This is an excepted service appointment under the Pathways Recent Graduates Program. This appointment is a one year career development program. At the successful completion of the program requirements, you may be eligible for non-competitive conversion to a Federal career or career-conditional appointment. For more information on the Pathways Program, please visit: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/students-recent-graduates/

Duties

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for directly and independently, assisting professional and administrative staff by providing a wide variety of technical and secretarial services. Typical work assignments will include: Receives visitors and answers telephones Controls access to the office, ensuring visitors are properly cleared and authorized entry Refers callers and visitors to appropriate staff members or other outside organizations Maintains telephone system, address lists, recording and activating off duty messages as required Establishes and maintains files in accordance with document and record retention schedules Organizes files and records for disposition or transfer in accordance with established procedures Maintains calendars and tracks action items, informing staff of pending dates, deadlines, and for conferences and transportation Preparing a variety of documents using varied and advanced functions in one or more software programs Formatting and copy editing of documents, consulting with the document author to resolve questionable material and Responds to inquiries providing general information regarding office programs; Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Requirements

• You must be a United States Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• You must submit a transcript or proof of degree/certificate.
• Recent Graduates serve a trial period for the entire duration of their excepted service appointment.
• You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.

Qualifications

To be eligible for a recent graduate appointment, ALL of the following requirements must be met: Recent Graduates must have obtained a qualifying associates, bachelors, master's, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying accredited educational institution within the previous 2 years unless military service interfered with a veteran's eligibility to apply during that two year time frame. Veterans meeting the above exclusion may apply within 2 years of discharge or 6 years from the date of receipt of the degree whichever comes first. (Go to http://www.ed.gov/accreditation?src=rn to verify accreditation status). Recent graduates must be United States citizens or owe permanent allegiance to the United States. (Currently, natives of American Samoa, Swains Island and certain inhabitants of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are the only groups that owe permanent allegiance to the United States.) You must successfully complete a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment. All recent graduates are required to sign a Pathways Recent Graduate Participant Agreement. Recent Graduates serve a trial period for the entire duration of their excepted service appointment. Qualification requirements as outlined below: GS-6: To be eligible at the GS-6 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level. Specialized experience defined as performing various clerical and administrative duties in support of the organization, performing office automation support using multiple automated programs and software such as databases, spreadsheets, and graphics in support of the clerical and administrative work. Examples of specialized experience may include: answering, placing and screening telephone calls, determines nature of the call or business of the visitor and referring visitors; answering requests for information on routine or procedural matters; protecting the security of confidential information; computer usage in preparing, composing and reviewing correspondence such as letters, memoranda, and presentation; preparing and editing reports and documents, verifying accuracy statements, preparing figures, tables and charts by referring to standard reference materials and consulting with subject matter experts; and establishing and maintaining files and calendars. To be qualified, you must type at least 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors. (A typing test may later be required.

Contacts

• Address District of Maine 100 Middle Street, East Tower Portland, ME 04101 US
• Name: Sandra Dow
• Phone: 207-771-3221
• Email: [email protected]