Administrative Support Assistant

This position is part of the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (P&LMS) within the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System (EOVAHCS). It is currently based at the Jack C. Montgomery VAMC and will transition to the James Mountain Inhofe VAMC once the facility opens. The role provides primary clerical and administrative support for the service, assisting the Service Chief, Laboratory Manager, pathologists, supervisors, and other staff with a wide range of administrative and procedural tasks.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/09/2026.

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 by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-6 . 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 and/or education as described below:

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: Office automation software and systems, Maintaining Records, Timekeeping, Customer Service, Preparing, and Correspondence General laboratory functions to route inquiries. 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/ .