Secretary (OA) at Veterans Health Administration – Spokane, Washington, United States

The Veterans Health Administration is seeking a Secretary (OA) for a full-time position in Spokane, Washington, United States. This role involves performing a range of clerical, secretarial, and administrative functions within a medical environment. Key responsibilities include reviewing correspondence for accuracy, performing administrative support work such as program or office planning, triaging incoming calls, maintaining filing systems, and organizing, scheduling, and handling logistics for conferences, meetings, and interviews. This position requires candidates to meet specific US federal employee time-in-grade requirements.

Note: Despite initial summary information, the full posting content indicates this is a US government position primarily targeting current or former US federal employees, and does not appear to be open to general international candidates or offer visa sponsorship for non-US citizens without prior federal service.

['- Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must meet time-in-grade requirements. For a GS-6 position, must have served 52 weeks at GS-5. For a GS-7 position, must have served 52 weeks at GS-6. For a GS-8 position, must have served 52 weeks at GS-7. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service.', '- Submission of an SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility. 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.', '- GS-6 Specialized experience: Equivalent to at least the GS-5 level, demonstrating experience performing clerical, secretarial or administrative functions in a medical environment; reviewing correspondence for procedural, grammatical and/or typographical accuracy; performing administrative support work such as program or office planning; triaging incoming calls, and maintaining filing systems; and organizing, scheduling and handling logistics for conferences, meetings, interviews.', '- GS-7 Specialized experience: Equivalent to at least the GS-6 grade level, demonstrating experience with a range of common clerical practices and procedures sufficient to file materials and obtain requested information; experience with the organization and functions of the office; experience with the duties of the staff sufficient to perform non-routine clerical tasks; and experience coordinating the work of the office with work of other offices. Knowledge of grammar, spelling, punctuation and required formats sufficient to recognize and correct errors.', "- GS-8 Specialized Experience: Equivalent to at least the GS-7 grade level, demonstrating experience with administrative concepts, principles and practices sufficient to independently eliminate conflict and duplication in extensive office procedures; experience with the office's routines and procedures sufficient to receive and refer phone calls and visitors; experience with common clerical practices and procedures; knowledge of office organization and functions; understanding of staff duties, priorities, commitments, policies, and program goals to perform non-routine tasks (e.g., locating/summarizing information); and experience coordinating work with other offices. Knowledge of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and required formats sufficient to recognize and correct errors.", '- Ability to type 40 words per minute (may be met by passing a performance test or presenting a certificate of proficiency).']