Administrative Assistant

Office of the Solicitor - Department of the Interior

Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position you must meet the Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying. GS-07 Specialized Experience: To qualify for the GS-07, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: 1. Maintaining a calendar for the office and/or management; AND 2. Utilizing a computer program to finalize correspondence, reports, and/or presentations; AND 3. Communicating with the public and staff members using oral and written communication. MUST MEET ALL. GS-08 Specialized Experience: To qualify for the GS-08, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: 1. Maintaining a calendar for the office and/or management; AND 2. Utilizing a computer program to finalize correspondence, reports, and/or presentations; AND 3. Communicating with the public and staff members using oral and written communication; AND 4. Formatting, proofreading and/or editing correspondence and uploading into an automated document tracking system for processing and/or signature. MUST MEET ALL. Education cannot be used as a substitution for experience. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualification Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions and is available at OPM’s website: https://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/indexes/num-ndx.asp All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
With an emphasis on high ethical standards, excellence in public service and the delivery of superlative advice and counsel, our Office performs the legal work for the United States Department of the Interior, and manages the Departmental Ethics Office and Departmental FOIA Office. With more than five hundred total employees, more than four hundred of which are licensed attorneys, the Office strives to provide sound legal services to fulfill the Departments diverse and wide-ranging mission.

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