You will serve as a Secretary (Office Automation) in the Office of the Dean, Naval Postgraduate Dental School (NPDS) of NAV POSTGRADUATE DENTAL SCHOOL.

Duties

You will perform a variety of administrative support duties to include responding to command activities in support of mission. You will brief all Department Heads on required administrative actions by the staff during the Dean's monthly chairmen's meeting. Leading special event planning meetings, securing space arrangements, assisting the Dean in drafting agenda for topics to be discussed/presented. You will receive telephone calls and visitors for the Dean and ascertain the nature of calls or business of visitors to determine the nature of request. You will provide sole secretarial support to the vast majority of the 220 personnel within the directorate.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position is eligible for part time, substantial or ad-hoc telework at the discretion of management.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector: Experience utilizing administrative concepts, principles, and practices sufficient to perform independently such duties as eliminating conflict and duplication in extensive office procedures. Experience utilizing travel regulations, correspondence management, command organization, and civilian time and attendance policies and procedures. Experience utilizing proper format, preparation and established deadlines for officer fitness reports and enlisted evaluations. Experience utilizing basic organization of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) and the chains of command within Navy Medicine. Ability to determine proper lines of communication. Experience utilizing accreditation standards for academic institutions standards set forth by the Commission on Dental Accreditation and by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Postgraduate Dental College. Experience utilizing automated office systems environments and computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation graphics. Experience utilizing office automation software, procedures and practices to efficiently operate personal computer equipment. Fully qualified typist. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams) is essential. Knowledge of English grammar, spelling, and punctuation in order to identify and correct grammatical errors and typed materials in final form. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Contacts

• Address NAV POSTGRADUATE DENTAL SCHOOL Naval Postgraduate Dental School 8901 Wisconsin Ave Bethesda, MD 20889-5600 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]