VA professionals feel good about their careers and their ability to balance work and home life. VA offers generous paid time off and a variety of predictable and flexible scheduling opportunities.  For more information on the Department of Veterans Affairs, go to http://www.vacareers.va.gov/. 
Area of consideration will be given only to current permanent employees of the Eastern Kansas VAMC Health Care System.

All status candidates and reinstatement eligibles (current and former government employees) must provide a copy of the last or most recent SF-50, 'Notice of Personnel Action' which indicates proof of competitive status (reflecting career, career-conditional, or reinstatement eligibility).

Current permanent Veterans Canteen Service employees may apply for consideration under this vacancy announcement.

 If applicants are interviewed for the position, performance based interview questions will be used.  For additional information regarding performance-based interviews, please review the following website on the Internet: http://www.va.gov/pbi  In addition, candidates may be interviewed by a panel.

Special Employment Consideration: Individuals eligible for the following appointments are encouraged to apply: 5 CFR 213.3102 "u", Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities ; mental retardation, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities; and Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more.

VA offers generous paid time off and a variety of predictable and flexible scheduling opportunities.   For more information on the Department of Veterans Affairs, go to http://www.vacareers.va.gov/ .  

Although you are not required to submit essay-style responses to knowledge, skills and abilities questions/statements in your initial application package, you should provide detailed information in your resume that reflects the extent of your specialized experience, as defined in this announcement.

To maximize your opportunity for referral, your resume MUST clearly state the experience you wish to be considered, to include duties and responsibilities in each position, starting and ending dates (mm/yy), grade level (if applicable) and the number of hours per week spent in such employment.  This information must be clear; we will not make assumptions regarding your experience.

•AFGE Bargaining Unit employees have an additional 7 days after the closing date of this announcement to fax in their responses to the questionnaire.  Please follow the faxing instructions under the HOW TO APPLY section of the vacancy announcement. 

If applicants are interviewed for the position, performance based interview questions will be used.  For additional information regarding performance-based interviews, please review the following website on the Internet: http://www.va.gov/pbi  In addition, candidates may be interviewed by a panel.

Special Employment Consideration:  VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply.