Time & Leave Clerk

About the role

The Charles George VAMC is recruiting for one (1) Time and Leave Clerk. The position is located in Nursing Service at the Western North Carolina VA Health Care System -Charles George VA Medical Center, Asheville, NC (CGVAMC).

Responsibilities

• Prepares Time and Attendance Reports for all Title 38, Hybrid Title 38 and Title 5 employees for Nursing Services.
• Verifies Tours of Duty.
• Verifies Pay entitlements to include regular pay, overtime, compensatory time, scheduled and unscheduled hours at regular and at overtime rates, multiple compressed schedules, night differentials, Saturday and Sunday Premium Pays, Holiday Pay, etc.
• Leaves computations and charges.
• Responsible for correct posting, recording and coding of employees who are injured on duty and relieved due to the nature of the injury. Must be familiar with OWCP regulations to comply and apply posting requirements to the timecard.
• Posts and records appropriate information indicating "COP" benefits and leave charges.
• Captures and maintains accurate records of leave balances and usage.
• Coordinates with the OWCP Clerk and Safety Officer to assure accuracy of records and claims.
• Trains and educates leave approving officials, timekeeper staff and new employees in one-on-one sessions regarding employee electronic time cards.
• Clerical and Administrative Work:
• Performs general clerical and administrative work, which encompasses a variety of different duties and responsibilities such as typing, office automation at or above the established minimum proficiency level and use of Microsoft Office Programs to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Utilizes Microsoft Outlook and Teams for communication with managers and other Microsoft programs to track and trend data.
• Expert knowledge of Acustaf Scheduling Software utilizing that software to confirm precise hours worked and generates timecards in the VA Time and Attendance System (VATAS) responding and correcting any error messages generated in VATAS to create an accurate timecards for pay.
• Adheres to VA policies regarding all record keeping related to time and leave.

Requirements

This position is open to STATUS applicants to include permanent Department of Veterans Affairs Employees Nationwide; Current, permanent Federal employees from Other Federal Services Nationwide; All other applicants to include Former Federal Employees with Reinstatement rights, Veterans, and Persons with Disabilities.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/13/2026.

Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Possessing experience as a Civilian Payroll Technician; possessing knowledge of a body of payroll, time and attendance, tax, and retirement; utilizing a variety of interrelated steps, conditions, and procedures or processes to assemble, review, and maintain a variety of complex pay transactions; processing various payroll related reports; resolving time, leave and benefit issues; utilizing automated pay systems to reconcile errors, and provide accurate information and assistance; and operating a personal computer with a variety of software programs.

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.