This position is located in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Duties

Executive Assistant serves as a key member of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park leadership team and supports the park Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent. Position is located in Gatlinburg, TN. Serves as front-line representative for the park leadership team and communicates professionally with staff, partners, and external individuals and organizations. Prepares travel for park leadership, schedules meetings, receives and distributes mail, serves as a timekeeper, manages data and records and serves as a purchase cardholder. Reviews, prepares, and tracks correspondence for park leadership. Develops and implements administrative processes and internal communication strategies. Attends and takes notes at meetings as appropriate on topics related to park leadership activities, actions, and programs.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/04/2023-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. SELECTIVE FACTOR: This position performs typing, (40 Words Per Minute is required). Candidates who do not meet this requirement by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position. - AND - To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-08 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: applying routine administrative practices. Providing administrative support to the functions of the Office. Providing administrative advice and recommendations on matters pertaining to administrative processes and policies. Experience preparing routine formal and informal correspondence, reports and briefings documents for office staff. You must include hours per week worked. There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement. Volunteer Experience: 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.

Education

There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address Great Smoky Mountains National Park DO NOT SEND MAIL TO THIS ADDRESS 107 Park Headquarters Road Gatlinburg, TN 37738 US
• Name: Kelley Kennec
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]