Summary
The Supply Technician Position is in the office of the Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS) for Research and Development Service and is responsible for providing a variety of administrative and technical support services essential to the Research and Development Service
Qualifications
To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 06/10/2026. 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-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-6. 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 Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as experience providing administrative and technical support for inventory management and logistics; conducts accountability - documenting and disposing of equipment; maintains records; provides management support such as maintaining calendars - service support - coordinating travel - and timekeeping duties. For more information on these qualification standards - please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Duties
- This is a Bargaining unit position
- VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Total Rewards Work Schedule: Mon-Fri 7am - 3:30pm Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Available Telework: Not Available Duty Location Status: Will work from a VA owned or leased space Position Description Title/PD#: Supply Technician/ PD706840 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required Physical Demands: The work requires regular and recurring physical exertion - such as long periods of standing - walking - bending - stooping - reaching - lifting - pushing & pulling carts loaded with R&D equipment and similar activities around the warehouse to labs and storage areas
- The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-07
- At the GS-07 grade level - you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence
- You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-xx
- Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance - availability of higher level work - and availability of funds
- Promotion is not guaranteed and no promise of promotion is implied
- Major Duties: Annually conducts 100% physical inventory of all equipment for over 50 VA R&D labs which are spread between among multiple buildings on both the VA & Vanderbilt University campuses Handles and coordinates research equipment that is owned and maintained by Vanderbilt University and/or Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)
- Initiates creation of equipment records for newly received equipment - researches system or equipment log discrepancies - conduct inventory audits - bar-coding & tagging equipment - manages and tracks the turn-in of excess R&D equipment
- Responsible for the preparation - maintenance and timely submission of time and attendance reports for each affected employee whose record has been assigned to their jurisdiction
- Works in conjunction with the Records Officer to ensure proper management of records created and maintained by the service
- Ensures appropriate documentation is up to date - accurately tracked - and provided to NX logistics manager
- Coordinates with each Primary Investigator (PI) and/or their designated representative to ensure - track and document proper accountability of equipment for their respective laboratories.
