Administrative Support Assistant

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management’s website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify at the ZS-4 (GS-7) level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZS-3 (GS-6) in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Acting on day-to-day administrative matters relating to procedures, policies, procurement and administrative files in support of the organization; Representing the office by communicating information effectively and answering general and routine inquiries; and Uses a variety of programs for data-entry and retrieval of information.
This position is also announced under vacancy number NMFS WCR SFD-25-12590936-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.