Assistant Hospital Housekeeping Officer (Detail NTE 1 year)

This position serves as the Assistant Chief of Environmental Management Service (EMS) (Hospital Housekeeping Officer) located at the Charles George Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), Asheville, North Carolina. *This is a Detail/Temporary Promotion Not to Exceed 365 days, but may be extended or made permanent without further competition. *

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/09/2026. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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 and/or education as described below: Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): The Hospital Housekeeping Management Series 0673 requires specific education or experience to be met in order to be appointed into a position of this series. You must meet one of the pre-determined education or experience Individual Occupational Requirements listed below as set by Office of Personnel Management (OPM): Undergraduate Education: Major study -- chemistry or biological sciences, sanitary science or administration, institutional sanitation or administration, hospital administration, hotel administration, public administration, business administration, or other fields related to the position. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED) Graduate Education: Major study -- public health or business administration with emphasis in hospital administration. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED) -OR- Specialized Experience: Experience in two or more of the following areas, or other work related to the position to be filled: Experience that demonstrated a practical working knowledge of the basic principles of chemistry, biology, and bacteriology as applied to environmental sanitation, infection control, and to the choice and use of antimicrobial agents in the disinfection, sanitization, and/or sterilization of surfaces and equipment. Experience in laundry and linen management. Experience in interior design management. Experience that demonstrated a knowledge of waste management, including the requirements relating to hazardous, toxic, and infectious wastes and provisions for their final disposition. Experience that demonstrated a knowledge of pest management, including alternative methods of control and the selection and application of chemicals. GRADE DETERMINATION. In addition to meeting both the Individual Occupational Requirements listed above and Time-In-grade, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates. GS-0673-12 Specialized Experience: You must have one full year of specialized experience that equipped me with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Experience in two or more of the following areas, or other work related to the position to be filled: Managing, directing, and evaluating hospital housekeeping operations, including sanitation, textile/linen management, pest control, waste management, and biohazardous waste handling. Plans, distributes, and monitors work assignments; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance. Anticipates and takes steps to prevent counter-productive confrontations. Manages and resolves conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner. Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively. Contracting Experience Required with COR Certification essential. 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/.