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Program Specialist.

Veterans Benefits Administration · Columbia, SC · 1 mo ago
OTHRFull-time
We need to produce HTML fragment with sections: h3 headings for sections present: About the role? Not present. Responsibilities? Duties. Requirements? Qualifications? Benefits? Pay? Schedule? We have Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Yes etc. So we can include Schedule section. Benefits? Not mentioned. Pay? Not mentioned. So only include sections with real content: Responsibilities (Duties), Requirements (maybe combine Conditions of employment and Qualifications?), Qualifications (maybe separate). The instruction: Use h3 for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. So we need to decide which sections to include. We have Duties (list). We have Requirements (Conditions of employment). We have Qualifications (education/experience). We have Schedule (Work Schedule, Telework details). Possibly also Skills? Not explicit. Benefits? Not mentioned. Pay? Not mentioned. Thus include h3 for Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

    for prose. We need to extract duties list from the "Duties Typical Duties Include, But Are Not Limited To" paragraph. It's a long sentence with many duties separated by periods. We should break each duty into

  • . Ensure we keep all details. Let's parse duties: - Responsible for the propriety and technical sufficiency of Field Examination reports, final annual accounting, and correspondence to fiduciaries, and all other fiduciary related issues. - Performs quality reviews of completed actions to monitor individual performance data for Fid Hub employees. - Analyzes data that reflects quality levels to determine training needs of Fid Hub employees, from Field Examiners through clerical staff. - Develops various quality assurance processes with emphasis on work procedures and techniques that address unique work conditions and practices. - Ensures all program requirements imposed by VA Central Office Fiduciary Service are met or implemented. - Performs quality reviews and develops local operating procedures for the team to supplement regulations and directives as needed. - Functions as an authoritative consultant on the technical aspects of fiduciary activities. - Provides management advisory services, including making planned, systematic studies of immediate and long-range training needs, - Uses surveys, focus groups and similar tools to obtain feedback from employees, managers, and supervisors on training effectiveness. - Prepares the annual training plan and may prepare training outlines and lesson plans. - Utilizes technology in carrying out training programs. Videotapes satellite training. Computer assisted programs and computer enhanced presentations are developed for use throughout the Hub. - Develops methods for mentoring members of the team on the technical aspects of the job in a manner that addresses individual learning needs and effectively offers feedback to identify and correct deficient areas. - Advises the Fiduciary Hub Manager/Supervisor on all aspects of technical training policies, planning, review, and research as related to the Instructional System Design (ISD) methodology and VBA developed training packages. - Performs other related duties as assigned. Also there is "Promotion Potential: ..." but that's not duty; it's about promotion. Should we include? It's substantive but not duty. Might fit under Requirements? Probably not. Could be part of Responsibilities? It's about promotion potential. Might be considered as part of the job description but not a duty. The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include that info somewhere. Where? Could be under a separate section like "Additional Information" but not allowed headings unless we have real content. Could we put it under Requirements? It's not a requirement. Could be under Qualifications? Not exactly. Could be under Responsibilities? It's not a duty. Perhaps we can include a

    after the duties list for promotion potential etc. But we must not create a heading without real content. We can just add a

    after the list under Responsibilities? Might be okay but could be considered mixing. Better to create a section "Additional Information" but not in allowed headings list. The instruction says use h3 for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says "Use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It implies we should use those headings when appropriate. It doesn't say we cannot add other headings, but to be safe, we can incorporate promotion potential into Responsibilities as a note? Might be okay. Similarly "Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level." That's also promotion potential. We also have "Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Yes This position is eligible for situational (ad hoc) telework only. The selectee is required to report to the official duty station each scheduled workday. Telework may be approved only on a case-by-case basis with supervisory approval. Routine or recurring telework is not authorized for this position. Virtual: This is not a virtual position." We need to capture all that in Schedule section. Also "Position Description/PD#: Program Specialist GS - 11: 41105A | GS - 12: 37120A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Required Bargaining Unit: Yes" That's metadata; we should fold minor metadata into a short

    or drop it. The instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

    or drop it. So we can include a

    with that info maybe under Requirements or at top? Probably after the headings we can have a

    for metadata. But we need to preserve all substantive information. This is metadata but maybe minor; we can include a short paragraph. Also "Conditions of employment Required As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or trial period..." That's requirements. We need to extract requirements list. Let's parse Conditions of employment: - As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness & whether your continued employment advances the public interest. - In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: - Your performance and conduct; - The needs and interests of the agency; - Whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and - Whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. - Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. - Additional Conditions Of Employment Are As Follows - You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job - Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 - You may be required to serve a probationary or trial period - Subject to background/security investigation - Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. - Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements - Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. We need to turn these into

    • . Ensure we keep details. Now Qualifications section: includes TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT, MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS with GS-11 and GS-12 details, Education, etc. Also includes Volunteer Experience, Full vs Part-Time Employment, Physical Requirements, Education transcript requirement, etc. Also includes "Additional information VA supports the use of telework..." but that's maybe benefits? Actually it's about telework policy, but we already have schedule. Could be part of Schedule or a separate note. But we can include under Schedule as additional note. Also includes "The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority..." etc. That's maybe additional info but not required. Could be included under Requirements? Might be considered as additional info. We could add a

      after Qualifications for CTAP etc. But we must preserve all substantive info. Let's see if we can incorporate into Qualifications as a note? Might be okay. Also includes "Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion..." etc. That's also additional info. Also includes "Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer (TJO). Please visit the Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP), If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution. A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you a" This seems truncated at end. But we should preserve as much as possible. However many of these are boilerplate (EEO, legal, etc.) which we should remove per instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we should remove the EEO, legal, etc. The paragraph about Veterans, Fair Chance, etc. might be considered EEO/boilerplate. The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. So we should drop that. Also the part about benefits package maybe not boilerplate? It says "A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you a" truncated. That's likely boilerplate about benefits. Since Benefits section not present (no specific benefits), we should not invent. So we can drop that. Thus we keep only substantive: Duties, Conditions of employment, Qualifications, Work Schedule, Position Description/PD#, Relocation/Recruitment Incentives, Financial Disclosure Report, Bargaining Unit. Also maybe Promotion Potential? Might be considered substantive but not duty/requirement/qualification/schedule. Could be placed under Requirements? It's about promotion potential, which is a condition of employment? Might be considered under Requirements as well. But we already have Conditions of employment; promotion potential is separate. Could be included under Requirements as a note. But we can also create a section "Promotion Potential" but not in allowed headings list. Safer to fold into Requirements as a

      after the list. Similarly "Position Description/PD#: ..." is metadata; we can fold into a short

      maybe under Requirements or at top. We need to avoid duplication. Let's structure:

      Responsibilities

      • ... each duty

      Requirements

      Position Description/PD#: Program Specialist GS - 11: 41105A | GS - 12: 37120A; Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized; Financial Disclosure Report:

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