Administrative Support Assistant (OA)

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 GS-07 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Preparing administrative correspondence for an office, such as reports, technical papers, messages or other documents; and Coordinating logistics for meetings, conferences, presentations, or appointments. To qualify at the GS-08 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Performing administrative support functions for an office including coordinating travel logistics, office automation, and tracking budgetary or financial actions. TYPING REQUIREMENT: In addition to meeting the specialized experience, applicants must be able to type at a minimum speed of 40 words per minute.
This position is located within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), Pacific Region (PR), Weather Forecast Offices (WFO), with one vacancy located in Honolulu, HI. This position is also announced under vacancy number NWS PR HI-25-12603658-DE, which is open to all U.S. Citizens or Nationals. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.