Administrative Services Assistant (OA)
What you'd do
For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. This position is also being announced to applicants eligible to apply through Merit Staffing procedures under 26-KYE-13014491-MS. .
Major duties
If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team in the Administrative Division that is responsible for overseeing and/or providing a wide variety of administrative support services to the district in most or all of the following areas: Contracting, Procurement, Records Management, and other miscellaneous support services. Typical work assignments will include: Performs a wide variety of technical support duties in one or more of the following administrative services programs including Human Resources, Financial Management, Procurement. Maintains electronic databases to track information and suspense items. Schedules appointments and makes arrangements for time, participants and locations of meetings. Assists in maintaining property records and conducting inventory. Requests issuance, return and repairs of non-expendable office equipment and furniture. Maintains warranties with anticipated expiration dates and service records for property. Uses various software programs to create, copy, edit, store, retrieve and print a variety of documents; produce correspondence, memoranda, directives, forms reports; and create or maintain spreadsheets or databases. Receives visitors to the USAO and refers each visitor to the appropriate person or office as appropriate and determined by local procedure. Explains applicable security rules, regulations, and procedures regarding visitors to employees, managers, and visitors. Issues visitor badges and passes, ensuring each visitor has the required access or escorts for the area for which they are entering. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.
What you need to qualify
GS-06: To be eligible at the GS-6 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level. Specialized experience is performing a wide range of routine administrative and technical support duties. Specialized Experience: At least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in federal service . Specialized Experience is performing a wide range of routine administrative and technical support duties for an office such as providing technical assistance sorting and retrieving data to produce documents and reports; preparing invoices and other fiscal items for payment; assisting preparing the budget and tracking expenditures; and inputting data into electronic databases to track information. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)- The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)-The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
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