About the Position: Serves as a Branch Secretary within Engineering Division for the New Orleans District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Serves as the Corps of Engineers Financial Management System (CEFMS) point of contact for the Branch, serves as an expert by providing any/all personnel assistance in processing Purchase Requests & Commitments (PR&C's) within the automated system/documents.

Duties

Works with the Division leads in initiating personnel actions, training requests/actions, incentive awards, providing advisory service for benefits, pay issues, and leave. Prepare, provide editorial assistance, review, and distribute Branch correspondence and reports. Serves as the Corps of Engineers Financial Management System point of contact for the Branch. Assures control of an inventory of non-expendable property, such as office equipment, furniture, reproduction equipment, and automated data processing (ADP) equipment in excess of several million dollars. Prepares reports using the Corps of Engineers Time, Attendance, and Labor (CETAL) system in Corps of Engineers Financial Management System (CEFMS) ensuring accurate funding work items to be used in charging time and labor to the appropriate project.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• May be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• This position requires a qualified typist. A qualified typist can type 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Processing purchase requests and orders within an automated system, AND 2) Assisting personnel with credit card purchases in a financial management system, AND 3) Controlling inventory of property, such as office equipment, furniture, reproduction equipment. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). OR Education: A half year (i.e., 9 semester hours) of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary, Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary, Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 9. Add the two percentages. Qualification requirement: Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications.

Contacts

• Address RG-W2R902 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-NEW ORLEANS DO NOT MAIL New Orleans, LA 70118 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk