Job opening: Administrative Officer
Salary: $139 395 - 181 216 per year
Published at: May 22 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.
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Duties
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY
As an Administrative Officer, you will use your knowledge of and experience to optimize business results and customer experience by:
Serving as a primary authority within the organization on administrative programs and initiatives, managing the organization interface with other organizations on administrative matters, coordinating staff activities, and ensuring that Branch initiatives are consistent with Departmental and legal requirements, are responsive to clients' needs and concerns, and are integrated with other organizational, Departmental, and federal objectives, initiatives, and programs.
Collaborating with the Division Director to establish goals and priorities for the Branch programs and services. Continuously reviews organizational performance and identifying opportunities for qualitative and quantitative improvement.
Supervising the Branch staff, which includes administrative officers who provide a broad range of administrative services to the organization's centers and offices. Ensuring that the organizational environment of the Branch positively influences staff members' ability to deliver high quality products and services.
Directing the analysis of the organization's administrative policies, plans, methods, procedures, systems, and techniques. Reviewing and revising policies, business processes, and services.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service - http://www.sss.gov
- Suitable for federal employment.
- Meet time in grade restrictions by the closing date of the announcement.
- Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. All information concerning qualifications is subject to investigation.
- Documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System.
- All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice.
- All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date.
- Financial disclosure statement may be required.
- Probationary (or trial) period may be required.
Qualifications
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Minimum Qualifications: You must have one-year specialized experience to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service performing ALL of the following:
Providing oversight and/or supervision to staff on administrative procedures for processing actions including government travel orders, conference training coordination management, purchasing, and/or time keeping.
Developing goals and objectives to measure administrative program operations effectiveness.
Developing budgets and/or staffing plans that accurately account for current and future administrative program requirements.
Documenting experience: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume.
Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational application questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.
In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the "percentage of times" the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above.
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; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to gain employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited.
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Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
5600 Fishers Ln
Rockville, MD 20857
US
- Name: HR Consultants
- Email: [email protected]
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