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Administrative Officer

Veterans Health Administration

Department of Veterans Affairs

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Location

Salary

$61,965 - $80,559

per year

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February 23, 2026More VA jobs →

GS-9 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $51,332 - $66,732

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-8. Master's degree or 2 years graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves overseeing daily administrative tasks in a veterans' health clinic focused on physical medicine and rehabilitation, including handling budgets, coordinating staff activities, and ensuring everything runs smoothly to support patient care.

A good fit would be someone organized and detail-oriented with experience in office management, who can juggle multiple tasks while keeping information private and following rules.

It's ideal for those passionate about helping veterans and improving healthcare services.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-07 level in administrative operations, budgeting, or resource allocation
  • Master's degree or equivalent graduate education, or 2 years of progressively higher graduate education leading to such a degree (or related LL.B./J.D.)
  • Combination of specialized experience and graduate education beyond bachelor's level
  • Time-in-grade requirement: 52 weeks at GS-07 for current federal employees (SF-50 required)
  • Proficiency in administration, computer skills, contract administration, human resources management, and quality management
  • Ability to handle sensitive information confidentially and manage multiple priorities
  • Sedentary work with occasional light physical effort (e.g., lifting under 15 lbs, walking in clinical areas)

Full Job Description

Experienced Administrative Officer in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), skilled in managing administrative operations, budgeting, and resource allocation.

Expertise in coordinating office activities, ensuring policy compliance, and supporting clinical staff. Proficient in managing multiple priorities and sensitive information with confidentiality.

Committed to enhancing departmental efficiency and fostering collaboration to improve patient care services.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/23/2026.

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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have aster's or equivalent graduate degree OR, 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree LL.B.

or J.D., if related Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond .

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and Management Computer Skills Contract Administration Managing Human Resources Quality Management 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 is mostly sedentary, although some physical effort may be required such as walking, bending, stooping, pushing wheeled carts and lifting office supplies less than 15lbs.

and using a computer terminal. The physical demands may relate to observing and studying operations in clerical/administration areas and in clinical settings.

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/.

Major Duties:

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00AM to 4:30PM Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: This position may be authorized for telework at supervisory discretion (Ad-hoc basis).

Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Administrative Officer/PD02022O Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/18/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/19/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: CBSW-12886490-26-VM