Program Support Assistant

This position is located in Nutrition & Food Services (N&FS) at a Department of Veterans Affairs health care facility. The Program Support Assistant provides clerical, administrative, and technical program support to N&FS leadership and staff. Primary focus is on recordkeeping,office automation, data entry/maintenance, meeting coordination, purchase card documentation, and timekeeping support. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : Major duties of the position include, but are not limited to: Maintains service files, trackers, and databases (e.g., spreadsheets, shared drives/SharePoint) to record and update operational information such as orders, receipts, inventories, equipment requests, training completions, and performance metrics; prepares routine status listings and standardized reports for supervisory review. Collects and compiles program data from established sources; performs data entry and quality checks; resolves routine data discrepancies by contacting originators and updating records. Drafts and formats recurring correspondence, agendas, meeting minutes, memoranda, and staff notifications; ensures outgoing documents are accurate, complete, and consistent with VA/VHA style and policy. Coordinates calendars, schedules appointments/meetings, reserves rooms, and manages logistics. Receives visitors and calls; provides information about N&FS procedures; routes inquiries appropriately; maintains professional customer service with Veterans, staff, and external parties. Manages office supplies and service requests; submits and tracks work orders; monitors delivery and documents receipt. Assists with Government Purchase Card (GPC) documentation and reconciliation in accordance with VA financial policy; compiles receipts, verifies supporting documentation, and uploads/records transactions in approved systems; flags variances for supervisory review and ensures timely monthly reconciliation. Prepares simple, routine purchase requests in approved systems using predefined templates and item descriptions; routes for appropriate approvals; monitors order and delivery status. Performs office automation using VA standard software (word processing, spreadsheets, databases, email, calendaring); creates templates and job-aids for routine tasks; provides basic user support. Supports N&FS in Talent Management System (TMS) administration at the unit level (e.g., running user compliance reports, assisting with course assignments, tracking completions, and preparing roster updates). Serves as primary or backup timekeeper: enters/validates time and attendance in the approved system; applies leave codes;monitors pending approvals; communicates with supervisors to resolve minor discrepancies. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Support Assistant/PD014530 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES : To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/13/2026. 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-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. 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 Veteran

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OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans? The Department of Veterans Affairs - Central Texas Health Care System is located in Temple, Texas, which is centrally located between Austin and Dallas. It is one of the VA's largest integrated health care systems with facilities in Austin, Brownwood, Cedar Park, Palestine, Bryan-College Station and Waco. Texas has no State Income Tax. The Central Texas Veterans Health Care System is a Complexity Level 1A medical center facility with over 4,000 employees which serves 39 counties in Central Texas and consists of two hospitals located in Temple and Waco; one clinic in Austin; four community based outpatient clinics in Brownwood, Cedar Park, College Station,