Teller

Description:

This position is an integral part of the Fiscal Service at the Lebanon VA Medical Center and reports to the Chief Fiscal Officer. In the performance of disbursing functions, the employee acts as an Agent Cashier of the United States Treasury Department and is directly accountable to that Department.

Requirements:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/27/2026.

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-6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. 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 as described below.

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: knowledge of accounting procedures, methods, and techniques used in maintaining balancing, and analyzing all accounts in a diversified accounting system with extensive subdivision of accounts to determine the need for and type of adjustments necessary to reconcile and balance accounts; must be tactful, cordial, informative and courteous behavior to all customers; properly deposit any funds received and identify all disbursements to ensure the accuracy of processing of all transactions; Must be able to distinguish between appropriation fund allotment, Patient Funds, General Post Funds, MCCR and Treasury general funds; Establishes and controls manual and electronic records needed to balance accounts and to prepare reports accurately; Must have a working knowledge of all banking, Treasury, and accounting procedures and policies; Detailed knowledge of cash management fiscal principles, pertinent manual instructions, policy processes, procedures and regulations are required to perform all financial aspects of the 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.

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

• Accounting Operations
• Clerical
• Compliance
• Problem Solving

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 physical requirements are of a normal business office environment. The work requires standing and walking to other offices daily. Work is performed in an office setting and you will be responsible to contribute to a safe and pleasant work atmosphere.

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/ .