Supervisory Insurance Specialist

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) manages six insurance programs covering approximately 3 million policies that provide life, disability, mortgage and annuity benefits to its' policyholders. VA is also responsible for the supervision of the Servicemembers and Veterans Group Life Insurance programs that cover approximately 6 million active-duty personnel, reservists, veterans, and family members.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement: 06/11/2026.

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT

: Applicants who are current/former Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 level. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. A Standard Form 50 (SF-50) that shows your TIG eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. Applicants must submit their most recent Notification of Personnel Action, SF-50: Official SF-50 that shows you held the grade (or higher) for the full performance level of the position you are applying for, or Official SF-50 that shows you held the next lower grade for at least one year for the position you are applying for. Multiple SF-50s may need to be submitted to show this. Examples of appropriate SF-50s to include which show TIG requirements have been met include: Within grade increases (WGI) at the highest grade held; or Promotions with an effective date that occurred more than one year from the closing date of the job opportunity announcement; or Most recent appointment.

NOTE:

Do not submit Award or General Adjustment SF-50s, as they do not provide sufficient information and will not be accepted for the purpose of verifying

TIG. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT

: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade(s) GS-11.

Specialized Experience is defined as:

Managing a diverse program where laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures are followed. Planning, organizing, directing, controlling, reviewing, and applying judgment to tasks. Compiling and analyzing technical and legal information from available sources to make decisions and resolve problems. Providing information to various stakeholder groups orally or written.

Volunteer Experience :

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Full vs.

Part-Time Employment:

Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week.

Physical Requirements :

The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items such as papers, books, small parts; etc. No special physical demands are required to perform the work. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ .