This vacancy is for an Administrative Management Specialist in the Office of Privacy and Open Government, Office of the Secretary within the Department of Commerce.

Duties

As an Administrative Management Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Assist in the management of the unit's administrative and financial operations; integrates multifaceted functions, such as budget, personnel, procurement, space, and property management. Participate in shaping administrative and financial policies and practices of the organization. Establish short- & long-range goals & objectives. Track progress & accomplishment; outlines program plans to meet strategic milestones. Conduct studies on operating programs to identify procedural problems. Use quantitative or qualitative methods to collect, validate, analyze, and evaluate data pertaining to programs and efficiency; analyze findings; and make recommendations with supporting evidence where necessary. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Administrative Management Specialist ZA-0301-3 FPL 3 positions within the Office of the Secretary in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

Requirements

Qualifications

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-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Applicants must possess one year 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 competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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 being filled under the DOC Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). The system replaced the Federal GS pay plan structure. Under CAPS, positions are classified by career, pay plan, and pay band. Non supervisory positions cap out at interval 3 of the band. The ZA-3 is equivalent to the GS-11/12 grade levels. To qualify at the ZA-3 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-2 (or GS-9) in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Utilizing qualitative and quantitative methods to assess a program's efficiency/effectiveness; Applying analytical or evaluative methods and techniques to evaluate the efficiency/effectiveness of organization design and the management process; and, Assisting in the management of the organization's administrative and/or financial operations. -OR- SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: 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 -OR- COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position. See Qualifications Above.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Secretary 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Mary Fowler
• Phone: 703-259-9309
• Email: [email protected]