Job opening: SECRETARY (OFFICE AUTOMATION)
Salary: $49 025 - 63 733 per year
Published at: Mar 08 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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The primary purpose official positions: To serve as the principal office assistant, performing various administrative and clerical duties in support of Center-level executive Secretarial duties. Performs office automation duties such as word processing in support of the administrative and clerical work.
Duties
Prepares a wide variety of recurring and nonrecurring correspondence, reports, and other documents from information obtained from the staff, files and other sources.
Reviews and processes incoming and outgoing correspondence, materials, publications, regulations and diretives.
Receives telephone calls, greets visitors, and acertains the nature of the calls or visits.
Independently notes and follows up on commitments made at meetings and conferences by staff members, and maintains supervisor's calendar, coordinates meeting arrangements, and/or schedules meeting and/or conferences.
Performs other clerical and administrative work in support of the office/organization.
Uses varied and advanced functions of word processing software to create, format, modify, edit, and print a variety of letters, reports, memos, and other textual documents.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship Required
- Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
- Must be able and willing to submit to a background investigation to verify suitability for employment.
- If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
- Applicants must meet the OPM qualification standard and must possess the following skill: Must be able to type 40 words per minute (WPM).
- Disclosure of Political Appointments
- All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.
- This posn is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program.
Qualifications
In order to qualify, you must meet the specialize experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, for Clerical and Administrative Support Positions.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-06, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes planning and performing office automation duties requiring different approaches and methods from one assignment to another; e.g., edit lengthy reports, track the status of multiple projects, and resolve incompatibility problems in transferring text from one software program to another; proofreading/editing correspondence and documents for correct grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation and format; composing and preparing nontechnical correspondence; organizing meetings and/or conference arrangements such as attendance, location, and time; and receiving, greeting, and answering questions from visitors and telephone callers promptly and courteously.
FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-06 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-07 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:
1. Knowledge of extensive rules, procedures, or operations applied to secretarial and clerical assignments to perform the procedural and administrative work of the office, such as preparing and editing documents, maintaining files/records, making and preparing travel arrangements, locating, assembling and composing information for various reports, inquiries, and nontechnical correspondence.
2. Knowledge of office functions and commitments of supervisor and staff to prepare and review correspondence, to screen telephone calls and visitors, to maintain supervisor's calendar, and to perform other substantive or administrative work of the organization.
3. Knowledge of correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and format to accurately prepare and edit written correspondence and reports.
4. Knowledge of word processing automation software functions to support office operations and produce a variety of textual documents, such as letters, reports, memos, and form letters.
5. Skill in typing, a qualified typist is required.
6. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.
VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that 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 job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address Maxwell AFB
50 Lemay Plaza South
Maxwell AFB, AL 36112
US
- Name: Total Force Service Center
- Phone: 1-800-525-0102
- Email: [email protected]
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