Administrative Support Assistant
What you'd do
About the Position: Guam is a U.S. island territory in Micronesia, in the Western Pacific. It's distinguished by tropical beaches, Chamorro villages and ancient latte-stone pillars. Federal employees in Guam may be entitled to receive a 11.88% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) and a 20% Post Differential Allowance in addition to the base salary. (Rate is subject to change) The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is transitioning to the Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA).
Major duties
Perform a variety of school administrative support functions, such as student registration, student attendance, academic records maintenance, tuition status, and other related processes. Assemble and distribute family student registration packets including a student schedule and hand book, regulations, a health record form, and other forms that might be required. Enter grades, attendance, tuition, and transfer information to update students' data files. Prepare reports for school administration and other personnel . Serve as property custodian maintaining a perpetual inventory of non-expendable property and supply records for durable items in the school. Identify equipment requiring repair or maintenance. Record all supply transactions in an automated system and that copies of documents are filed appropriately to maintain an adequate automated and hard-copy audit trail. Maintain school calendar and schedule appointments for staff. Maintain time and attendance and leave records of staff.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens 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. Specialized Experience for GS-05: One year of specialized experience which includes utilizing automated systems to enter data; maintaining supply inventory; and compiling accurate correspondence. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04). OR Education: Four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. 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 your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages.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-04).Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) positions within the last 52 weeks may not be promoted more than 2 grades within the preceding 52 weeks. The work is partially sedentary; however, it requires regular walking, bending, standing, carrying or lifting items up to 40 pounds, lifting above shoulder height boxes weighing 40 pounds, and unloading/loading vehicles. Weight-handling equipment is available for heavier loads. You may claim Military Spouse preference You may claim Priority Placement Program (PPP) preference. DoD Priority Placement Program (PPP) Applicants will receive preference consideration at the full-performance grade level only.
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