Supv Legal Administrative Spec

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:11/09/2026. 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. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09 level. 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. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: GS-11 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: experience counseling Veterans, their dependents, and their representatives, both orally and in writing, regarding the full array of benefits available through the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as state, federal and local benefit programs concerned with veterans OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have earned a Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree (including LL.M.) or I have completed three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree and which demonstrates the competencies necessary to do the work. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree (including LL.M.). Combining Education & Experience: If you do not fully meet the length of experience and education described for a specific grade level (e.g. have six months of experience and some coursework but not a degree), the two can be combined to total 100% of the requirement. Click here for more information. Volunteer Experience: 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. Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week. Physical Requirements: Work is mostly Sedentary. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. The Assistant Coach is responsible for planning, programming, coordinating, supervising, managing, directing and/or reviewing all activities for their assigned area of responsibility. Responsible for advising the Coach on the daily operation of the Section to include reporting daily operational problems and needs to achieve goals and objectives of the Veterans Contact Center (VCC) VBA benefits programs as they relate to the VCC.

• Specific duties include: Performs the administrative and personnel management functions relative to staff supervised. Observes workers' performance; demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques. Develops work improvement plans for the team, recommends personnel actions as necessary. Provides advice and counsel to employees related to work and administrative matters. Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests to maintain appropriate staffing levels for the division. The incumbent ensures performance plans for employees are properly created and utilized. Utilizes the division's employee recognition and award program. Mentors team employees, addresses individual learning needs and effectively offers feedback to identify and correct deficient areas. Provides or arranges technical training necessary for the accomplishment of individual and team tasks. Resolves personnel complaints or disciplinary problems with assistance from the coach and/or call center manager. Responds to calls transferred to the supervisory escalation queue or when the Legal Administrative Specialist (Contact Representative) needs assistance in providing a response. Resolves calls received at this level by either answering the call immediately or by taking responsibility for "call back" and referring calls of greater difficulty/not easily resolved to the coach. Inspires, motivates, and guides others toward goal accomplishment, coaches, mentors, and challenges subordinates. Promotion Potential: None Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday through Friday Telework: Not Available/This is a remote position. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist (Assistant Coach)/40097A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Bargaining Unit: Not Available Financial Disclosure Report: Not required