The position is located in the office of the Liver and Kidney Transplant Programs at the Portland VA Medical Center (PVAMC), within the Operative Care Division (OCD). The incumbent serves as manager for these National Programs as well as the joint venture

PVAMC/OHSU

(Oregon Health & Science University) Liver Transplant Program.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements within 30 days of 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 within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-09 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. 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-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization, and that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Clinical operations and workload management in healthcare delivery systems; human resources procedures; basic budget and accounting principles; analyzation of current or projected operational programs in order to establish priorities and milestones; analytical tools and techniques used to gather, analyze, and report and/or present information; skilled in oral and written communication in order to prepare and present recommendations and solutions regarding complex issues

OR, Education:

Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a master's or equivalent graduate degree or two (2) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D. in a related field of the position to be filled. Education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university (TRANSCRIPTS

REQUIRED

).

OR, Combination:

Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of successfully completed graduate level education (in excess of the first year or 18 semester hours) and specialized experience equivalent to GS 7 described above to meet the total experience requirements. Education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university (TRANSCRIPTS

REQUIRED

). 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/ .