Supervisory Transportation Specialist

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The Supervisory Transportation Specialist, serves as a key leader within the Veterans Transportation Service (VTS) ensuring the efficient and compliant delivery of transportation services to Veterans. This position is responsible for overseeing administrative and operational functions that support the VTS mission of providing safe, reliable, and timely transportation for eligible Veterans to access healthcare services. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/24/2026. 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-(SF-50 Submitted): 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 plans, assigns, and reviews work for transportation staff, ensuring timely completion of tasks. Provides technical guidance and direction; develops work procedures and performance standards. Evaluates employee performance, approves leave, resolves informal complaints, and initiates disciplinary actions as necessary. Conducts staff training and ensures compliance with licensing and certification requirements. Supervises a team of program support and logistics staff (e.g., program specialists, schedulers/dispatchers, clerks) including work assignment, performance management, counseling, awards, discipline, and professional development. Develops staffing plans, coverage schedules, and cross-training to sustain service continuity across multiple shifts and locations. Leads change management for new processes, systems, or policy updates; communicates expectations clearly and provides training/coaching. Oversee daily VTS operational support (e.g., trip scheduling, routing, manifests, driver assignments, fleet status, service desk coverage), ensuring efficiency, compliance, and customer-focused service. OR, Education-Transcript Submitted: A Master's Degree or equivalent graduate degree; two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.B or J.D., if related. OR, Combination of Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the grade levels specified above, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-9 and GS-11. (When crediting education that requires specific course work, prorate the number of hours of related courses required as a proportion of the total education to be used.)Applicants who possess a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or an LL.B. or J.D., may also use education to qualify for this position. Major study -- accounting, business administration, business or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, statistics, traffic management, transportation, motor mechanics, or other fields related to the position. Preferred Experience: CDL Class B with passenger and airbrake endorsements. In addition to one year of experience supervising managing drivers. 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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