Applicants must meet all qualification requirements for the position to which appointed. Applicant must serve initially under a temporary appointment for at least 60 days. After successful performance, the Agency may convert the employee to a permanent position. Skip to content. The following individuals are eligible for a VRA appointment: Disabled veterans; Veterans who served on active duty in the Armed Forces during a war declared by Congress, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized; Veterans who, while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces, participated in a military operation for which the Armed Forces Service Medal was awarded; Veterans separated from active duty within the past 3 years.
Conditions of Employment VRAs are appointed in the excepted service. Skip to main content. Search Search. Human Capital. PDF Version. Eligibility Requirements In order to be eligible for a VRA appointment, veterans must have been separated under honorable conditions and be included in one of the following categories: Disabled veterans; or Veterans who served on active duty in the Armed Forces during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized; or Veterans who, while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces Service Medal was awarded; or Recently separated veterans, i.
Appointment Options Excepted Service: Excepted Appointment After two years of satisfactory service on an excepted appointment, the veteran must be converted to a permanent career or career-conditional appointment, as appropriate.
Competitive Service: Temporary or term appointments may be made using the VRA authority; however, these are not considered to be VRA appointments and do not lead to conversion to career or career-conditional appointment. Temporary Appointment Not-to-Exceed Appropriate uses include project work, extraordinary workload, reorganization, uncertainty of future funding, etc.
Appointments are made for up to 1 year with extensions up to 2 years total. Manager must certify in writing: the position has not been filled for more than 24 months within the preceding 3-year period; has not been filled with a successor position; and the temporary nature of the work prior to the position being filled.
Term Appointment Not-to-Exceed Appropriate uses include project work, extraordinary workload, reorganization, uncertainty of future funding, etc. The hiring manager must submit a justification that identifies the reason for filling the position on a term basis. Appointments are made for at least 13 months and can be extended up to 4 years in duration. If an appointment was originally made for days or less and a request is later received to extend the appointment beyond the day period, then the instructions below must be followed before the appointment can be extended.
If there are none, then the individual may be appointed. Non-Preference Eligibles are required to serve a 2-year trial period. Competitive Service Appointment — Term appointees are required to serve a 1-year trial period.
Temporary appointees do not serve a trial or probationary period. Eligibility Requirements The disability must be documented by a notice of: Retirement or discharge due to service-connected disability from active military service dated at any time; or Compensable disability rating from the Department of Veterans Affairs dated or later.
Appointment Options An agency may give a noncompetitive temporary appointment of more than 60 days or a term appointment minimum period allowed is 13 months. Temporary Appointment Not-to-Exceed Appropriate uses include meeting workload peaks, uncertainty of future funding, and seasonal work. Manager must certify in writing: the position has not been filled for more than 24 months within the preceding 3-years; has not been filled with a successor position; and the temporary nature of the work prior to the position being filled.
For example, a veteran who served during the Vietnam era i. This veteran, however, would not be eligible for a VRA appointment under the above criteria. However, service during that time period, in and of itself, does not confer VRA eligibility on the veteran unless one of the above VRA eligibility criteria is met. The Book of U. Government Jobs provides detailed information about these programs and provides all of the information you need to fill out your applications and investigate jobs with all agencies.
This title further clarified the VRA options such as:. The keys to landing a federal job are to first understand the federal job market from the inside out and then know how to write a federal resume that incorporates your military experience and relate it to a comparable federal civil service occupation.
Dennis Damp, the author, retired from federal service in with 35 years and 7 months service. He began his government service in when he was drafted during the Vietnam war.
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