Job opening: Program Support Specialist
Salary: $68 405 - 107 590 per year
Published at: Mar 08 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) manages the exploration and development of the nation's offshore resources. It seeks to appropriately balance economic development, energy independence, and environmental protection through oil and gas leases, renewable energy development and environmental reviews and studies. For information about our bureau go to: http://www.boem.gov/
Duties
This position is located within the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in the Office of Strategic Resources (OSR) in Sterling, VA.
At the full performance level (GS-11) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:
1. Responsible for reviewing and approving for fund certification all procurement requests for goods and or/services for assigned Divisions and Branches.
2. Coordinates purchase requests among assigned organization units, maintains purchase and procurement documentation, and assists with tracking and monitoring the execution of funds.
3. Initiates and coordinates the review of documentation to maintain accountability of custodial property.
4. Assists with ensuring that all documents and records, both physical and electronic, are maintained in accordance with established standard operating procedures and records disposition schedules.
5. Reviews internal communications for accuracy, completeness, and adherence to procedures and guidelines, and advises on correct procedures for correspondence, templates, and reports.
6. Arranges complex travel including making airline and hotel reservations, coordinating logistics at travel locations, and ensuring compliance with travel policies and federal travel regulations.
7. Initiates personnel actions such as awards, details, hiring and onboarding; reviews award approvals, and tracks awards and monitors funds expended; maintains organization and staffing charts; tracks within grade increases; validates timesheets; and maintains personnel and performance records and assists with the Document Tracking System.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.
Salary Information
GS-9: $68,405 - $88,926 per annum
GS-11: $82,764 - $107,590 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 BOEM-MMCC-24-AW-052(MP) for those applicants who wish to apply and be considered under Merit Promotion procedures.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualification Requirements:
To qualify for this position you must meet A, B, or C defined below.
GS-09
A. Specialized Experience
To qualify for the GS-09, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 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) Manage an organization's official electronic and hard copy records to ensure compliance with records management policies; 2) Utilize administrative system applications to initiate or process personnel actions; monitor and reconcile the expenditure of funds; enter or review payroll; and/or make travel arrangements; 3) Prepare purchase requests and agreements for services, supplies, and/or equipment; 4) Utilize database and/or a document tracking system to gather facts and analyze data, problems or issues for management; 5) Prepare, manage, track and report detailed financial and staffing information for budget execution purposes; and/or 6) Prepare procurement paperwork to obtain goods and services.
Must meet at least 4 of the 6 specialized experience requirements.
-OR-
B. Education: Possess 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education or Master's or equivalent graduate degree (such as an LL.B. or J.D. if related).
-OR-
C. Combination of Education and Specialized Experience: Possess a combination of graduate level education beyond the first year of progressive graduate study and appropriate experience that together meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position.
GS-11
A. Specialized Experience
To qualify for the GS-11, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 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) Manage an organization's official electronic and hard copy records to ensure compliance with records management policies; 2) Utilize administrative system applications to initiate or process personnel actions; monitor and reconcile the expenditure of funds; enter or review payroll; and/or make travel arrangements; 3) Prepare purchase requests and agreements for services, supplies, and/or equipment; 4) Utilize database and/or a document tracking system to gather facts and analyze data, problems or issues for management; 5) Prepare, manage, track and report detailed financial and staffing information for budget execution purposes; and 6) Prepare procurement paperwork to obtain goods and services. MUST MEET ALL.
-OR-
B. Education: Possess 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or LL.M, if related.
-OR-
C. Combination of Education and Specialized Experience: Possess a combination of graduate level education beyond the first 2 years of progressive graduate study and appropriate experience that together meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position.
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.
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 Ocean Energy Management
45600 Woodland Road
Sterling, VA 20166
US
- Name: HR Assistant 5
- Phone: 703-787-1446
- Email: [email protected]
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