or problems; Prepares, composes, and reviews correspondence developed for obtaining or supplying information; Provides data and suggestions to training staff and assists them with developing training; Provides testing feedback on new systems, patches, and/or upgrades to identify problems and make recommendations for fixes or solutions; Performs second level quality reviews and researches regulations that could substantiate, enhance, or restore benefits; Ensures timely and appropriate measures are taken throughout data collection, data entry, validation, and the verification process; Performs second level quality reviews and researches regulations that could substantiate, enhance, or restore benefits; and Resolves missing, conflicting, or inconsistent information by dealing with various VA offices, medical facilities, and numerous databases.
Promotion Potential (GS-9): The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level (GS-9) without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8 hour shift between 6:45AM-7:15PM (TBD by Supervisor)
Position Locations: The 4 positions are physically located onsite in Atlanta, Georgia and Hot Springs, South Dakota
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: These positions are not virtual.
Remote: These positions are not remote.
Position Description/PD#: Legal Administrative Specialist/PD07539A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI):Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6, or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
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 05/19/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12734728.
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