Description:
This position is in the Executive Office, Veterans Administration Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS). This position reports directly to the Executive Assistant to the Director and provides daily administrative support to the Deputy Director, Patient Care Services (DDPCS)/Chief Nurse Executive and Deputy Chief Nurse Executive. This position supports the Strategic Business Unit (SBU) Patient Care Services (PCS) which has 8 Divisions that report to the Chief Nurse Executive.Requirements:
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet time-in-grade, proficiency requirements, and specialized experience within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement, 02/17/2026.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 within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.
For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06.
For a GS-08 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.
Proficiency Requirements: Applicants must be able to type 40 words per minute. Applicants may meet this requirement by passing the appropriate performance test, presenting a certificate or proficiency from a school or other organization, or by self-certifying their proficiency.
You may qualify based on your experience as described below:
GS-7:
- Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-6 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Processes incoming and outgoing materials such as correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other forms of written communication; Uses programs such as data management software, SharePoint, MS Teams, excel, Webex; Schedules appointments, coordinates meetings, and/or schedules conferences for Executives and other members of the executive team; Acts as a liaison and maintains communications with persons and/or groups within and outside of the Executive Office, speaking for the Executive on administrative issues. Note: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, GS level (if a federal position), duties, month & year starting and ending dates AND hours worked per week.
- Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-7 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Processes incoming and outgoing materials such as correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other forms of written communication; Uses programs such as data management software, SharePoint, MS Teams, excel, Webex; Schedules appointments, coordinates meetings, and/or schedules conferences for Executives and other members of the executive team; Acts as a liaison and maintains communications with persons and/or groups within and outside of the Executive Office, speaking for the Executive on administrative issues; Develops background information and prepares outlines for the Executive's public speaking engagements, papers, and correspondence/reports; Ensuring reports, correspondence and other matters requiring action or response have systems in place to meet deadlines and have quality results along with the preparing of presentations and other documents as requested. Note: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, GS level (if a federal position), duties, month & year starting and ending dates AND hours worked per week.
Feb 5, 2026;
from:
usajobs.gov