This position is located within the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) with (1) vacancy located in Gloucester, MA. This position is also announced under vacancy number NMFS-GARFO-24-12378197-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Secretary, you will perform the following duties: Provide support services within one or more Divisions by independently carrying out highly technical range of secretarial work under general guidance on objectives and priorities. Prepare travel orders / authorizations and ensure prompt processing of travel vouchers for payment, using the agency's electronic travel manager system and provide timekeeping information to Leadership as a Master Timekeeper under the direction of Management, and then serve as a point of contact for other Timekeepers and provide guidance as needed to staff. Independently prepares correspondence and documents for signature and/or requiring coordination of controlled correspondence. Responsible for maintaining and organizing physical and/or electronic files and records to ensure the ability to locate information and maintain property in the agency's inventory system, including by serving as a Property Point of contact for one or more custodial areas.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To qualify at the ZS-4 (GS-7/8) grade level: Specialized experience: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZS-3 (GS-6) in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Preparing correspondence and documents for signature; Assisting in the execution of some administrative functions such as time and attendance, preparing and processing travel orders and travel arrangements; and Organizing and maintaining a physical or digital filing system.

Education

There is no education requirement/substitution for this position.

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Applicant Inquiries
• Email: [email protected]