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Job Title: Environmental Protection Specialist
Company Name: Veterans Health Administration
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Position Type: Full-Time
Post Date: 04/17/2024
Expire Date: 06/16/2024
Job Categories: Accounting/Auditing, Agriculture, Forestry, & Fishing, Information Technology, Internet/E-Commerce, Other / General, Environmental, Web Technology, Nonprofit and Volunteer Services
Job Description
Environmental Protection Specialist
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/25/2022. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Experience with principles, practices, and methods of program or administrative work relating to environmental protection program. Skilled in planning, organizing, implementing, and evaluating of environmental programs. Experience in environmental sciences and related disciplines, and the relationship between environmental factors and human health and well-being. Experience with program principles and procedures, applying the knowledge, and solving complex problems to a range of duties in on or more program or functional area pertaining to environmental protection. Experience and use of statutes, regulations, and precedent decisions governing environmental operations enough to plan, implement, or monitor environmental programs and services. Information ManagementPlanning and EvaluatingTechnical Competence 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work includes frequent audits of waste storage areas and involves a good deal of walking, standing, bending, and climbing. 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/.
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Company Name: Veterans Health Administration
Website:https://www.usajobs.gov:443/GetJob/ViewDetails/670774700?utm_source=hbcuconnect&utm_medium=job_feed&utm_campaign=ar_vha_job_boards_feeds&utm_content=0028
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