General Supply Specialist (Title 32)(Permanent)

About the role

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a General Supply Specialist (Title 32)(Permanent), Position Description Number D2783000 and is part of the VA AASF, National Guard.

What you will do

• Performs developmental assignments of moderately difficult and complex nature consisting of well-precedented tasks designed to orient the employee in the application of General Supply programs and activities.
• Assignments are combined with training to develop analytical skills and techniques used to resolve issues or problems of a procedural or factual nature.
• Individual projects can be performed utilizing established, commonly applied methods.
• Work includes various duties involving different and unrelated tasks.
• Independently plans and carries out successive steps and handles problems and deviations in work assignments in accordance with instructions, policies, previous training, or accepted practices.
• Decisions are made based on subject analysis, phase, or issues involved for each assignment, and may be selected from multiple alternatives.
• Incumbent uses judgment in interpreting and adapting guidelines, such as agency policies, regulations, precedents, and work directions for application to specific cases or issues.
• Incumbent analyzes results and recommends changes.
• Completed work is evaluated for technical soundness, appropriateness, and conformity to policy and requirements.
• Supervisor or a higher-graded specialist assists in problem solving when necessary.
• Performs recurring assignments.
• Independently performs work assignments which gradually increase in difficulty and complexity.
• Incumbent determines the practices and procedures to use in accomplishing conventional tasks and interprets and adapts guidelines in order to resolve procedural or factual issues.
• Recommends solutions or a course of action for problems not covered by instructions, policies, or accepted practices as a General Supply Specialist.
• The work consists of different and unrelated processes and methods requiring the employee to recognize conditions and elements that must be identified and analyzed to discern interrelationships.
• Searches technical literature, reports, and other reference material to locate information requested by senior personnel.
• Carries out special projects and participates in special initiatives and studies.
• Performs special assignments in support of the organization; e.g., researching policy and comparing to new or modified guidelines to assess impact; analyzing and providing substantive evaluation of data affecting program operations; developing reports and briefings outlining study findings and recommendations; preparing and coordinating reference papers and documentation to support project initiatives; presenting reports to a variety of audiences; and performing analysis and providing recommendations to resolve issues.
• Works with other specialists in planning and conducting studies.
• Remains aware of emerging technologies and professional developments to stay current in the field and for application to work assignments.
• Prepares written correspondence and other documentation.
• Drafts or prepares a variety of documents to include newsletter items, responses to routine inquiries, reports, letters, and other related documents.
• Uses software such as word processing, spreadsheets, program language, plotting software, etc., to facilitate work.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

If you are using Education to qualify for this position, 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 You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims.

To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.

How you will be evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience.

If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

Documents you must provide

• To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes: 1.
• Your resume showing: Contact Information-your name and the best way to contact you.
• Relevant work experience-include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualifications of the job.
• Federal jobs should include series and grade.
• Education, certifications or licensures.
• Other supporting documents: Most recent SF50 for current Federal Technicians.

What to expect next

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.

Additional information

If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov)).