Total 10 Administrative / Clerical job vacancies in Chinle, Arizona

As a Program Manager, you will:

• Ensure that subordinates are developing and adhering to schedule for program planning, development and execution.
• Ensure that assigned communities receive essential CPD Field Office services and that communities and public agencies engaged in CPD Programs carry out programs and contractual requirements in a timely and efficient manner.
• Serve as a major point of contact with representatives of major cities and metropolitan areas, including elected and appointed officials of Federal, State, and local governments, the private sector and public, educational and financial institutions, members of the banking and mortgage communities, developers of industrial and commercial properties; and housing developers on all CPD program areas.
• Provide leadership, support and assistance to personnel assigned to the team as well as program grantees of major cities and metropolitan areas and potential grantees.

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Receive and/or screen telephone calls and visitors for nature of the call or the purpose of the visit and determine the appropriate action as needed.
• Transcribe minutes for meetings and distribute copies of minutes to all appropriate personnel.
• Receive all incoming correspondence to determine which items should be brought to the supervisor's attention or forwarded to other staff for action.
• Utilize a computer to prepare forms, reports, narrative documents that include complex technical terminology.
• Prepare/edit reports, verify accuracy of statements, figures, tables and charts in accordance with facility guidelines.
• Maintain activity calendar (i.e. schedules appointments, conferences, and meetings on own initiative based upon current issues of importance).
• Post and submit for approval, all time and attendance cards.
• Maintain files, including staff competency records, service policies, VA manuals, bulletins, employee actions, equipment requests and general correspondence so that items can readily be located on request.
• Track performance appraisals for all members of Psychology Service, including preparing the annual performance plans.
• Update the Emergency Cascade quarterly or with new staff additions, for Psychology Service.
• Receive, assign, and distribute Consultation requests from other services.
• Assist the Psychology Internship and Post-Doctoral Fellowship Training Directors with the completion of onboarding documents.

Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Error or omissions may impact your rating or result in your losing consideration for the job. The incumbent:

• Receives, assesses, routes, handles incoming and outgoing materials such as routine correspondence, reports, memoranda and other forms of written communication.
• Performs office automation duties such as reports, forms, presentation materials which may include complex graphs, charts, and tabular materials.
• Compiles, organizes, and tracks program data which may include statistical information in support of the organization's program operations.
• Manages the appointment and meeting schedule for the Director of the organizational unit served.
• Receives, refers, and interacts with persons within and outside the immediate organizational unit.
• Performs a wide variety of administrative tasks such as purchasing supplies, equipment and other materials utilizing prescribed purchasing guidelines and procedures.
• Follows-up on and tracks expenditures and ensures prompt payment.

DutiesResponsibilities:
This position is in the Administration Division of Flagstaff Area National Monuments, National Park Service (NPS), and supervised by the park's Administrative Officer. The primary purpose of the position is to support managers and employees with several tasks utilizing departmental, agency, regional, and park guidelines and software programs.

Major Duties, GS-0303-06/07 (FPL 07):- Greet visitors (both external & internal) and provide accurate and reliable information.- Work closely with the Time & Attendance Coordinator to review employee timecard submissions for accuracy.- Apply appropriate standards and procedures in the areas of property management, acquisition, human resources, fleet management, travel requests and vouchers, and internal controls.- Purchase supplies and equipment for the park utilizing a charge card and managing reconciliation of all expenditures.- Serve as a support assistant for fleet management, energy reporting, and facility asset management.- Uses computers and appropriate software for data collection, analysis and collating.
Major duties, GS-0303-07:- Receive housing requests, prepare rental agreements in automated system (iQMIS); assist with tenant check in/out of units.- Receive and process request for a variety of personnel actions and complete required tasks associated with processing personnel actions. Ensures accuracy and appropriateness of coding associated documents. Initiates personnel actions in the automated personnel processing system (FPPS) as required.
- Prepare property reports, maintain the personal property of records for the park.
- Utilize automated business management system to input data for fleet utilization and work orders, and energy cost and consumption.
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships with staff at all levels, including peers, supervisors, management, and regional staff to establish connections that allow for open communication.
- Use financial software systems such as Financial Business Management System (FBMS), Administrative Financial System (AFS), Project Management Information System (PMIS) and Concur Travel Management System.

Career-Seasonal position and subject to release and recall procedures. A permanent career-seasonal position includes all the benefits of permanent employment, but does not provide employment on a full year-round basis. As such, selectee will be in a non-pay/non-duty status for at least 2 weeks to 6 months per year based on project requirements or weather conditions. Selectee are guaranteed to work at least 6 months per year but not more than 50 weeks per year, with the work schedule to be determined upon appointment. The typical season can vary, but assignments can be variable during during certain months due to project requirements or weather conditions.

Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and indude the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not
provide work on a year-round basis. You willl work from approximatelly January to mid-December, and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year. The typical season can vary due to staffing needs and/or weather conditions.

The position performs duties to assist one individual, and in some cases the subordinate staff of that individual, by performing general office work auxiliary to the work of the organization. The position is the principal clerical or administrative support position in the office, operating independently of any other such position in the office. Major duties include, but are no limited to:

• Receives and screens visitors and telephone calls, i.e. identity, purpose of call and relative importance in relation to availability of staff members.
• Escorts/refers callers to proper personnel.
• Where personnel are unavailable takes messages and/or provides information as to availability of the supervisor.
• Provides information within standard office procedure, generally pertaining to any of the duty areas herein described, and within caller's "need to know".
• Receives and reviews incoming correspondence; screens for general information and determines priority or deadline dates.
• Determines what correspondence can be personally answered.
• Incumbent personally responds to routine and nontechnical requests for information such as status of reports, suspense dates for matters requiring compliance, and similar information readily available from the files.
• Forwards remaining requests to supervisor with back-up information, if necessary.
• Reviews documents prepared for signature of or requiring coordination by management for appropriate tone; conformance with regulations, grammar, format, and special policies of the activity; and completeness of information.
• Returns inadequate communications to originator for correction when not in conformance with known policies, or when correspondence regulations have not been followed.
• Uses various functions of several types of office automation systems such as word processing, databases, and graphic software.
• Uses electronic mail to transmit and receive messages. Responsible for proper spelling, grammar, format, and arrangement of materials.
• Reviews and prepares all congressional correspondence received by the organization for necessary action.
• Reads and processes incoming correspondence and material.
• Thoroughly screens material prior to distribution for suspense dates, establishes controls, and follows up on responses which are due.
• Ensures that correspondence is properly routed in a timely manner.
• Compiles information for and prepares a variety of recurring and one-of-a-kind detailed reports and documents using a variety of computer software.
• Ensures that reports are prepared and forwarded within established time-frames.
• Assists supervisor and subordinates in the procedural aspects of expediting the work of the office by explaining reporting requirements, arranging for submission of data to be assembled by incumbent in general reports.
• Guides and assists personnel concerning procedures of preparation of correspondence.
• Reviews outgoing correspondence to insure uniformity and proper format, grammatical correctness, neatness and completeness of content.
• Responsible for proper spelling, grammar, format and arrangement of material.
• Utilizes office automation equipment to prepare correspondence, documents and reports.
• Utilizes computer systems equipped with file management programs, electronic mail, calendar, graphics, spreadsheets, word processing programs and data base management systems.
• Selects appropriate software type to accomplish task and transfers files and data between and among more than one system.
• Prepares standard forms using available software.
• Uses data base programs to input data and perform computations for administrative reports.
• Determines data required and displays desired and inputs appropriate commands to achieve special reports.
• Sends and receives messages via electronic mail.
• Work performed requires the services of a qualified typist.
• Incumbent is an authorized user of the Government Purchase Card. As an authorized user of this card the incumbent is responsible for meeting the standards for documentation and reconciliation of the purchase cards as set forth by VA Handbook 1730.1, Use and Management of Government Purchase Card, dated August 27, 2008.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The position is in support of the Sanitation Facilities Construction (SFC) under the Office of Environmental Health & Engineering (OEHE) and located in one of the District, Service Unit or Field offices.

The incumbent provides administrative services and support to SFC engineers, technicians and other support staff involved in planning, designing, and constructing individual and community water, sewer and solid waste projects serving American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) homes and communities by:

• Providing telephone and receptionist services; sorts and distributes incoming and outgoing mail correspondence; and reviews outgoing correspondence, reports, etc. for format, grammar, and punctuations.
• Establishing and maintaining administrative files, records, manuals, handbooks and other related materials including confidential files.
• Preparing, reviewing and coordinating of all requests for travel arrangements.

• You will maintain a supervisor's calendar using office automation software (e.g., Microsoft Outlook) to schedule meetings or conferences.
• You will compose documents (e.g., reports, memorandums) to provide written responses to requests or to provide scheduled (e.g., weekly, monthly) reports.
• You will plan executive administrative functions in compliance with command protocol.
• You will coordinate meetings by notifying all participants and making logistical arrangements.
• You will use personal computers, terminals, or office software programs to enter data or correct errors or omissions in documents, files, or records.

Please note: The selectee will continue to sit in their current office location.

Incumbent serves as a Senior Attorney Advisor in the Appeals Policy and Operations Division (APOD) performing the following duties:

• Provides expert technical legal advice, research, and guidance in the formulation, development, and implementation of OMHA policies related to appeal processing, agency guidance, and certain operational procedures.
• Handles novel issues in application and interpretation of laws and regulations governing Medicare coverage and payment claims under Part A, B, C, and D, as well as IRMAA and entitlement claims and disputes of Part B and D premium surcharges.
• Works on highly complex problems, proposed legislation, or proposed changes in Medicare policies or regulations that may affect OMHA appeals processing, operations, and/or the adjudication process OMHA administers.
• Researches statutes, legislative history, public policy implications, precedent cases, applicable regulations, and procedures; and demonstrates the ability to convey clear legal analysis.
• Reviews and comments on proposals for changes to new or existing adjudication policies and procedures affecting OMHA appeal processing.
• Contributes to developing, reviewing, and delivering agency-wide presentations.
• Coordinates on data analytics impacting OMHA adjudicative policies, agency goals, operational matters, data integrity, and workload management.
• Produces well-researched and well-written memoranda.
• Communicates effectively with OMHA managers, OMHA staff, Medicare stakeholders, and external entities.
• Serves as a liaison between APOD and other divisions within Headquarters.

• Applies knowledge of management principles, common business practices, administrative regulations, guidelines, and analysis of multiple programs for PM&RS
• The incumbent plays a critical support role in maintaining and coordinating internal review systems and records management to assure both clinical and administrative activities follow agency and accrediting and regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with Departmental guidelines involving outside professional activities for remuneration.
• Monitors PM&RS for compliance with the standards of external bodies and accrediting agencies and responds to internal actions for noncompliance with VHA Directive or Medical Center Policy.
• Provides service level reports, completes requests for operational data, and recommends remedial actions as necessary.
• Writes, reviews, and revises policies, as appropriate, coordinates timely responses as required for written formal and informal correspondence on behalf to the PM&RS service line, to include PATSR, VISN Suspense, Congressional and White House Hotline inquiries.
• Provides fund control oversight and budgetary data support duties that require the analytical ability, judgment, discretion, and knowledge of a vast array of programs in the PM&RS Service.
• Provides direct supervision to subordinate administrative personnel within the PMR&RS Service Line.
• Responsible for assuring accurate HR recruitment and on-boarding, labor mapping, supply and equipment procurements, timekeeping, and regularly recurring service line internal cost accounting data is accurate and responses timely.
• Coordinates management of a variety of electronic request platform systems to ensure optimized operational efficiency to include but not limited to: MSS, HR Smart, AIS, OIT, PIV, Work Life Balance, Telework, BioMed, Travel, Education, and Interior Design.
• Broad knowledge of the organizational principles, and practices which govern the way a VA Health Care System conducts business.
• Knowledge of the policies, precedents, goals, objectives, regulations, and
• guidelines of financial management, budget administration, accounts management.
• Knowledge of organizational structure, human resources staffing and utilization, position management, work methods, and related requirements to analyze and advise on managerial approaches and problems.
• Ability to oversee effective utilization of human resources, financial, and logistical resources.
• Serves as the primary Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for VISN 22 and PVAHCS contracts.
• Oversees all acquisition processes within the Service, inclusive of the establishment and administration of contracts and procurement of supplies and equipment.

• Coordinate arrangements for travel and social functions of Commander, DCA, DCCS, DCN, the Sergeant Major, military officials, and special visitors.
• Coordinate appropriate funding support of official functions.
• Review outgoing correspondence for supervisor's signature for correct grammar, consistency, completeness, general tone, and hidden implications.
• Coordinate with Public Affairs Officer (PAO) and staff directors concerning reservations and preparation for conferences, briefings, social functions, and training.
• Serve as primary contact for calls and visitors to the Command Group.
• Exercises primary control over various calendars for scheduling appointments and activities for the Commander in coordination with DCA, DCCS, DCN, and/or SGM.