Deputy Chief Logistics Officer (Detail NTE 120 Days)

Deputy Chief Logistics Officer (Detail NTE 120 Days)

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Arlington, Texas

Salary Range: $135382 - $175995 Per Year

Job Summary: This is an assignment not to exceed 120 days with the possibility of being extended and may be terminated at any time. If temporarily promoted, upon termination you will be reverted back to your former grade and earned salary rate. Applicant selected may be appointed permanently at a later date from this announcement without competition.

Major Duties:

• THIS IS A DETAIL OPPORTUNITY - NOT TO EXCEED 120 DAYS Serve in the capacity of DCLO, the incumbent is primarily responsible for providing supervision, guidance, advice, coordination and integration to the Facility Chief Supply Chain Officers and their staff at each facility and serving as the subject matter expert for Supply Chain operations for the VISN 17 Network Office including: Integration of numerous activities and functions into an efficient and effective supply chain support program i.e., acquisition requirements for inventory and distribution supply chain, equipment and maintenance and property disposal, assisting VISN 17 and the field facilities in the areas of supply processing and distribution, inventory management, warehousing, property management and disposal, acquisition, emergency management, automation and technology refresh and the overall Supply Chain applicable to VA operations. Serve as the central point of contact for VISN 17 Supply Chain activities and monitoring, overseeing and/or resolving difficult problems in supply chain management support operations at the VISN 17 and VA medical centers, providing guidance to the facility Supply Chain Managers concerning the standardization of business processes and practices and reporting requirements, compliance with Supply Chain rules and regulations and VISN 17 activities including providing personally developed instructional materials or issuing procedural guides and other mechanisms that best accomplishes the need. Provide leadership on acquisitions required to establish and implement national, regional, and VISN 17 goals and objectives including providing statistical analysis, contract workload projections and reporting on the successes and improvement efforts. Serve as the senior advisor for developing the most efficient and effective organizational Supply Chain structure and implementing ways to enhance production, promote team building and improve business practices. Participate in VHA task forces, management studies and represents the VHA on interagency work groups that address supply chain changes or improvements as well as writing/rewriting of policies and procedures, including the designing, developing and/or coordinating qualitative and quantitative measurement criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of programs or operations for meeting agency goals and objectives. Evaluate VISN 17's overall supply program effectiveness for critical equipment or major classes of material and develops, recommends and evaluates functional specifications for control systems to support a variety of supply management functions. Design and/or develop report formats to provide supply management information, translates new supply program requirements or business practices into specifications for standard agency supply information reports, assures that very complex, integrated supply system requirements are reflected in report specifications, and performs specialized supply functions and related activities to carry out VISN 17 supply operations. Perform analytical work to manage, regulate, and coordinate or otherwise exercise control over supplies and equipment and using an in-depth knowledge of complex supply relationships, analyzes the effectiveness of various options proposed to provide supply support for critical and complex agency missions, a category of technical material or similar supply program. Prepare recommendations for procurement of high cost high tech equipment including providing oversight and collaborating with VISN 17 Equipment Subcommittee members and VISN 17 Chief Financial Officer during the review process of this equipment. Conduct site visits as requested by field facilities and/or as needed to respond to, identify and/or recommend improvements to operations, analyze inventory methods and provide on-site training. Provide guidance, advice, and supervision to Supply Chain officers at each facility in the Network. Direct and coordinates projects for VISN wide projects, initiatives, and contracts. Set performance standards for direct reports. Participate in the selection process of VISN and facility level staff affecting the Supply Chain programs. Hear and resolve group grievances or serious employee complaints. Review and approve disciplinary actions. Make decisions on nonroutine, costly, or controversial training needs and training requests. Determine whether contractor performed work meets standards of adequacy necessary for authorization of payment. Approve expenses comparable to within-grade increases, extensive overtime, and employee travel. Find and implementing ways to eliminate or reduce significant bottlenecks and barriers to production, promote team building, or improve business practices. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: PD005600 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/14/2025. 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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. 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-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Provide expert knowledge of supply chain management policies, practices, tools and operations; serve as senior level advisor to provide expert level technical advice and guidance to all organizational logistics personnel pertaining to logistics; identify and/or recommend improvements to operations, analyzing inventory methods and provide on-site training; monitor, oversee and resolve difficult problems in supply chain management support operations; performs broad and comprehensive formal studies of benefits, impacts, characteristics and problems associated with logistics policy. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and Management Problem Solving Planning and Evaluating Technical Competence Acquisition Strategy Leadership Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Some slight physical effort may be required For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

How to Apply: All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 11/14/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12831756. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed. Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job announcement. Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Helpful Hints for Creating a Two-Page Resume: Prioritize most relevant and recent experience Use concise, results focused language Align language from the job announcement Focus on demonstrating skills and competencies Remove outdated or unrelated experience Use the USAJOBS resume builder Additional guidance on this new requirement and resume building tools can be found at: https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/page-limit https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/merit-hiring-plan-resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. During the application process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Application Deadline: 2025-11-14