Administrative Support Assistant (OA)

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/27/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. TYPING PROFICIENCY: The duties of this position require the applicant to have the ability to type at least 40 words per minute. Candidates who do not meet this requirement by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position. Please show in resume. – 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: A. EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). his experience must include all of the following: familiarity with software packages to produce a variety of documents; updating calendars; tracking and managing property; purchasing supplies; typing correspondence, memos, reports, and forms from rough drafts and notes; answering telephone calls; and filing. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- -OR-B. Four years of education above high school (120 semester hours or 180 quarter hours). This education was obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college, or university. -OR- C. Combination: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. NOTE: Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor’s degree is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements. Two full academic years of study, or 60 semester hours, beyond the second year is equivalent to l year of specialized experience. For example, 6 months of the specialized experience described in A above (50% of the experience requirement), and 3 years of college study (1 year beyond the first 2 years) from an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education) for a total of 100%. You must include transcripts. You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as “varies”. Experience listed as full-time will be credited at 40 hours per week. To qualify for this position at the GS-06 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 comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience must include all of the following; Inputting payroll, processing personnel actions, familiarity with software packages to produce a variety of documents, updating calendars, gathering hiring packets for hiring managers, submits recruitment packages, tracking and managing property, purchasing supplies, typing correspondence, memos, reports, and forms from rough drafts, and notes, answering telephone calls, and filing. You must include hours per week worked. To qualify for this position at the GS-07 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 comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience must include all of the following: inputting payroll, processing personnel actions, familiarity with software packages to produce a variety of documents, updating calendars, gathering hiring packets for hiring managers, submits recruitment packages, tracking and managing property, purchasing supplies, typing correspondence, understands collective bargaining agreements, memos, reports, and forms from rough drafts, and notes, answering telephone calls, and filing. You must include hours per week worked. You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as “varies”. Experience listed as full-time will be credited at 40 hours per week. 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 at the National Mall and Memorial Parks. The primary purpose of this position is to provide administrative assistance to the Office of the Superintendent, including timekeeping, property management, correspondence, records management, and greeting guests at the park headquarters front desk. Open to the first 60 applicants or until 11/27/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.