Administrative Specialist

Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement: EDUCATION/SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-07: To be eligible for this position at this grade level, you must have one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience that is related to the work of this position and has provided you with the competencies required for successful job performance. Examples of qualifying experience include participating in planning and coordinating programs, projects, or processes which impact customers; managing administrative assignments; monitoring activities to ensure timeliness, consistency, and completeness; reviewing responses, reports, and memoranda on behalf of the organization and experience using analytical techniques to perform routine analyses of data and information to develop conclusions. OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: One (1) year of graduate level education from an accredited college or university that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of this position. Note: One (1) year of graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended. OR Superior Academic Achievement (SAA) may be met by having a bachelor’s degree, with one of the following: A GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all completed undergraduate courses or those completed in the last two (2) years of study, or a GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all courses in the major field of study or those courses in the major completed in the last two years of study, or rank in the upper one third of the class in the college, university, or major subdivision, or membership in a national honor society recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies. Note: Grade point averages should be rounded to one decimal point. For example, 2.95 is rounded to 3.0, and 2.94 is rounded to 2.9. If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) was taken on a pass/fail or similar basis, your claim must be based on class standing or membership in an Honor Society. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education with at least one (1) year of combined graduate education and experience equivalent to that described above. EDUCATION/SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-09: To be eligible for this position at this grade level, you must have one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience that is related to the work of this position and has provided you with the competencies required for successful job performance. Examples of qualifying experience include participating in planning and coordinating programs, projects or processes which impact customers; managing administrative assignments; monitors activities to ensure timeliness, consistency and completeness; reviewing responses, reports and memoranda to develop consolidated responses on behalf of the organization; experience using analytical techniques to perform analyses of data and information and to recommend appropriate courses of action and implementing new procedures using a knowledge of administrative policy and procedures. OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: A master’s or equivalent graduate degree from an accredited college or university in a field of study that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities of this position. OR Two (2) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a graduate degree in a field of study that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities of this position. Note: One (1) year of graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended. OR LL.B. or JD., if related. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education, to include at least one (1) year of combined graduate education and specialized experience as defined in the paragraphs above. AND MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: You must meet applicable TIG requirements to be considered eligible. To meet TIG for positions above the GS-05 grade level, you must have served at least one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade (or equivalent) in the normal line of progression for the position you are applying to. Advancement to positions up to GS-05 is permitted if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade held within the preceding 52 weeks. AND TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement, by the cut-off date) specified in this job announcement, current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to “All US Citizens”. For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM’s Qualifications Standards.
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