Administrative Support Specialist
What you'd do
This position is part of the Southeastern Power Administration. As an Administrative Support Specialist, you will serve as liaison between Human Resources and the Administrative office. You will assist the Administrative Officer in developing and carrying out a comprehensive personnel management program related to a wide range of Human Resources personnel actions and programs. **THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION. YOU WILL REPORT TO THE DUTY LOCATION IDENTIFIED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT**
Major duties
As an Administrative Support Specialist, some of your duties will include, but are not limited to: Participate with the AO in developing and carrying out a comprehensive personnel management program in matters of staffing and related personnel program. Advise internal and external stakeholders on all procedural and administrative functions, providing guidance on appropriate response to actions and preparing responses. Assist with researching, developing, and recommending personnel procedures to implement policies for the court; communicate human resource policy information. Manage a variety of administrative operations including but not limited to financial/budget administration; billing; travel and credit card purchases; training; audit and inspections; recruitment; evidence and inventory controls; property inventory; record management; and human resources management and administrative functions. Draft and prepare targeted media announcements, scripts, articles and brochures for public distribution. Prepare news releases, fact sheets, talking points and other material on energy and environment issues and ensure accuracy and conformance with DOE information policy. Develop reports, memorandums, and procedures that articulate information to help in completing tasks; responding to external audits; and detailing the need and allocation for resources. Conducts integrated plans, and schedules; analyses and modifies completed plans as required.
What you need to qualify
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 (52 weeks) 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 knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. The experience need not have been in the federal government. To qualify for the GS-9: Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 grade level or pay band in the Federal service. This experience includes meeting 2 of the 3 listed below: Applying analytical and evaluative methods to administrative and management matters to improve efficiency. Adapting policies and procedures to situations. Expertise in the proper use of grammar, spelling, punctuation, correspondence preparation and formats to reflect a variety of information. OR SUBSTITUTE EDUCATION: Successfully completed a Master's 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., if related. (You must provide a copy of your transcripts (official or unofficial) to support your claim). OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages. To qualify for the GS-11: Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level or pay band in the Federal service. This experience includes meeting 2 of the 4 listed below: Assisting with answering human resources related questions and resolving basic issues. Communicating human resource policy information. Preparing status reports, charts, presentations, and briefings, as required, to inform management of the actual status of program/projects/activities and progress toward accomplishment of objectives. Drafting and preparing targeted media announcements, scripts, articles and brochures for public distribution. OR SUBSTITUTE EDUCATION: Successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. (You must provide a copy of your transcripts (official or unofficial) to support your claim). OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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. Time-in-Grade: Current career or career-conditional GS employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional GS employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current career or career-conditional federal employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. Manual dexterity is required in operation of standard office machinery. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work is performed in a typical office setting.
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