The Supply Technician Position is in the office of the Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS) for Research and Development Service and is responsible for providing a variety of administrative and technical support services essential to the Research and Development Service.
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/23/2025. 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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. 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. Provide a copy of your last or most recent SF-50, "Notification of Personnel Action" to indicate your current federal status. You must also submit additional SF-50(s) to clearly demonstrate one year time-in-grade as required in the announcement. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate that you possess one year time-in-grade. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one year time-in-grade. 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. AND You may qualify based on your experience as described below. Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as experience providing administrative and technical support for inventory management and logistics; conducts accountability, documenting and disposing of equipment; maintains records; provides management support such as maintaining calendars, service support, coordinating travel, and timekeeping duties. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Attention to Detail Clerical Hardware Manages Resources Customer Service Per Office of Personnel Management General Schedule Qualification Policies, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable when documented by satisfactory evidence (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, human resources director, or official documentation such as SF-52, SF-50 documenting an official detail/assignments, or other comparable documentation). The documentation must indicate whether the employee performed the duties full time or, if part-time, the percentage of times the employee performed the additional duties. To receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your position, you must provide official documentation of such experience as indicated above. 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. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit OPM's web site at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/indexes/alph-ndx.asp.
This is a non-bargaining unit position. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Total Rewards Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Available Telework: Not Available Duty Location Status: Will work from a VA owned or leased space Position Description Title/PD#: Supply Technician/ PD706840 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required Physical Demands: The work requires regular and recurring physical exertion, such as long periods of standing, walking, bending, stooping, reaching, lifting, pushing & pulling carts loaded with R&D equipment and similar activities around the warehouse to labs and storage areas. Major Duties: Coordinate with each Primary Investigator (PI) and/or their designated representative to ensure, track and document proper accountability of equipment for their respective laboratories. Responsible for the preparation, maintenance and timely submission of time and attendance reports for each affected employee whose record has been assigned to their jurisdiction. Annually conduct 100% physical inventory of all equipment for over 50 VA R&D labs which are spread between among multiple buildings on both the VA & Vanderbilt University campuses. Handle and coordinate research equipment that is owned and maintained by Vanderbilt University and/or Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). Handle problems requiring more extensive searches and involving procedures that may deviate from the standard processes.