Disability Evaluation System Program Specialist

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, CO.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service which includes documented experience in: 1) Applying analytical techniques such as task analysis, workload measurement, trend analysis, etc.

2) Managing medical records and/or specialty care referrals. 3) Administrating disability evaluation system processing plan objectives and standards.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07).

Major Duties:

• Provides oversight of the execution of Disability Evaluation System (DES) policies in accordance with federal statutes, DoD regulations, and military inspection agencies.
• Briefs local leaders and higher headquarters on Disability Evaluation System (DES) limiting factors experienced locally.
• Independently conducts, or participates in conducting, studies related to Disability Evaluation System (DES) processes; e.g., work measurement, methods and procedures, timeliness of DES case completion and accuracy, and historic reviews, as requested
• Collects medical records and related documents for Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) and Informal PEB (IPEB) processing regarding member’s requirement to undergo evaluation to determine physical fitness for retention in duty status.
• Maintains currency of Disability Evaluation System (DES) regulations and PEBLO Guide and educates MTF staff and various beneficiary groups, on changes to those provisions.
• Serves as the Physical Evaluation Board Liaison Officer (PEBLO).