Staff Action Control Officer
What you'd do
About the Position: Serves as the District Commander's executive advisor, managing staff actions, executive operations, and administrative support. This is a developmental position, GS-11, GS-12. Management may hire at any grade level.
Major duties
Provides executive administrative support and serves as a principal advisor to the District Commander. Manages and coordinates executive staff actions, correspondence, and leadership taskings from initiation to completion. Reviews and ensures all executive documents and briefings meet organizational standards before leadership approval. Oversees Executive Office operations, including policy implementation, conference coordination, and budget management. Supports district-wide events, senior leader engagements, and special mission support initiatives.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: US 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. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. For the GS-11: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes routing and tracking tasks and correspondence; coordinating leadership calendars and meeting logistics; providing daily office administrative support to staff.. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. 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) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. 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-09). For the GS-12: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes managing correspondence and taskers for senior leadership; independently managing executive calendars and coordinating complex briefing materials; overseeing daily office administrative workflows.. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). 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-11).
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