Military Services Coordinator - Travis Afb, CA - Overview Summary This position serves as a member of the Military Transition & Outreach Team with the Veterans Service Center. Military Service Coordinators (MSC's) operate out of designated out-based locations and the Regional Office. The mission of Military Transition & Outreach is to provide benefits dissemination briefings and claims intake to transitioning active duty, reservists and guard members as well as to Veterans throughout the community during Outreach programs and events. MSCs are involved in multiple pre-discharge benefit programs such as VOW TAP-GPS, Benefits Delivery at Discharge (BOD), Quickstart (QS), and Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) Work schedule: Monday through Friday (actual times to be determined) Position Description Title/PD#: / Military Services Coordinator/03295A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Duties None - $61,084 $96,080 Job Details Application Open Date 3/28/2018 Application Close Date 4/16/2018 Organization Veterans Benefits Administration Who May Apply None Status None - The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more before any Veterans preference points) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on - Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment. Applicants will receive equal consideration for selection without regard to political, religious, labor organization affiliation or non-affiliation, marital status, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, non-disqualifying disabling condition, or age. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This is a bargaining unit position. If you are unable to apply online view the following link for information regarding an - Qualifications - To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement: .04/16/2018 TIME-IN-GRADE: 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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09 . 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. 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. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must meet the following requirements for each grade level at which they are applying. GS-09: Specialized Experience Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-07). Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped the applicant with the knowledge of a complex field of laws, regulations and Federal legislation pertaining to the full range of Veterans benefits and a comprehensive and thorough knowledge of state, federal and local benefit programs in order to be able to explain them, both orally and in writing, to individuals of all educational backgrounds. Specialized experience includes knowledge of anatomy and physiology, diseases and disabilities to assess sources of evidence and information to arrive at claims related decisions; this includes the ability to read, understand, and interpret medical and legal terminology. OR Education substitution of a master's or equivalent graduate degree; or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in Business, Management, Economics, Finance, or another degree with coursework that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do this work of this position; or LL.B or J.D., if related. GS-11: Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-09). Specialized Experience is defined as experience that has equipped the applicant with the knowledge of a complex field of laws, regulations and Federal legislation pertaining to the full range of Veterans benefits and a comprehensive and thorough knowledge of state, federal and local benefit programs in order to be able to explain them, both orally and in writing, to individuals of all educational backgrounds. Specialized experience includes knowledge of anatomy and physiology, diseases and disabilities to assess sources of evidence and information to arrive at claims related decisions; this includes the ability to read, understand, and interpret medical and legal terminology. OR, Education: Education substitution of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in Business, Management, Economics, Finance, or another degree with coursework that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do this work of this position; or an LL.M., if related.. OR, Combination: Equivalent combinations of Specialized Experience and Graduate level education. (To compute, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond two years by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 to qualify) A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service that documents knowledge of anatomy and physiology, diseases and disabilities to assess sources of evidence and information to arrive at rating decisions. This includes the ability to read, understand and interpret medical and legal terminology. The applicant must document the ability to communicate in writing of wide range of veterans benefits laws and regulations that pertain to the entitlement for and award process of each VA benefit program. This is in addition to the experience required at the lower grade level(s). - Benefits - How To Apply - 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 04/16/2018 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire clickhttps://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/10172710. - To begin, click Apply Online to create a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. - Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. To verify your application is complete, log into your USA JOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the more information link for this position. The Application page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete application, log into your USA JOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USA JOBS account or your application will be incomplete. - Additional Details - Series: 0301-Miscellaneous Administration And Program Job Pay Type: Per Year Job Openings: 1 Job Position: 343-18-20-10172710-BU None