About the Position: The USACE Risk Management Center (RMC) has positions available in Lakewood, Colorado; Louisville, Kentucky; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with about 100 professional, technical, and administrative staff. The RMC provides expertise advice for design and construction in assessing and managing risk for dam and levee systems while supporting USACE headquarters across the US. Salary is only showing General Salary, locality based on selected location.

Duties

Execute office operations for timekeeping and records management, travel planning and expense reporting, security coordination for staff and visitors, and other general office functions. Maintain a positive attitude in stressful situations and consistently provide valuable support in a team friendly environment. Provide technical and financial support to management and office staff. Communicates both written and verbal, to support staff in various job descriptions (engineering, financial, administrative, and management) and collaborate with and support other administrative staff in other RMC offices.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Required TDY 15%.
• Minimum Typing requirement of 40 word per minutes.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
• This is a Term position scheduled to last one-year which may be extended to a maximum of five years and may be made permanent without further competition depending upon the needs of management.
• The applicant will be expected to pass fiscal law training within 30 days of starting the position.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. Qualifications for the GS-05 Grade Level: Experience required: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: Assist with travel documents for the organization, oversee timekeeping; order and inventory supplies; advise customers on the phone and in person or know when to refer them to other personnel, review outgoing correspondence for proper grammar, punctuation etc. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the Federal service (GS-04). Some Federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this grade level, you may qualify if you have successfully completed 4 full years of education above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school. (You must provide college transcripts to support educational claims. Diplomas will not be accepted in place of transcripts; transcripts MUST be submitted with your application.) Qualifications for the GS-06 Grade Level: Experience required: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: Coordinate travel documents for the organization; Manage timekeeping; Oversee training documents including payments, certificates of completion and evaluations; Maintain an office suspense system; Assist with regulation adherence; Review incoming and outgoing correspondence. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the Federal service (GS-05). Qualifications for the GS 07 Grade Level: Experience required: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: Ensure application of administrative regulations and guidance; perform operational procedures for an organization, including special projects and research; Input data into databases to include tabulating, searching, sorting, calculating and consolidating information into reports/graphic format. Manage office procedures such as travel, time keeping and communications/correspondence. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the Federal service (GS-06). Qualified typist is required (40 wpm). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Administration and ManagementCommunicationsDecision Support Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent.

Contacts

• Address RA-W4EFAA USACE INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESOURCES DO NOT MAIL Alexandria, VA 22315 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]