About the Position: Serves as a Branch Secretary within Engineering Division for the New Orleans District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Duties

Works with the Division leads in initiating personnel actions, training requests/actions, incentive awards, providing advisory service for benefits, pay issues, and leave. Prepare, provide editorial assistance, review, and distribute Branch correspondence and reports. Serves as the Corps of Engineers Financial Management System point of contact for the Branch. Assures control of an inventory of non-expendable property, such as office equipment, furniture, reproduction equipment, and automated data processing (ADP) equipment in excess of several million dollars. Prepares timesheets and labor reports using the (Corps of Engineers Time, Attendance, and Labor (CETAL)) system in CEFMS ensuring accurate funding work items to be used in charging time and labor to the appropriate project.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Qualified typist is required at least 40 words per minute (WPM).
• May be required to serve a one-year probationary period.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) process purchase requests and orders within an automated system; AND 2) assisting personnel with credit card purchases in a financial management system; AND 3) controlling inventory of property, such as office equipment, furniture, reproduction equipment, and automated data processing equipment system. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). 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-05). Qualification requirement: Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address GY-APF-W2R902 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, NEW ORLEANS DO NOT MAIL New Orleans, LA 70160 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk