Supervisory Health System Specialist

Office Medical Center Director

This position is located in the Office Medical Center Director at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas, with primary responsibility to provide support to senior management, reporting to the office of the Associate Medical Center Director, a member of the senior management team.

Major Duties :

• Supervises the GS-12 Supervisory Program Specialist.
• Performs the administrative and personnel management functions relative to the staff supervised.
• Plans and directs the administrative and technical aspects of personnel management, coordinating such functions through subordinate managers.
• Interviews and selects employees for assignments and makes recommendations for promotion of employees.
• Responsible for personnel actions involving key subordinates and for effective labor / staff relations through coordination with Human Resources.
• Executes responsibilities through analyses, coordination, planning, administration, development, interpretation, delegation, training, and good judgment.
• Formulates and implements plans in collaboration with the Associate Medical Center Director and senior management to ensure the various program needs.
• Conducts special information surveys at the Medical Center to anticipate specific needs that may arise or to meet needs which already exist at the Medical Center.
• Develops training materials and other tools to assist managers in utilizing data reports that are produced.
• Reviews proposed organizational changes requiring establishment, consolidation, transfer or regrouping of functions for one or more services or sub-organizational units.

Work Schedule : Monday-Friday, 7 : 30am-4 : 00pm; subject to change based on the needs of the facility.

Telework : This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.

Position Description / PD# : Supervisory Health System Specialist / PD04153-0

Relocation / Recruitment Incentives : Not Authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI) : Not Approved

Permanent Change of Station (PCS) : Not Authorized

Requirements Conditions of Employment :

Qualifications :

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10 / 10 / 2025.

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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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.

Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) :

In addition to meeting the IOR, you must also meet the following :

Note : This experience must experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, beginning and ending date (month and year) of employment and hours worked per week.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position :

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.

Physical Requirements : The work is primarily sedentary but may include periods of prolonged walking. The work places no special physical demands on the employee. The work includes some walking, standing, bending, and carrying of light items such as paper and books.

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 / .

Education : 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 / .

Additional Information :

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer.