About this role

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:09/03/2026. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: As a current Federal GS employee, you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-07 position, you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. If you are a current VBA employee requesting reassignment or change to a lower grade via this vacancy announcement, you must currently hold the GS- 07 or higher, and the promotion potential of your current position must be at least GS-9.

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 of time-in-grade.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: GS-07 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is defined as experience in a wide range of medical or legal transcriptions. This experience should document research into legal and/or medical terminology and drafting documents with proper grammar, punctuation, spelling, and the appropriate format for different types of hearings being transcribed.

Education Substitution: One (1) year of graduate-level education or superior academic achievement. Combining Education & Experience: If you do not fully meet the experience and education requirements for a specific grade level (e.g., have six months of experience and some coursework but not a degree), the two can be combined to reach 100% of the requirement. Click here for more information. Volunteer Experience: Experience includes paid and unpaid work, including volunteer work through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, 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. Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume, you must specify the average hours worked per week.

Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary and involves keyboarding for long periods. There may be some walking, standing, and carrying of light items such as paper or books. 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/.

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