This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, US Coast Guard, Industrial Department, Services Group in Baltimore, MD.

Duties

You will be required to perform a variety of clerical and administrative duties for the Structural Group.Being a civilian working for the Coast Guard makes you a valuable team member.  Typical duties include:* Maintaining subject matter files and records.* Setting up and maintaining logs showing the status of actions and correspondence.* Receiving visitors and telephone calls to the office, determining the nature of requests and directing callers to appropriate staff.* Responding to routine and non technical requests for information such as status of reports, suspense dates for matters requiring compliance, etc.* Reviewing correspondence prepared for the supervisor; checking for spelling, typographical errors, conformance to formats and procedural requirements.* Scheduling appointments.  Making necessary arrangements for travel, arranging schedules of visits, making reservations, notifying organizations and officials to be visited and submitting travel vouchers and reports. 

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Applicants must be able to type at least 40 words per minute.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.

Qualifications

At the GS-6 level, applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level.Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.Examples of specialized experience include working as an administrative assistant to blue and/or white collar work force; maintaining subject matter files, etc.National Service Experience (i.e., 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

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2401 Hawkins Point Road BLD 1 STOP 4 Baltimore, Maryland 21226 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]