Housekeeping Aid Leader - Environmental Services Tech Leader

  • St Cloud VA Medical Center
  • Saint Cloud, Minnesota
  • Full Time
Housekeeping Aid Leader - Environmental Services Tech Leader

Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Administrion

St. Cloud VA Health Care System

Summary

This position is loced in the Environmental Management Service (EMS) of the VA Medical Center in St. Cloud, MN. The Housekeeping Aid Lead is responsible for leading and overseeing the duties of Housekeeping Aids in the performance of housekeeping reled services in the various areas of the medical center.

Effective May 7, 2025 , driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment.

Summary

This position is loced in the Environmental Management Service (EMS) of the VA Medical Center in St. Cloud, MN. The Housekeeping Aid Lead is responsible for leading and overseeing the duties of Housekeeping Aids in the performance of housekeeping reled services in the various areas of the medical center.

Effective May 7, 2025 , driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment.

Overview

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Accepting applicions

Open & closing des

08/25/2025 to 09/02/2025

Salary

$22.38 to - $26.11 per hour

Pay scale & grade

WL 2

Locion

1 vacancy in the following locion:

Saint Cloud, MN

1 vacancy

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

No

Travel Required

Not required

Relocion expenses reimbursed

No

Appointment type

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Competitive

Promotion potential

None

Job family (Series)

3566 Custodial Working

Supervisory stus

No

Security clearance

Not Required

Drug test

No

Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determinion process

Credentialing

Suitability/Fitness

Financial disclosure

No

Bargaining unit stus

No

Announcement number

CBSY-12789102-25-AM

Control number

844184300

This job is open to

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The public

U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants.

Clarificion from the agency

ALL US CITIZENS

DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupion.

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Duties

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Major duties and responsibilities will include:

Assisting with the delegion of duties on a daily and a project-by-project basis;

Coordining work with supervisors of other services within the positions area of jurisdiction so as not to interrupt pient care or other activities;

Cleaning all pient areas and corridor spaces throughout the medical center, opering rooms, and all other areas as assigned;

Planning and scheduling daily and weekly assignments, taking into considerion the availability of personnel and equipment to meet established priorities;

Determining the equipment and cleaning merials needed for each job;

Training staff to ensure the use of pient centered care principles in terms of customer service to pients, family members, and personnel;

Providing on-the job training for co-workers and new employees;

Keepings subordines abreast of proper methods, procedures and uses of equipment and supplies;

Ensuring all safety regulions and procedures are observed and may on occasion be required to conduct training classes on specific safety issues;

Inspecting assigned areas to assure the timely accomplishment of employee assignments, sanition levels are maintained, equipment properly cared for and th associed housekeeping objectives are accomplished in an expedient and timely manner;

Performing reled duties as required.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:00am to 3:30pm, and scheduled every 4th weekend and holiday

Position Description Title/PD#: Housekeeping Aid Leader - Environmental Services Tech Leader/PD90466A

The VA Midwest Health Care Network advoces for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare th empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee opering in a Whole Health System of care, you will opere in a model with three core elements, seeking to cree a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relionships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administrion (VHA) Mission Stement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care th improves their health and well-being.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job

Subject to a background/suitability investigion

May serve a probionary period

Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959

A complete applicion package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.

Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements (

Pre-employment physical required

Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

Qualificions

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing de of this announcement.

EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstres you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants red in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualificion Standards .

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualificions will first be evalued against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess least the minimal acceptable qualificion requirement are considered for further ring; those who do not are red ineligible and are elimined. The potential eligibles are then red against the remainder of the Job Elements:

Dexterity and Safety

Interpret Instructions, Specificions (other than blueprint reading)

Lead or Supervise

Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment

Work Practices

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles 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 credited on the basis of time actually spent in approprie activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indice clearly the nure of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Demands and Working Environment: The work performed requires walking, standing, stooping, stretching, and lifting. Physical effort is required when performing housekeeping duties, opering equipment, during training sessions, or in emergency situions. Work is performed in all areas of the medical center.

Educion

There is no educional requirement for this position.

Additional informion

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA/Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Informion about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found .

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacion) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-reled non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

How you evalued

You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Applicants referred in the order in which they were received.

Narrive responses are not required this time. If you are referred for considerion, you may be asked to submit additional job reled informion, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring or considerion for employment.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not oblige management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstement. Management may use any one or any combinion of these methods to fill the position.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

Review our benefits

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

Required documents

Required Documents

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Documents Accepted:

Cover Letter

DD-214/ Stement of Service

Disability Letter (VA)

Performance Appraisal

Resume

Separion Notice (RIF)

SF-15

SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action

Documents Required:

Resume

Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your applicion.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure th their applicion package includes all necessary documents to determine qualificions and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted.

Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position.

Applicions are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion.

How to Apply

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All applicants are encouraged to apply online.

To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/02/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .

1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.

2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .

To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.

Agency contact informion

Andrea McGuire

Phone

... X1738

...

Address

St Cloud VA Medical Center

4801 Veterans Drive

St Cloud, MN 56303

US

Next steps

After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evalued to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email.

You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .

Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Required Documents

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Documents Accepted:

Cover Letter

DD-214/ Stement of Service

Disability Letter (VA)

Performance Appraisal

Resume

Separion Notice (RIF)

SF-15

SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action

Documents Required:

Resume

Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your applicion.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure th their applicion package includes all necessary documents to determine qualificions and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted.

Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position.

Applicions are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion.

How to Apply

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All applicants are encouraged to apply online.

To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/02/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .

1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.

2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .

To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.

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Agency contact informion

Andrea McGuire

Phone

... X1738

...

Address

St Cloud VA Medical Center

4801 Veterans Drive

St Cloud, MN 56303

US

Next steps

After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evalued to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email.

You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .

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Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 08/25/2025 to 09/02/2025 Salary $22.38 to - $26.11 per hour Pay scale & grade WL 2 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Saint Cloud, MN 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number CBSY-12789102-25-AM Control number 844184300
Job ID: 490923560
Originally Posted on: 8/27/2025

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