Administrative Support Assistant (OA)

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/15/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either “full-time” (or “40 hours a week”) or “part-time” with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. SELECTIVE FACTOR: This position performs typing, and a 40 words per minutes typing speed based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors is required. Candidates who do not meet this requirement by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position. Resume should indicate you meet this requirement. – AND – To qualify for this position at the GS-05 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of an Administrative Support Assistant (OA), and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Examples of specialized experience may include but is not limited to, knowledge of maintaining a filing system both electronic and hard copy, the use of computers to develop correspondence, memos, forms and other standardized documents, handling of mail, experience preparing time and attendance, basic administrative processes, and knowledge of commonly used software including word processing. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least 4 years of education above high school leading to a bachelor’s degree in an accredited institution. You must include transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. (Note: Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study {30 semester hours} beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience.) For example, 6 months of specialized experience as described above (50% of the experience requirement), and 3 years of college study as described above (50% of the education requirement). Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts. To qualify for this position at the GS-06 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: You must have one year specialized experience for this position includes performance of clerical and administrative duties to support general administrative and/or human resources function of a business, agency, or organization. Examples include typing letters, memos, compiling data, maintaining confidential records, assisting with preparing paperwork for personnel actions, assisting with property management, tracking inventory, or other like functions. To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples of specialized experience may include: performing a wide variety of advanced administrative functions such as advising employees on regulations and serving as the coordinator of an administrative function; entering payroll and troubleshooting pay issues; serving as liaison with administrative specialists by preparing and entering purchase actions, processing paperwork, and coordinating the addition, subtraction, or modification of asset records; serving as the technical advisor for property or fleet processes and regulations; advising on procurement; and performing budget and financial management by tracking expenditures, reconciling accounts, and creating reports. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
This position is located in Gateway National Recreation Area, in the Administration Division. Open to the first 50 applicants or until 10/15/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.