Job opening: Program Support Assistant
Salary: $37 696 - 56 569 per year
Published at: Dec 26 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
The Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) works to promote safety, protect the environment, and conserve resources offshore through vigorous regulatory oversight and enforcement. For information about our bureau go to: http://www.bsee.gov/
Duties
These positions are located within the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, in the District Field Operations (DFO), District Offices in Houma, LA and Angleton, TX.
The District Office is responsible for the supervision and regulation of lease operations of Federal oil and gas properties on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS. In addition, each District Office is responsible for conducting onsite inspections of operations including the issuance of incidents of non-compliance, investigating accidents, and initiating civil penalty cases.
At the full performance level (GS-05) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:
1.Receives, reads, and controls all incoming correspondence, reports, instructions, etc., and screens out those items which can be personally handled or forwarded to other staff.
2. Maintains proper time and attendance records and documentation.
3. Receives telephone calls, visitors, and messages and provides general information.
4. Operates office automation equipment in order to produce a variety of materials.
5. Makes all necessary arrangements for travel and training, making lodging and transportation reservations, and submitting travel vouchers and reports.
6. Responsible for maintaining working and reference project files in the functional filing system.
7. Prepares the Monthly Vehicle Report and complies associated reports and documentation to be sent to General Services in the Regional Office.
BSEE has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.
This position is included in a bargaining unit. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), Local 2798, is the exclusive representative of all employees in this bargaining unit.
Salary Rate Range Information for the following locations:
Houma, LA GS-05:
$37,696 - $49,009 per annum
Angleton, TXGS-05: $43,510 - $56,569 per annum
First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the lower salary range of the grade level.
This vacancy may be used to fill additional positions as vacancies become available.
This vacancy is also announced as BSEE-EENN-24-FS-078(DEU) for those applicants who wish to apply and be considered under Competitive Examining procedures.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualification Requirements:
To qualify for this position, you must meet either A. Specialized Experience, B. Education, or C. Combination below for the grade to which you are applying.
A. GS- 05 Specialized Experience:
To qualify for the GS-05, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience:
1. preparing correspondence, memoranda, and/or documents for review; AND
2. managing, filing, and/or routing memoranda and documents; AND
3. tracking and maintaining time and attendance records, training and/or travel requests. MUST MEET ALL.
-OR-
B. Education: You may substitute education for experience if you have achieved:
4 years of successfully completed education above the High School level.
-OR-
C. Combination: Equivalent combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience that total 100% of the experience requirements for the GS-5 grade level. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience.
NOTE: Applicants utilizing education to qualify at the respective grade level must provide transcripts (unofficial are acceptable) in order to verify that the educational requirement has been met. The documents must be received by the closing date of the announcement. Failure to provide this information will result in you receiving an "INELIGIBLE" rating.
Typing Proficiency Requirement:
In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for the grade level above, ALL applicants must show possession of 40 words per minute typing speed with three or fewer errors based on a 5 minute sample.
Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualification Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions and is available at OPM's website: https://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/indexes/num-ndx.asp
All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Merit Promotion candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
Education
Education: If this position requires specific educational course work to qualify, or you are qualifying based in whole or part on education, you are required to provide transcripts as proof of meeting the requirements.
Foreign Education: Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the specific educational requirements as stated above. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit:
http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=e4
Contacts
- Address Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
45600 Woodland Road
Sterling, VA 20166
US
- Name: HR Assistant
- Phone: 7037871446
- Email: [email protected]