Executive Assistant
Office of the Secretary of the Army - Department of the Army
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. GS-09: To be eligible at the GS-9 grade level, you must have one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service or Education or a Combination of Education and Experience as defined below: Specialized experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: maintaining calendars concerning scheduling and planning official functions, conferences, briefings, or speaking engagements; assisting in coordinating travel arrangements with automated travel system such as Defense Travel System (DTS); utilizing the full Microsoft Office suite to include Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, 365, Word and Zoom; reviewing correspondence, reports, etc., for format, grammar, and punctuation. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). OR Education: A master’s degree in business or management or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL. B or J.D. in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work of the position. OR Combining Education and Experience: A combination of specialized experience and education as described above which when combined equal 100% of the requirements. (Only graduate level education in excess of the first full year can be used in this calculation). To calculate your percentage of graduate education, first determine the total number of graduate level hours that exceed 18 semester hours (or your school’s definition of one year of graduate study), then divide the total number of your excess graduate semester hours by 18 (or your school’s definition of one year of graduate study). To calculate your percentage of specialized experience, divide the total number of months of qualifying experience by 12. Now, add the two percentages together. The sum of the percentages must equal at least 100%. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Administration and Management Organizational Awareness Writing Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07).
About the Position: Serves as principal Executive Assistant to the Director of Operations and Support, Army Budget Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller (OASA(FM&C). This is not telework eligible with the exception of situational (storm days, etc.)