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Join the NCA today and discover a rewarding career that leaves a lasting impact!</p> <ul style="margin-left: 20px; list-style-position: outside; padding: 0px;"> <li style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; list-style-type: square;">Work is available at over 150 locations across the nation.</li> <li style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; list-style-type: square;">Support NCA by providing dignified burial services for Veterans and their eligible family members.</li> <li style="padding: 0px 0px 15px; list-style-type: square;">Maintain the hallowed grounds that serve as Veterans' final resting place.</li> </ul> <p style="padding-left: 5px;">Explore NCA career fields, job openings, sample compensation & benefits, employment benefits, and resume tips.</p> <p style="padding-left: 5px; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a=VAPA&s=title" target="_blank">View all current NCA job openings »</a></p> </div> <br /> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div id="Administrative-Officer" style="background-color: #d9edf7; border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 4px; text-align: center;" class="well well-sm"> <div class="careers-collapsible1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #003f72; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold;">Administrative Officer</span> <img alt="VA Career: Administrative Officer. Taking notes next to a laptop." class="img-responsive" style="border: #337ab7 3px solid; border-radius: 3px;" src="/CEM/images/careers/Administrative-Officer-700x217.png" /> </div> <div class="careers-content1" style="text-align: left;"> <p style="padding-top: 5px;">Be a part of a compassionate and dedicated workforce where your leadership is the cornerstone in serving and honoring our nation's heroes and their families within local communities at more than 150 national cemeteries.</p> <p>Administrative Officers are part of the front-line leadership teams within the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) and they play a critical role in the delivery of burial benefits and memorial services within NCA.</p> <p>As an Administrative Officer, you serve as a problem solver and perform a wide range of budgetary program oversight, procurement, and personnel management duties. You support management in meeting the goals and objectives of the cemetery and accomplish a variety of administrative functions directly or through the direction of several administrative support personnel. You will have the duty and the privilege to serve and lead others in the service of Veterans and their family members through their most difficult days.</p> <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a=VAPA&s=title" class="btn btn-primary btn-block" role="button" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">NCA Job Openings <span style="float: right; margin-right: 10px;">»</span></span></a> <br /> <div id="Sample-Compensation" class="btn btn-block careers-collapsible2" style="text-align: center; padding: 6px 12px 6px 1px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Sample Compensation & Benefits</span></div> <div class="careers-content2" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px;" class="well well-sm"> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Direct Compensation</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Average Salary</strong><br />$85,213</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total value of Personal Paid Time Off*</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>37 days to 50 days</strong><br />$12,086 to $16,332<br /><br /> *Value of annual combined paid leave and holidays</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total Reward of Benefits Provided by VA</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Health Insurance Premium Subsidy</strong><br />$15,896<br /><br /> <strong>Social Security</strong><br />$5,283<br /><br /> <strong>Medicare</strong><br />$1,236<br /><br /> <strong>Basic Life Insurance</strong><br />$225<br /><br /> <strong>Thrift Savings Plan Federal 401(k)<br /> (Employer Contribution)</strong><br />$4,261<br /><br /> <strong>Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)</strong><br />$14,145<br /><br /> <strong>Child Care Program<br /> (max benefit/conditions apply)</strong><br />$5,000<br /><br /> <strong>Parental Paid Leave<br /> (12 weeks, if taken)</strong><br />$19,599</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; padding: 3px 0px 3px;">DIRECT COMPENSATION +<br /> VALUE OF PAID LEAVE +<br /> BENEFITS =</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; padding: 10px 0px 8px; text-align: center;">Overall Annual Total Rewards**</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; font-size: 300%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding: 0px 0px 0px;">$131,259</p> <p style="padding-top: 15px;">**This calculation is a sample only and does not constitute a contract of employment or a guarantee of benefits or future employment. Certain elements vary and are based on specific circumstances. Paid leave is not an additional payment but is a value of your paid time off included in your annual salary based on an 8 hour day. If your service includes part-time calculations, your total rewards and benefits will be proportionally prorated. For more information, please see <a href="https://www.opm.gov" target="_blank">www.opm.gov</a>.</p> </div> </div> <br /> <a href="#Employment-Benefits" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Employment Benefits <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Resume-Tips" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Resume Tips <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Contact-Us" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Contact Us <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#Administrative-Officer">[ <strong>section top</strong> ↑ ]</span></a></div> <br /> </div> </div> <div id="Automotive-Worker-Mechanic" style="background-color: #d9edf7; border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 4px; text-align: center;" class="well well-sm"> <div class="careers-collapsible1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #003f72; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold;">Automotive Worker / Mechanic</span> <img alt="VA Career: Automotive Worker / Mechanic. Working on an engine." class="img-responsive" style="border: #337ab7 3px solid; border-radius: 3px;" src="/CEM/images/careers/Automotive-Worker-Mechanic-700x217.png" /> </div> <div class="careers-content1" style="text-align: left;"> <p style="padding-top: 5px;">Do you want a career that is geared towards success and honors our American heroes? Put your automotive mechanic skills to use! Come join our team and be a part of a compassionate and dedicated workforce where your job has meaning and purpose!</p> <p>Automotive Workers/Mechanics in the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) are vital team members whose work contributes to the core mission of serving and honoring our nation's heroes and their families with shrines and lasting tributes at more than 150 national cemeteries. When you work for NCA, you can take pride in who you are and what you do by proudly serving those who have served us.</p> <p>Automotive Workers/Mechanics perform various levels of maintenance, repair, and overhaul on a large variety of automotive, engineering, and grounds maintenance equipment powered by electricity, gasoline, and diesel fuel such as: dump trucks, pickup trucks, all-terrain forklifts, leaf vacuum units, point hitch rototillers, plows for tractors, front-end loader, vans, golf carts, backhoes, tracked excavators, utility vehicles, ATVs, Bobcat, tractors, and various mowers of graduating sizes.</p> <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a=VAPA&s=title" class="btn btn-primary btn-block" role="button" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">NCA Job Openings <span style="float: right; margin-right: 10px;">»</span></span></a> <br /> <div id="Sample-Compensation" class="btn btn-block careers-collapsible2" style="text-align: center; padding: 6px 12px 6px 1px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Sample Compensation & Benefits</span></div> <div class="careers-content2" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px;" class="well well-sm"> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Direct Compensation</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Average Salary</strong><br />$65,917</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total value of Personal Paid Time Off*</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>37 days to 50 days</strong><br />$9,349 to $12,634<br /><br /> *Value of annual combined paid leave and holidays</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total Reward of Benefits Provided by VA</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Health Insurance Premium Subsidy</strong><br />$15,896<br /><br /> <strong>Social Security</strong><br />$4,087<br /><br /> <strong>Medicare</strong><br />$956<br /><br /> <strong>Basic Life Insurance</strong><br />$174<br /><br /> <strong>Thrift Savings Plan Federal 401(k)<br /> (Employer Contribution)</strong><br />$3,296<br /><br /> <strong>Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)</strong><br />$10,942<br /><br /> <strong>Child Care Program<br /> (max benefit/conditions apply)</strong><br />$5,000<br /><br /> <strong>Parental Paid Leave<br /> (12 weeks, if taken)</strong><br />$15,161</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; padding: 3px 0px 3px;">DIRECT COMPENSATION +<br /> VALUE OF PAID LEAVE +<br /> BENEFITS =</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; padding: 10px 0px 8px; text-align: center;">Overall Annual Total Rewards**</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; font-size: 300%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding: 0px 0px 0px;">$106,268</p> <p style="padding-top: 15px;">**This calculation is a sample only and does not constitute a contract of employment or a guarantee of benefits or future employment. Certain elements vary and are based on specific circumstances. Paid leave is not an additional payment but is a value of your paid time off included in your annual salary based on an 8 hour day. If your service includes part-time calculations, your total rewards and benefits will be proportionally prorated. For more information, please see <a href="https://www.opm.gov" target="_blank">www.opm.gov</a>.</p> </div> </div> <br /> <a href="#Employment-Benefits" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Employment Benefits <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Resume-Tips" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Resume Tips <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Contact-Us" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Contact Us <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#Automotive-Worker-Mechanic">[ <strong>section top</strong> ↑ ]</span></a></div> <br /> </div> </div> <div id="Budget-Analyst" style="background-color: #d9edf7; border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 4px; text-align: center;" class="well well-sm"> <div class="careers-collapsible1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #003f72; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold;">Budget Analyst</span> <img alt="VA Career: Budget Analyst. Using a calculator." class="img-responsive" style="border: #337ab7 3px solid; border-radius: 3px;" src="/CEM/images/careers/Budget-Analyst-700x217.png" /> </div> <div class="careers-content1" style="text-align: left;"> <p style="padding-top: 5px;">Are you looking for a position with a lasting impact for generations? Invest in your future and come join our team! Be a part of a compassionate and dedicated workforce where your job has meaning and purpose!</p> <p>Budget Analysts in the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) perform important work to ensure NCA's financial resources are managed effectively. Your work in this role ensures NCA can continue to serve and honor Veterans and their families with final resting places that commemorate their service and sacrifice to our Nation in perpetuity.</p> <p>As a Budget Analyst, you will perform a variety of procurement and budgetary management duties that are vital to the effective operation and mission of NCA. Budget Analysts work on the formulation, execution, and adjustment to Operating Budget Plans, as well as perform and oversee procurement activities, review invoices, purchase card orders, and make reconciliations. Your work is important and ensures NCA is able to continue to serve and honor Veterans and their families in their most difficult days.</p> <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a=VAPA&s=title" class="btn btn-primary btn-block" role="button" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">NCA Job Openings <span style="float: right; margin-right: 10px;">»</span></span></a> <br /> <div id="Sample-Compensation" class="btn btn-block careers-collapsible2" style="text-align: center; padding: 6px 12px 6px 1px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Sample Compensation & Benefits</span></div> <div class="careers-content2" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px;" class="well well-sm"> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Direct Compensation</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Average Salary</strong><br />$76,771</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total value of Personal Paid Time Off*</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>37 days to 50 days</strong><br />$10,888 to $14,714<br /><br /> *Value of annual combined paid leave and holidays</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total Reward of Benefits Provided by VA</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Health Insurance Premium Subsidy</strong><br />$15,896<br /><br /> <strong>Social Security</strong><br />$4,760<br /><br /> <strong>Medicare</strong><br />$1,113<br /><br /> <strong>Basic Life Insurance</strong><br />$203<br /><br /> <strong>Thrift Savings Plan Federal 401(k)<br /> (Employer Contribution)</strong><br />$3,839<br /><br /> <strong>Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)</strong><br />$12,744<br /><br /> <strong>Child Care Program<br /> (max benefit/conditions apply)</strong><br />$5,000<br /><br /> <strong>Parental Paid Leave<br /> (12 weeks, if taken)</strong><br />$17,657</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; padding: 3px 0px 3px;">DIRECT COMPENSATION +<br /> VALUE OF PAID LEAVE +<br /> BENEFITS =</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; padding: 10px 0px 8px; text-align: center;">Overall Annual Total Rewards**</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; font-size: 300%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding: 0px 0px 0px;">$120,326</p> <p style="padding-top: 15px;">**This calculation is a sample only and does not constitute a contract of employment or a guarantee of benefits or future employment. Certain elements vary and are based on specific circumstances. Paid leave is not an additional payment but is a value of your paid time off included in your annual salary based on an 8 hour day. If your service includes part-time calculations, your total rewards and benefits will be proportionally prorated. For more information, please see <a href="https://www.opm.gov" target="_blank">www.opm.gov</a>.</p> </div> </div> <br /> <a href="#Employment-Benefits" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Employment Benefits <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Resume-Tips" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Resume Tips <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Contact-Us" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Contact Us <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#Budget-Analyst">[ <strong>section top</strong> ↑ ]</span></a></div> <br /> </div> </div> <div id="Cemetery-Administration-Specialist" style="background-color: #d9edf7; border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 4px; text-align: center;" class="well well-sm"> <div class="careers-collapsible1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #003f72; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold;">Cemetery Administration Specialist</span> <img alt="VA Career: Cemetery Administration Specialist. Interacting with a family." class="img-responsive" style="border: #337ab7 3px solid; border-radius: 3px;" src="/CEM/images/careers/Cemetery-Administration-Specialist-700x217.png" /> </div> <div class="careers-content1" style="text-align: left;"> <p style="padding-top: 5px;">The Cemetery Administration Specialist is the face of the National Cemetery Administration's workforce. The Cemetery Administration Specialist provides administrative support in compliance with the National Cemetery Administration standards by providing dignified burial services for Veterans and eligible family members of more than 150 cemeteries as national shrines to commemorate their legacy, service and sacrifice to our nation.</p> <p>The Cemetery Administration Specialist represents the cemetery and the entire NCA at committal services at the National Cemetery, and at outreach events, answering questions and providing information to Veterans regarding memorial benefits. The Cemetery Administration Specialist provides a high degree of care and compassion as they interact with bereaved Veterans and their families, while acting as a liaison in the coordination of arrangements with all components involved in the ceremony.</p> <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a=VAPA&s=title" class="btn btn-primary btn-block" role="button" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">NCA Job Openings <span style="float: right; margin-right: 10px;">»</span></span></a> <br /> <div id="Sample-Compensation" class="btn btn-block careers-collapsible2" style="text-align: center; padding: 6px 12px 6px 1px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Sample Compensation & Benefits</span></div> <div class="careers-content2" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px;" class="well well-sm"> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Direct Compensation</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Average Salary</strong><br />$57,528</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total value of Personal Paid Time Off*</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>37 days to 50 days</strong><br />$8,159 to $11,026<br /><br /> *Value of annual combined paid leave and holidays</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total Reward of Benefits Provided by VA</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Health Insurance Premium Subsidy</strong><br />$15,896<br /><br /> <strong>Social Security</strong><br />$3,567<br /><br /> <strong>Medicare</strong><br />$834<br /><br /> <strong>Basic Life Insurance</strong><br />$152<br /><br /> <strong>Thrift Savings Plan Federal 401(k)<br /> (Employer Contribution)</strong><br />$2,876<br /><br /> <strong>Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)</strong><br />$9,550<br /><br /> <strong>Child Care Program<br /> (max benefit/conditions apply)</strong><br />$5,000<br /><br /> <strong>Parental Paid Leave<br /> (12 weeks, if taken)</strong><br />$13,231</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; padding: 3px 0px 3px;">DIRECT COMPENSATION +<br /> VALUE OF PAID LEAVE +<br /> BENEFITS =</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; padding: 10px 0px 8px; text-align: center;">Overall Annual Total Rewards**</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; font-size: 300%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding: 0px 0px 0px;">$95,403</p> <p style="padding-top: 15px;">**This calculation is a sample only and does not constitute a contract of employment or a guarantee of benefits or future employment. Certain elements vary and are based on specific circumstances. Paid leave is not an additional payment but is a value of your paid time off included in your annual salary based on an 8 hour day. If your service includes part-time calculations, your total rewards and benefits will be proportionally prorated. For more information, please see <a href="https://www.opm.gov" target="_blank">www.opm.gov</a>.</p> </div> </div> <br /> <a href="#Employment-Benefits" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Employment Benefits <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Resume-Tips" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Resume Tips <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Contact-Us" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Contact Us <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#Cemetery-Administration-Specialist">[ <strong>section top</strong> ↑ ]</span></a></div> <br /> </div> </div> <div id="Cemetery-Caretaker" style="background-color: #d9edf7; border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 4px; text-align: center;" class="well well-sm"> <div class="careers-collapsible1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #003f72; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold;">Cemetery Caretaker</span> <img alt="VA Career: Cemetery Caretaker. Performing a task in a cemetery." class="img-responsive" style="border: #337ab7 3px solid; border-radius: 3px;" src="/CEM/images/careers/Cemetery-Caretaker-700x217.png" /> </div> <div class="careers-content1" style="text-align: left;"> <p style="padding-top: 5px;">The Cemetery Caretaker is the backbone of the National Cemetery Administration's workforce. Cemetery Caretakers support the National Cemetery Administration by providing dignified burial services for Veterans and eligible family members by maintaining more than 150 cemeteries as national shrines to commemorate their legacy, service and sacrifice to our nation.</p> <p>NCA's Cemetery Caretaker performs a variety of tasks, such as operating small tractors and riding lawn mowers; transplanting shrubs; excavating graves to the proper level; cutting and removing sod, tamping and leveling dirt using hand and power tools; digging and squaring graves using pneumatic equipment, picks and shovels; assisting in lifting and placing caskets on lowering devices; loading and unloading materials; aligning headstones; cleaning and clearing cemetery grounds of debris using power trimmers, chainsaws, axes, shovels, rakes, blowers, vacuums etc.; weeding, mulching, and applying fertilizer; pruning shrubs and low level dead branches; removing snow and ice; cleaning headstones using sprayer and hand brush; and cleaning service and administrative areas.</p> <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a=VAPA&s=title" class="btn btn-primary btn-block" role="button" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">NCA Job Openings <span style="float: right; margin-right: 10px;">»</span></span></a> <br /> <div id="Sample-Compensation" class="btn btn-block careers-collapsible2" style="text-align: center; padding: 6px 12px 6px 1px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Sample Compensation & Benefits</span></div> <div class="careers-content2" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px;" class="well well-sm"> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Direct Compensation</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Average Salary</strong><br />$52,854</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total value of Personal Paid Time Off*</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>37 days to 50 days</strong><br />$7,496 to $10,130<br /><br /> *Value of annual combined paid leave and holidays</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total Reward of Benefits Provided by VA</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Health Insurance Premium Subsidy</strong><br />$15,896<br /><br /> <strong>Social Security</strong><br />$3,277<br /><br /> <strong>Medicare</strong><br />$766<br /><br /> <strong>Basic Life Insurance</strong><br />$140<br /><br /> <strong>Thrift Savings Plan Federal 401(k)<br /> (Employer Contribution)</strong><br />$2,643<br /><br /> <strong>Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)</strong><br />$8,774<br /><br /> <strong>Child Care Program<br /> (max benefit/conditions apply)</strong><br />$5,000<br /><br /> <strong>Parental Paid Leave<br /> (12 weeks, if taken)</strong><br />$12,156</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; padding: 3px 0px 3px;">DIRECT COMPENSATION +<br /> VALUE OF PAID LEAVE +<br /> BENEFITS =</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; padding: 10px 0px 8px; text-align: center;">Overall Annual Total Rewards**</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; font-size: 300%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding: 0px 0px 0px;">$89,350</p> <p style="padding-top: 15px;">**This calculation is a sample only and does not constitute a contract of employment or a guarantee of benefits or future employment. Certain elements vary and are based on specific circumstances. Paid leave is not an additional payment but is a value of your paid time off included in your annual salary based on an 8 hour day. If your service includes part-time calculations, your total rewards and benefits will be proportionally prorated. For more information, please see <a href="https://www.opm.gov" target="_blank">www.opm.gov</a>.</p> </div> </div> <br /> <a href="#Employment-Benefits" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Employment Benefits <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Resume-Tips" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Resume Tips <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Contact-Us" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Contact Us <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#Cemetery-Caretaker">[ <strong>section top</strong> ↑ ]</span></a></div> <br /> </div> </div> <div id="Cemetery-Director-Assistant-Director" style="background-color: #d9edf7; border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 4px; text-align: center;" class="well well-sm"> <div class="careers-collapsible1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #003f72; font-size: 104%; font-weight: bold;">Cemetery Director / Assistant Director</span> <img alt="VA Career: Cemetery Director / Assistant Director. Suit lapel with American flag pin and shovel pin." class="img-responsive" style="border: #337ab7 3px solid; border-radius: 3px;" src="/CEM/images/careers/Cemetery-Director-Assistant-Director-700x217.png" /> </div> <div class="careers-content1" style="text-align: left;"> <p style="padding-top: 5px;">Be a part of a compassionate and dedicated workforce where your leadership is the cornerstone in serving and honoring our nation's heroes and their families within local communities at more than 150 national cemeteries.</p> <p>Cemetery Directors and Assistant Directors are the frontline leaders in the National Cemetery Administration (NCA). They play a critical role in the delivery of burial benefits and memorial programs services within NCA. They oversee the day-to-day operations of a national cemetery and are responsible for the operation and maintenance of national cemeteries as national shrines as well as the interment and memorialization of the Nation鈥檚 Veterans, service members and eligible family members. All new NCA Cemetery Directors and Assistant Directors participate in a tailored training program (Cemetery Director Certification Program) whose curriculum focuses on leadership, facility management and interment operations to prepare employees in these critical leadership positions with the necessary knowledge and skills to be successful and advance within NCA.</p> <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a=VAPA&s=title" class="btn btn-primary btn-block" role="button" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">NCA Job Openings <span style="float: right; margin-right: 10px;">»</span></span></a> <br /> <div id="Sample-Compensation" class="btn btn-block careers-collapsible2" style="text-align: center; padding: 6px 12px 6px 1px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Sample Compensation & Benefits</span></div> <div class="careers-content2" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px;" class="well well-sm"> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Direct Compensation</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Average Salary</strong><br />$125,316</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total value of Personal Paid Time Off*</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>37 days to 50 days</strong><br />$17,774 to $24,018<br /><br /> *Value of annual combined paid leave and holidays</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total Reward of Benefits Provided by VA</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Health Insurance Premium Subsidy</strong><br />$15,896<br /><br /> <strong>Social Security</strong><br />$7,770<br /><br /> <strong>Medicare</strong><br />$1,817<br /><br /> <strong>Basic Life Insurance</strong><br />$331<br /><br /> <strong>Thrift Savings Plan Federal 401(k)<br /> (Employer Contribution)</strong><br />$6,266<br /><br /> <strong>Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)</strong><br />$20,802<br /><br /> <strong>Child Care Program<br /> (max benefit/conditions apply)</strong><br />$5,000<br /><br /> <strong>Parental Paid Leave<br /> (12 weeks, if taken)</strong><br />$28,822</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; padding: 3px 0px 3px;">DIRECT COMPENSATION +<br /> VALUE OF PAID LEAVE +<br /> BENEFITS =</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; padding: 10px 0px 8px; text-align: center;">Overall Annual Total Rewards**</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; font-size: 300%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding: 0px 0px 0px;">$183,198</p> <p style="padding-top: 15px;">**This calculation is a sample only and does not constitute a contract of employment or a guarantee of benefits or future employment. Certain elements vary and are based on specific circumstances. Paid leave is not an additional payment but is a value of your paid time off included in your annual salary based on an 8 hour day. If your service includes part-time calculations, your total rewards and benefits will be proportionally prorated. For more information, please see <a href="https://www.opm.gov" target="_blank">www.opm.gov</a>.</p> </div> </div> <br /> <a href="#Employment-Benefits" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Employment Benefits <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Resume-Tips" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Resume Tips <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Contact-Us" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Contact Us <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#Cemetery-Director-Assistant-Director">[ <strong>section top</strong> ↑ ]</span></a></div> <br /> </div> </div> <div id="Contract-Specialist" style="background-color: #d9edf7; border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 4px; text-align: center;" class="well well-sm"> <div class="careers-collapsible1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #003f72; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold;">Contract Specialist</span> <img alt="VA Career: Contract Specialist. Handshake." class="img-responsive" style="border: #337ab7 3px solid; border-radius: 3px;" src="/CEM/images/careers/Contract-Specialist-700x217.png" /> </div> <div class="careers-content1" style="text-align: left;"> <p style="padding-top: 5px;">Be a part of a compassionate and dedicated workforce where your work supports the mission of the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) in serving and honoring our nation's heroes and their families with final resting places in national shrines to commemorate their service and sacrifice to our Nation.</p> <p>As a Contracting Specialist, you participate in critical decisions to fulfill NCA's mission, plan for the purchase of goods and services from the private sector, negotiate, award, and manage contracts. Contract Specialists make strategic and innovative business decisions to help NCA obtain critical goods and services. As a contract Specialist, you contribute at varying levels of skill and expertise and there is considerable opportunity for growth and increased responsibility for those who excel and are passionate about their careers.</p> <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a=VAPA&s=title" class="btn btn-primary btn-block" role="button" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">NCA Job Openings <span style="float: right; margin-right: 10px;">»</span></span></a> <br /> <div id="Sample-Compensation" class="btn btn-block careers-collapsible2" style="text-align: center; padding: 6px 12px 6px 1px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Sample Compensation & Benefits</span></div> <div class="careers-content2" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px;" class="well well-sm"> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Direct Compensation</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Average Salary</strong><br />$116,138</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total value of Personal Paid Time Off*</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>37 days to 50 days</strong><br />$16,472 to $22,259<br /><br /> *Value of annual combined paid leave and holidays</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total Reward of Benefits Provided by VA</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Health Insurance Premium Subsidy</strong><br />$15,896<br /><br /> <strong>Social Security</strong><br />$7,201<br /><br /> <strong>Medicare</strong><br />$1,684<br /><br /> <strong>Basic Life Insurance</strong><br />$307<br /><br /> <strong>Thrift Savings Plan Federal 401(k)<br /> (Employer Contribution)</strong><br />$5,807<br /><br /> <strong>Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)</strong><br />$19,279<br /><br /> <strong>Child Care Program<br /> (max benefit/conditions apply)</strong><br />$5,000<br /><br /> <strong>Parental Paid Leave<br /> (12 weeks, if taken)</strong><br />$26,711</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; padding: 3px 0px 3px;">DIRECT COMPENSATION +<br /> VALUE OF PAID LEAVE +<br /> BENEFITS =</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; padding: 10px 0px 8px; text-align: center;">Overall Annual Total Rewards**</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; font-size: 300%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding: 0px 0px 0px;">$171,196</p> <p style="padding-top: 15px;">**This calculation is a sample only and does not constitute a contract of employment or a guarantee of benefits or future employment. Certain elements vary and are based on specific circumstances. Paid leave is not an additional payment but is a value of your paid time off included in your annual salary based on an 8 hour day. If your service includes part-time calculations, your total rewards and benefits will be proportionally prorated. For more information, please see <a href="https://www.opm.gov" target="_blank">www.opm.gov</a>.</p> </div> </div> <br /> <a href="#Employment-Benefits" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Employment Benefits <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Resume-Tips" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Resume Tips <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Contact-Us" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Contact Us <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#Contract-Specialist">[ <strong>section top</strong> ↑ ]</span></a></div> <br /> </div> </div> <div id="Engineering-Equipment-Operator" style="background-color: #d9edf7; border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 4px; text-align: center;" class="well well-sm"> <div class="careers-collapsible1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #003f72; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold;">Engineering Equipment Operator</span> <img alt="VA Career: Engineering Equipment Operator. Digging." class="img-responsive" style="border: #337ab7 3px solid; border-radius: 3px;" src="/CEM/images/careers/Engineering-Equipment-Operator-700x217.png" /> </div> <div class="careers-content1" style="text-align: left;"> <p style="padding-top: 5px;">Come join our team and be a part of a compassionate and dedicated workforce where your job has meaning and purpose!</p> <p>Engineering Equipment Operators in the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) are vital team members whose work contributes to the core mission of serving and honoring our nation's heroes and their families with shrines and lasting tributes at more than 150 national cemeteries.</p> <p>Engineering Equipment Operators assist with interment activities and operates heavy equipment such as backhoes and equipment that is fitted with a front-end loader. Equipment is used to dig graves and prepare grave sites for interments and to dig ditches for placement of French drains and backfills and tamps grave sites following burials. Engineering Equipment Operators assist with landscaping activities by clearing brush, tree stumps, rocks and clearing undeveloped land and in performing maintenance activities on equipment.</p> <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a=VAPA&s=title" class="btn btn-primary btn-block" role="button" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">NCA Job Openings <span style="float: right; margin-right: 10px;">»</span></span></a> <br /> <div id="Sample-Compensation" class="btn btn-block careers-collapsible2" style="text-align: center; padding: 6px 12px 6px 1px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Sample Compensation & Benefits</span></div> <div class="careers-content2" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px;" class="well well-sm"> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Direct Compensation</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Average Salary</strong><br />$63,379</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total value of Personal Paid Time Off*</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>37 days to 50 days</strong><br />$8,989 to $12,147<br /><br /> *Value of annual combined paid leave and holidays</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total Reward of Benefits Provided by VA</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Health Insurance Premium Subsidy</strong><br />$15,896<br /><br /> <strong>Social Security</strong><br />$3,929<br /><br /> <strong>Medicare</strong><br />$919<br /><br /> <strong>Basic Life Insurance</strong><br />$167<br /><br /> <strong>Thrift Savings Plan Federal 401(k)<br /> (Employer Contribution)</strong><br />$3,169<br /><br /> <strong>Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)</strong><br />$10,521<br /><br /> <strong>Child Care Program<br /> (max benefit/conditions apply)</strong><br />$5,000<br /><br /> <strong>Parental Paid Leave<br /> (12 weeks, if taken)</strong><br />$14,577</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; padding: 3px 0px 3px;">DIRECT COMPENSATION +<br /> VALUE OF PAID LEAVE +<br /> BENEFITS =</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; padding: 10px 0px 8px; text-align: center;">Overall Annual Total Rewards**</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; font-size: 300%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding: 0px 0px 0px;">$102,980</p> <p style="padding-top: 15px;">**This calculation is a sample only and does not constitute a contract of employment or a guarantee of benefits or future employment. Certain elements vary and are based on specific circumstances. Paid leave is not an additional payment but is a value of your paid time off included in your annual salary based on an 8 hour day. If your service includes part-time calculations, your total rewards and benefits will be proportionally prorated. For more information, please see <a href="https://www.opm.gov" target="_blank">www.opm.gov</a>.</p> </div> </div> <br /> <a href="#Employment-Benefits" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Employment Benefits <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Resume-Tips" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Resume Tips <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Contact-Us" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Contact Us <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#Engineering-Equipment-Operator">[ <strong>section top</strong> ↑ ]</span></a></div> <br /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div id="Gardener" style="background-color: #d9edf7; border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 4px; text-align: center;" class="well well-sm"> <div class="careers-collapsible1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #003f72; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold;">Gardener</span> <img alt="VA Career: Gardener. Left: flowers. Right: flagpole and rainbow." class="img-responsive" style="border: #337ab7 3px solid; border-radius: 3px;" src="/CEM/images/careers/Gardener-700x217.png" /> </div> <div class="careers-content1" style="text-align: left;"> <p style="padding-top: 5px;">Plant a seed and grow your career with the National Cemetery Administration (NCA)! Come join our team and be a part of a compassionate and dedicated workforce where your job has meaning and purpose!</p> <p>Gardeners in NCA are vital team members whose work contributes to the core mission of serving and honoring our nation's heroes and their families with shrines and lasting tributes at more than 150 national cemeteries. Their loving work is appreciated by all cemetery visitors and plays a critical role in the maintenance and beautification of these hallowed cemetery grounds.</p> <p>As a Gardener, you will put your knowledge and skill in gardening to use by tending to lawns, flowers, shrubs, and trees. You will perform turf and landscape maintenance duties including mowing, trimming, aeration, thatch control and removal, general pest control, pruning and care of woody plants and trees, and planting, transporting annual and perennial plant material. Your work directly reflects the standard and level of care NCA has in honoring our Veterans with national shrines and lasting tributes.</p> <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a=VAPA&s=title" class="btn btn-primary btn-block" role="button" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">NCA Job Openings <span style="float: right; margin-right: 10px;">»</span></span></a> <br /> <div id="Sample-Compensation" class="btn btn-block careers-collapsible2" style="text-align: center; padding: 6px 12px 6px 1px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Sample Compensation & Benefits</span></div> <div class="careers-content2" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px;" class="well well-sm"> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Direct Compensation</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Average Salary</strong><br />$61,762</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total value of Personal Paid Time Off*</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>37 days to 50 days</strong><br />$8,760 to $11,837<br /><br /> *Value of annual combined paid leave and holidays</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total Reward of Benefits Provided by VA</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Health Insurance Premium Subsidy</strong><br />$15,896<br /><br /> <strong>Social Security</strong><br />$3,829<br /><br /> <strong>Medicare</strong><br />$896<br /><br /> <strong>Basic Life Insurance</strong><br />$163<br /><br /> <strong>Thrift Savings Plan Federal 401(k)<br /> (Employer Contribution)</strong><br />$3,088<br /><br /> <strong>Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)</strong><br />$10,252<br /><br /> <strong>Child Care Program<br /> (max benefit/conditions apply)</strong><br />$5,000<br /><br /> <strong>Parental Paid Leave<br /> (12 weeks, if taken)</strong><br />$14,205</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; padding: 3px 0px 3px;">DIRECT COMPENSATION +<br /> VALUE OF PAID LEAVE +<br /> BENEFITS =</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; padding: 10px 0px 8px; text-align: center;">Overall Annual Total Rewards**</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; font-size: 300%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding: 0px 0px 0px;">$100,886</p> <p style="padding-top: 15px;">**This calculation is a sample only and does not constitute a contract of employment or a guarantee of benefits or future employment. Certain elements vary and are based on specific circumstances. Paid leave is not an additional payment but is a value of your paid time off included in your annual salary based on an 8 hour day. If your service includes part-time calculations, your total rewards and benefits will be proportionally prorated. For more information, please see <a href="https://www.opm.gov" target="_blank">www.opm.gov</a>.</p> </div> </div> <br /> <a href="#Employment-Benefits" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Employment Benefits <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Resume-Tips" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Resume Tips <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Contact-Us" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Contact Us <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#Gardener">[ <strong>section top</strong> ↑ ]</span></a></div> <br /> </div> </div> <div id="Heavy-Mobile-Equipment-Repairer-Mechanic" style="background-color: #d9edf7; border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 4px; text-align: center;" class="well well-sm"> <div class="careers-collapsible1" style="padding-top: 3.21px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #003f72; font-size: 88%; font-weight: bold;">Heavy Mobile Equipment Repairer / Mechanic</span> <img alt="VA Career: Heavy Mobile Equipment Repairer / Mechanic. Working on an engine." class="img-responsive" style="border: #337ab7 3px solid; border-radius: 3px;" src="/CEM/images/careers/Heavy-Mobile-Equipment-Repairer-Mechanic-700x217.png" /> </div> <div class="careers-content1" style="text-align: left;"> <p style="padding-top: 5px;">Do you want a career that's geared towards success and honors our American heroes? Put your mechanic skills to use! Come join our team and be a part of a compassionate and dedicated workforce where your job has meaning and purpose!</p> <p>Heavy Mobile Equipment Repairers/Mechanics in the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) are vital team members whose work contributes to the core mission of serving and honoring our nation's heroes and their families with shrines and lasting tributes at more than 150 national cemeteries. When you work for NCA, you can take pride in who you are and what you do by proudly serving those who have served us.</p> <p>Heavy Mobile Equipment Repairers/Mechanics maintain, repair, and modify heavy duty vehicles and equipment with specialized systems designed for various applications in construction, earth moving, and other special applications. They work on equipment such as bulldozers, cranes, and fire trucks, repairing major systems like engines and transmissions. Skills required include knowledge of heavy machinery, ability to identify faults, determine causes of malfunction, and perform repairs and modifications.</p> <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a=VAPA&s=title" class="btn btn-primary btn-block" role="button" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">NCA Job Openings <span style="float: right; margin-right: 10px;">»</span></span></a> <br /> <div id="Sample-Compensation" class="btn btn-block careers-collapsible2" style="text-align: center; padding: 6px 12px 6px 1px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Sample Compensation & Benefits</span></div> <div class="careers-content2" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px;" class="well well-sm"> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Direct Compensation</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Average Salary</strong><br />$73,220</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total value of Personal Paid Time Off*</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>37 days to 50 days</strong><br />$10,385 to $14,034<br /><br /> *Value of annual combined paid leave and holidays</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total Reward of Benefits Provided by VA</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Health Insurance Premium Subsidy</strong><br />$15,896<br /><br /> <strong>Social Security</strong><br />$4,540<br /><br /> <strong>Medicare</strong><br />$1,062<br /><br /> <strong>Basic Life Insurance</strong><br />$193<br /><br /> <strong>Thrift Savings Plan Federal 401(k)<br /> (Employer Contribution)</strong><br />$3,661<br /><br /> <strong>Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)</strong><br />$12,155<br /><br /> <strong>Child Care Program<br /> (max benefit/conditions apply)</strong><br />$5,000<br /><br /> <strong>Parental Paid Leave<br /> (12 weeks, if taken)</strong><br />$16,840</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; padding: 3px 0px 3px;">DIRECT COMPENSATION +<br /> VALUE OF PAID LEAVE +<br /> BENEFITS =</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; padding: 10px 0px 8px; text-align: center;">Overall Annual Total Rewards**</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; font-size: 300%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding: 0px 0px 0px;">$115,653</p> <p style="padding-top: 15px;">**This calculation is a sample only and does not constitute a contract of employment or a guarantee of benefits or future employment. Certain elements vary and are based on specific circumstances. Paid leave is not an additional payment but is a value of your paid time off included in your annual salary based on an 8 hour day. If your service includes part-time calculations, your total rewards and benefits will be proportionally prorated. For more information, please see <a href="https://www.opm.gov" target="_blank">www.opm.gov</a>.</p> </div> </div> <br /> <a href="#Employment-Benefits" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Employment Benefits <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Resume-Tips" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Resume Tips <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Contact-Us" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Contact Us <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#Heavy-Mobile-Equipment-Repairer-Mechanic">[ <strong>section top</strong> ↑ ]</span></a></div> <br /> </div> </div> <div id="Human-Resources-Specialist" style="background-color: #d9edf7; border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 4px; text-align: center;" class="well well-sm"> <div class="careers-collapsible1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #003f72; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold;">Human Resources Specialist</span> <img alt="VA Career: Human Resources Specialist. Reviewing a resume." class="img-responsive" style="border: #337ab7 3px solid; border-radius: 3px;" src="/CEM/images/careers/Human-Resources-Specialist-700x217.png" /> </div> <div class="careers-content1" style="text-align: left;"> <p style="padding-top: 5px;">We are looking for the best to carry out our mission! Is your expertise working with people? Are you motivated by working independently and making a difference for others? The Human Resources Specialist is the powerhouse behind the National Cemetery Administration's workforce.</p> <p>In this role, you are responsible for working with staff at various organizational levels to identify, analyze, problem-solve, and resolve potentially complex issues and difficult situations that arise throughout the organization. You will interpret and apply regulations pertinent to employment and placement within the National Cemetery Administration. Your goals include providing an unusual degree of insight into the understanding of and sensitivity between various personnel programs and to the organizational and management relationships within NCA and advising and assisting management and employees concerning all Human Resource functions.</p> <p>The NCA Human Resources Specialist recruits and supports the NCA professionals by finding the best of the best to carry out our mission and serve our Veterans and their families.</p> <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a=VAPA&s=title" class="btn btn-primary btn-block" role="button" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">NCA Job Openings <span style="float: right; margin-right: 10px;">»</span></span></a> <br /> <div id="Sample-Compensation" class="btn btn-block careers-collapsible2" style="text-align: center; padding: 6px 12px 6px 1px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Sample Compensation & Benefits</span></div> <div class="careers-content2" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px;" class="well well-sm"> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Direct Compensation</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Average Salary</strong><br />$87,800</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total value of Personal Paid Time Off*</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>37 days to 50 days</strong><br />$12,453 to $16,828<br /><br /> *Value of annual combined paid leave and holidays</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total Reward of Benefits Provided by VA</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Health Insurance Premium Subsidy</strong><br />$15,896<br /><br /> <strong>Social Security</strong><br />$5,444<br /><br /> <strong>Medicare</strong><br />$1,273<br /><br /> <strong>Basic Life Insurance</strong><br />$232<br /><br /> <strong>Thrift Savings Plan Federal 401(k)<br /> (Employer Contribution)</strong><br />$4,390<br /><br /> <strong>Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)</strong><br />$14,575<br /><br /> <strong>Child Care Program<br /> (max benefit/conditions apply)</strong><br />$5,000<br /><br /> <strong>Parental Paid Leave<br /> (12 weeks, if taken)</strong><br />$20,194</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; padding: 3px 0px 3px;">DIRECT COMPENSATION +<br /> VALUE OF PAID LEAVE +<br /> BENEFITS =</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; padding: 10px 0px 8px; text-align: center;">Overall Annual Total Rewards**</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; font-size: 300%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding: 0px 0px 0px;">$134,610</p> <p style="padding-top: 15px;">**This calculation is a sample only and does not constitute a contract of employment or a guarantee of benefits or future employment. Certain elements vary and are based on specific circumstances. Paid leave is not an additional payment but is a value of your paid time off included in your annual salary based on an 8 hour day. If your service includes part-time calculations, your total rewards and benefits will be proportionally prorated. For more information, please see <a href="https://www.opm.gov" target="_blank">www.opm.gov</a>.</p> </div> </div> <br /> <a href="#Employment-Benefits" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Employment Benefits <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Resume-Tips" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Resume Tips <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Contact-Us" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Contact Us <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#Human-Resources-Specialist">[ <strong>section top</strong> ↑ ]</span></a></div> <br /> </div> </div> <div id="Maintenance-Worker-Mechanic" style="background-color: #d9edf7; border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 4px; text-align: center;" class="well well-sm"> <div class="careers-collapsible1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #003f72; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold;">Maintenance Worker / Mechanic</span> <img alt="VA Career: Maintenance Worker / Mechanic. Maintaining cemetery grounds." class="img-responsive" style="border: #337ab7 3px solid; border-radius: 3px;" src="/CEM/images/careers/Maintenance-Worker-Mechanic-700x217.png" /> </div> <div class="careers-content1" style="text-align: left;"> <p style="padding-top: 5px;">Put your trades experience to use and come join our team! Be a part of a compassionate and dedicated workforce where your job has meaning and purpose!</p> <p>Maintenance Workers/Mechanics in the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) are vital team members whose work contributes to the core mission of serving and honoring our nation's heroes and their families with shrines and lasting tributes at more than 150 national cemeteries.</p> <p>Maintenance Workers/Mechanics perform a variety of trades practices such as carpentry, plumbing, electrical, masonry, pest control, asphalt repairs, etc. to perform repairs and preventive maintenance of irrigation systems, maintain and repair buildings, physical structures, and facilities, and in the maintenance of cemetery grounds.</p> <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a=VAPA&s=title" class="btn btn-primary btn-block" role="button" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">NCA Job Openings <span style="float: right; margin-right: 10px;">»</span></span></a> <br /> <div id="Sample-Compensation" class="btn btn-block careers-collapsible2" style="text-align: center; padding: 6px 12px 6px 1px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Sample Compensation & Benefits</span></div> <div class="careers-content2" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px;" class="well well-sm"> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Direct Compensation</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Average Salary</strong><br />$62,858</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total value of Personal Paid Time Off*</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>37 days to 50 days</strong><br />$8,915 to $12,048<br /><br /> *Value of annual combined paid leave and holidays</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total Reward of Benefits Provided by VA</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Health Insurance Premium Subsidy</strong><br />$15,896<br /><br /> <strong>Social Security</strong><br />$3,897<br /><br /> <strong>Medicare</strong><br />$911<br /><br /> <strong>Basic Life Insurance</strong><br />$166<br /><br /> <strong>Thrift Savings Plan Federal 401(k)<br /> (Employer Contribution)</strong><br />$3,148<br /><br /> <strong>Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)</strong><br />$10,434<br /><br /> <strong>Child Care Program<br /> (max benefit/conditions apply)</strong><br />$5,000<br /><br /> <strong>Parental Paid Leave<br /> (12 weeks, if taken)</strong><br />$14,457</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; padding: 3px 0px 3px;">DIRECT COMPENSATION +<br /> VALUE OF PAID LEAVE +<br /> BENEFITS =</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; padding: 10px 0px 8px; text-align: center;">Overall Annual Total Rewards**</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; font-size: 300%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding: 0px 0px 0px;">$102,305</p> <p style="padding-top: 15px;">**This calculation is a sample only and does not constitute a contract of employment or a guarantee of benefits or future employment. Certain elements vary and are based on specific circumstances. Paid leave is not an additional payment but is a value of your paid time off included in your annual salary based on an 8 hour day. If your service includes part-time calculations, your total rewards and benefits will be proportionally prorated. For more information, please see <a href="https://www.opm.gov" target="_blank">www.opm.gov</a>.</p> </div> </div> <br /> <a href="#Employment-Benefits" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Employment Benefits <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Resume-Tips" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Resume Tips <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Contact-Us" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Contact Us <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#Maintenance-Worker-Mechanic">[ <strong>section top</strong> ↑ ]</span></a></div> <br /> </div> </div> <div id="Motor-Vehicle-Operator" style="background-color: #d9edf7; border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 4px; text-align: center;" class="well well-sm"> <div class="careers-collapsible1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #003f72; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold;">Motor Vehicle Operator</span> <img alt="VA Career: Motor Vehicle Operator. Left: avenue of flags. Right: various motor vehicles." class="img-responsive" style="border: #337ab7 3px solid; border-radius: 3px;" src="/CEM/images/careers/Motor-Vehicle-Operator-700x217.png" /> </div> <div class="careers-content1" style="text-align: left;"> <p style="padding-top: 5px;">Do you want a career where your skills are a driving force in honoring and serving our American heroes? Come join our team and be a part of a compassionate and dedicated workforce where your job has meaning and purpose!</p> <p>Motor Vehicle Operators in the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) are vital team members whose work contributes to the core mission of serving and honoring our nation's heroes and their families with shrines and lasting tributes at more than 150 national cemeteries. When you work for NCA, you can take pride in who you are and what you do by proudly serving those who have served us.</p> <p>Motor Vehicle Operators in NCA safely operate a variety of vehicles to include, pickup trucks, dump trucks, street sweepers, compaction rollers, forklifts, backhoes, track excavator, and a variety of dumpsters, over terrain that may be uneven or unstable and over narrow curving roads in generally moderate to heavy traffic conditions. They must also be able to safely operate foot and hand controls simultaneously.</p> <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a=VAPA&s=title" class="btn btn-primary btn-block" role="button" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">NCA Job Openings <span style="float: right; margin-right: 10px;">»</span></span></a> <br /> <div id="Sample-Compensation" class="btn btn-block careers-collapsible2" style="text-align: center; padding: 6px 12px 6px 1px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Sample Compensation & Benefits</span></div> <div class="careers-content2" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px;" class="well well-sm"> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Direct Compensation</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Average Salary</strong><br />$63,327</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total value of Personal Paid Time Off*</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>37 days to 50 days</strong><br />$8,982 to $12,137<br /><br /> *Value of annual combined paid leave and holidays</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total Reward of Benefits Provided by VA</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Health Insurance Premium Subsidy</strong><br />$15,896<br /><br /> <strong>Social Security</strong><br />$3,926<br /><br /> <strong>Medicare</strong><br />$918<br /><br /> <strong>Basic Life Insurance</strong><br />$167<br /><br /> <strong>Thrift Savings Plan Federal 401(k)<br /> (Employer Contribution)</strong><br />$3,166<br /><br /> <strong>Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)</strong><br />$10,512<br /><br /> <strong>Child Care Program<br /> (max benefit/conditions apply)</strong><br />$5,000<br /><br /> <strong>Parental Paid Leave<br /> (12 weeks, if taken)</strong><br />$14,565</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; padding: 3px 0px 3px;">DIRECT COMPENSATION +<br /> VALUE OF PAID LEAVE +<br /> BENEFITS =</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; padding: 10px 0px 8px; text-align: center;">Overall Annual Total Rewards**</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; font-size: 300%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding: 0px 0px 0px;">$102,912</p> <p style="padding-top: 15px;">**This calculation is a sample only and does not constitute a contract of employment or a guarantee of benefits or future employment. Certain elements vary and are based on specific circumstances. Paid leave is not an additional payment but is a value of your paid time off included in your annual salary based on an 8 hour day. If your service includes part-time calculations, your total rewards and benefits will be proportionally prorated. For more information, please see <a href="https://www.opm.gov" target="_blank">www.opm.gov</a>.</p> </div> </div> <br /> <a href="#Employment-Benefits" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Employment Benefits <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Resume-Tips" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Resume Tips <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Contact-Us" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Contact Us <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#Motor-Vehicle-Operator">[ <strong>section top</strong> ↑ ]</span></a></div> <br /> </div> </div> <div id="Procurement-Resources-Specialist" style="background-color: #d9edf7; border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 4px; text-align: center;" class="well well-sm"> <div class="careers-collapsible1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #003f72; font-size: 106%; font-weight: bold;">Procurement & Resources Specialist</span> <img alt="VA Career: Procurement & Resources Specialist. Paperwork and calculator." class="img-responsive" style="border: #337ab7 3px solid; border-radius: 3px;" src="/CEM/images/careers/Procurement-Resources-Specialist-700x217.png" /> </div> <div class="careers-content1" style="text-align: left;"> <p style="padding-top: 5px;">We are looking for the best to carry out our mission! Join a team of caring and committed individuals who help fulfill the mission of the National Cemetery Administration (NCA).</p> <p>We honor and serve our nation's heroes and their families by providing them with dignified final resting places in national shrines, commemorating their service and sacrifice to our country.</p> <p>As a Procurement & Resources Specialist, you will work closely with the NCA Contracting Service to acquire goods and services needed to accomplish NCA mission and goals. Procurement & Resource Specialists perform a wide variety of contract procurement and Contracting Officer Representative (COR) duties.</p> <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a=VAPA&s=title" class="btn btn-primary btn-block" role="button" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">NCA Job Openings <span style="float: right; margin-right: 10px;">»</span></span></a> <br /> <div id="Sample-Compensation" class="btn btn-block careers-collapsible2" style="text-align: center; padding: 6px 12px 6px 1px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Sample Compensation & Benefits</span></div> <div class="careers-content2" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px;" class="well well-sm"> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Direct Compensation</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Average Salary</strong><br />$87,980</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total value of Personal Paid Time Off*</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>37 days to 50 days</strong><br />$12,478 to $16,862<br /><br /> *Value of annual combined paid leave and holidays</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total Reward of Benefits Provided by VA</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Health Insurance Premium Subsidy</strong><br />$15,896<br /><br /> <strong>Social Security</strong><br />$5,455<br /><br /> <strong>Medicare</strong><br />$1,276<br /><br /> <strong>Basic Life Insurance</strong><br />$232<br /><br /> <strong>Thrift Savings Plan Federal 401(k)<br /> (Employer Contribution)</strong><br />$4,399<br /><br /> <strong>Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)</strong><br />$14,605<br /><br /> <strong>Child Care Program<br /> (max benefit/conditions apply)</strong><br />$5,000<br /><br /> <strong>Parental Paid Leave<br /> (12 weeks, if taken)</strong><br />$20,235</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; padding: 3px 0px 3px;">DIRECT COMPENSATION +<br /> VALUE OF PAID LEAVE +<br /> BENEFITS =</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; padding: 10px 0px 8px; text-align: center;">Overall Annual Total Rewards**</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; font-size: 300%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding: 0px 0px 0px;">$134,755</p> <p style="padding-top: 15px;">**This calculation is a sample only and does not constitute a contract of employment or a guarantee of benefits or future employment. Certain elements vary and are based on specific circumstances. Paid leave is not an additional payment but is a value of your paid time off included in your annual salary based on an 8 hour day. If your service includes part-time calculations, your total rewards and benefits will be proportionally prorated. For more information, please see <a href="https://www.opm.gov" target="_blank">www.opm.gov</a>.</p> </div> </div> <br /> <a href="#Employment-Benefits" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Employment Benefits <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Resume-Tips" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Resume Tips <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <a href="#Contact-Us" class="btn btn-default btn-block" role="button" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; border-color: #003f72; important!;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Contact Us <span style="float: right; margin-right: 9px;">↓</span></span></a> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#Procurement-Resources-Specialist">[ <strong>section top</strong> ↑ ]</span></a></div> <br /> </div> </div> <div id="Program-Support-Assistant" style="background-color: #d9edf7; border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 4px; text-align: center;" class="well well-sm"> <div class="careers-collapsible1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #003f72; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold;">Program Support Assistant</span> <img alt="VA Career: Program Support Assistant. Typing on computer keyboard." class="img-responsive" style="border: #337ab7 3px solid; border-radius: 3px;" src="/CEM/images/careers/Program-Support-Assistant-700x217.png" /> </div> <div class="careers-content1" style="text-align: left;"> <p style="padding-top: 5px;">Are you looking for a position with a lasting impact for generations? If so, you can make the future better for our Veterans and family members as a Program Support Assistant (PSA). The PSA is a central component of the National Cemetery Administration's workforce.</p> <p>In this role, you provide specialized and general clerical duties in support of interment operations at the National Cemetery. Your goals include providing family members and visitors with assistance in locating gravesites, representing the National Cemetery by coordinating committal services, communicating with funeral directors, families and honor guards attending services or burials.</p> <p>You will have the duty and privilege to serve bereaved family members concerning gravesite, marker and burial information as well as accompanying families to committal shelters and gravesites. Your goal is to directly serve our Veterans and their families and touch their lives by making the most difficult days better.</p> <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a=VAPA&s=title" class="btn btn-primary btn-block" role="button" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">NCA Job Openings <span style="float: right; margin-right: 10px;">»</span></span></a> <br /> <div id="Sample-Compensation" class="btn btn-block careers-collapsible2" style="text-align: center; padding: 6px 12px 6px 1px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 94%;">Sample Compensation & Benefits</span></div> <div class="careers-content2" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #003f72; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px;" class="well well-sm"> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Direct Compensation</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Average Salary</strong><br />$57,540</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total value of Personal Paid Time Off*</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>37 days to 50 days</strong><br />$8,161 to $11,028<br /><br /> *Value of annual combined paid leave and holidays</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="padding: 1px 0px 1px; background-color: #dcdcdc;"><strong>Total Reward of Benefits Provided by VA</strong></p> <p style="padding-top: 5px"><strong>Health Insurance Premium Subsidy</strong><br />$15,896<br /><br /> <strong>Social Security</strong><br />$3,567<br /><br /> <strong>Medicare</strong><br />$834<br /><br /> <strong>Basic Life Insurance</strong><br />$152<br /><br /> <strong>Thrift Savings Plan Federal 401(k)<br /> (Employer Contribution)</strong><br />$2,877<br /><br /> <strong>Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)</strong><br />$9,552<br /><br /> <strong>Child Care Program<br /> (max benefit/conditions apply)</strong><br />$5,000<br /><br /> <strong>Parental Paid Leave<br /> (12 weeks, if taken)</strong><br />$13,234</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;" /> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; padding: 3px 0px 3px;">DIRECT COMPENSATION +<br /> VALUE OF PAID LEAVE +<br /> BENEFITS =</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; padding: 10px 0px 8px; text-align: center;">Overall Annual Total Rewards**</p> <p style="background-color: #dcdcdc; font-size: 300%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding: 0px 0px 0px;">$95,418</p> <p style="padding-top: 15px;">**This calculation is a sample only and does not constitute a contract of employment or a guarantee of benefits or future employment. Certain elements vary and are based on specific circumstances. Paid leave is not an additional payment but is a value of your paid time off included in your annual salary based on an 8 hour day. If your service includes part-time calculations, your total rewards and benefits will be proportionally prorated. 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Paid vacation, unlimited accumulated <a href="https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/sick-leave-general-information/" target="_blank">sick leave</a> and <a href="https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/" target="_blank">11 paid federal holidays</a> accrue right away.</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;"/> <p><strong><a href="https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/" target="_blank">Health Care Coverage</a>:</strong><br />The Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program provides Federal employees, retirees, and their survivors the widest selection of health plans in the country. As a Federal employee, you share the cost of your health benefits premium with the Government. For most employees, the Government contribution equals the lesser of 72% of the overall weighted average or 75% of the total premium for the selected plan.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://fsafeds.com/" target="_blank">FSAFEDS Flexible Spending Account</a>:</strong><br /> You may contribute up to $2,850 a year to your healthcare FSA with a $570 max carry over and save up to 30% on dependent care expenses.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.opm.gov/retirement-center/my-annuity-and-benefits/related-federal-benefits/#url=Social-Security" target="_blank">Social Security paid by VA</a>:</strong><br /> 6.2% of taxable wages on behalf of the employee. If an individual has taxable maximum of $147,000, VA will contribute $9,114.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/medicare/" target="_blank">Medicare paid by VA</a>:</strong><br /> 1.45% on behalf of the employee.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/life-insurance" target="_blank">Life Insurance</a>:</strong><br /> VA pays 1/3 of insurance cost for basic life insurance.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.tsp.gov/" target="_blank">Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Federal 401(k)</a>:</strong><br /> VA provides up to 5% employer matched/automated contributions to your savings plan.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.opm.gov/retirement-center/publications-forms/pamphlets/#url=FERS" target="_blank">Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)</a>:</strong><br /> VA contributes 16.6% annually to FERS-FRAE basic/defined benefit for employees hired after 1/1/2014.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.va.gov/OHRM/WorklifeBenefits/VAchildcare.asp" target="_blank">VA Child Care Subsidy Program</a>:</strong><br /> Assists VA employees in balancing work and family responsibilities. After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $149,000 may be eligible for childcare subsidy program (conditions apply).</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/paid-parental-leave/" target="_blank">Paid Parental Leave</a>:</strong><br /> VA provides up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave</a> in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child for employees covered by <a href="https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/family-and-medical-leave/" target="_blank">Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)</a> provisions.</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;"/> <p><strong><a href="https://www.va.gov/OFCADMIN/FAQ/TransitBenefits.asp" target="_blank">Transit Benefit Program</a>:</strong><br /> You may qualify for transit subsidy monthly benefits of a max of $315/month if you are in the National Capital Region (NCR); check with your local HR Center or Transit Benefit Coordinator (conditions apply).</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/student-loan-repayment/" target="_blank">Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP)</a>:</strong><br /> You may be eligible to apply for SLRP, and once approved you may receive up to $40,000 per year and up to $100,000 total toward student loans in return for a 1-year service agreement.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.foh4you.com/" target="_blank">Employee Assistance Program (EAP)</a>:</strong><br /> Free legal and medical services.</p> <hr style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;"/> <p><strong>Learn more:</strong><br /> For every employee and every need, the Federal government offers wonderful benefits and leave packages. 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