Time and Leave Clerk

Quick Facts

• Role: Time and Leave Clerk

Description

Prepare and maintain time and leave records for multiple nursing and medical services, ensuring accurate reporting and pay entitlements. Use the VA Time and Attendance System (VATAS) to compute hours, balance records, apply leave and appointment entitlement regulations, and resolve time/pay discrepancies. Your work supports productivity/efficiency indicators and labor management reporting.

Responsibilities

• Post, examine, compute, and balance hours on required biweekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual time and leave reports

• Use certified time schedules to compute man-hours and ensure mathematical accuracy

• Enter employee tours, leave, and premium pays following applicable rules and regulations

• Apply appointment entitlement and leave regulations, including charges of leave, legal holidays, leave without pay, advance sick leave, minimum charges, compensatory time, Continuation of Pay, and related leave programs

• Determine appropriateness of hours charged and types of special pay; verify authorization documents that affect the propriety of pay

• Research and resolve discrepancies found in time/pay issues

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship

• Complete all required application steps, including the online assessment

• Selectively Service registration for eligible males

• Subject to background/security investigation

• Complete online onboarding and provide acceptable identification (REAL ID compliant ID required as of May 7, 2025)

• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program

• Serve a probationary/trial period as required

• Meet time-in-grade requirements (for current Federal GS employees, as applicable)

• Meet qualification standards by the closing date via specialized experience, education (4 years above high school), or an approved combination

Benefits

A comprehensive U.S. government benefits package is available; eligibility depends on the position type and schedule.