Hospital Housekeeping Program Specialist - Technical Career Field (TCF) Trainee

The Technical Career Field (TCF) is a national workforce development program within VHA that was designed to replenish technical staff in critically identified positions. This position is located within the Environmental Management Service (EMS) at the VA Medical Center in Cincinnati, OH. The incumbent serves as a participant in the Technical Career Fields Program under the direction of a qualified preceptor.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/19/2026.

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-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. 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-7 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: knowledge of advanced functions and a working knowledge of hospital sanitation programs within the hospital in the areas of environmental sanitation; ability to research, assemble, and compile information and data; ability to plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short term priorities, ability to evaluate work performance of subordinates, ability to advise, counsel, or instruct employees on both work and administrative matters, and ability to identify developmental and training needs of employees.

OR, Education:

Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. Qualifying Education is a major study in public health or business administration with emphasis in hospital administration. (TRANSCRIPT

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OR, Combination:

Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and graduate-level education (in excess of one year) to meet total qualification requirements. To meet this requirement, education and experience must be related to the position, as described above. (TRANSCRIPT

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) 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/ .