About VA

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the second largest of the President’s 15 Cabinet departments.  The mission of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is to serve America's veterans and their families with dignity and compassion and to be their principal advocate in ensuring they receive the care, support and recognition earned in service to our nation.

We accomplish our mission by ensuring we (1) provide quality medical care to veterans on a timely basis; (2) provide appropriate benefits to veterans and beneficiaries; and (3) memorialize veterans in death for their sacrifices and service.

VA's most important asset is a highly motivated and diverse workforce of more than 260,000 people committed to our mission of service to veterans. Our employees are the foundation of the department and the key to our success. We offer a wide array of career opportunities to prospective applicants in many clinical, technical and administrative career fields at locations throughout the country. Our VA jobs web site can tell you more about career opportunities. We hope that you will consider a career with VA and become a part of our proud tradition of providing the highest quality of service to those men and women who have served our great Nation.