All current Department of Labor employees with competitive status. As an Executive Assistant, you will provide expert technical and administrative support in a broad range of assignments for Deputy Under Secretary and Associate Deputy Undersecretaries. This work includes special projects involving a high level of confidentiality. This position is outside the bargaining unit.

Duties

Duties included, but not limited to: Oversees and plans work to be accomplished by a small staff and establishes priorities, milestones, and schedules for completion of work. Supervises and assigns work to subordinates considering the level of difficulty of the assignments, their experience, and the importance the agency leadership places on completing the tasks. Reviews completed work and is responsible for the technical adequacy of the work produced in terms of substantive content, validity, and compliance with agency practices and procedures. Provides advice and guidance on problems, program responsibilities, projects, or studies. Takes action to resolve issues and/or concerns. Interviews and makes selections and recommendations for promotions, reassignments, details, and incentive awards for subordinates. If needed, effects minor disciplinary procedures in accordance with DOL policy. Exercises control over executive calendars and schedules, with complete authority for commitments of time. Screens calls and visitors; answers most questions and completes most nontechnical matters involving established policy or administrative procedures without referring callers to the executive. Serves as the initial reviewer for incoming requests to the executive, answering most independently and only referring the most complex and sensitive to the executive and other senior officials. Establishes and maintains an effective and efficient filing system including incoming and outgoing correspondence, reports, memoranda, and all other documentation in both electronic and hard copy. Tracks official correspondence and memos to ensure the timely clearance of important correspondence and memoranda.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
• Subject to pre-employment and random drug tests.
• Subject to financial disclosure requirements.
• Requires a supervisory probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications

This position requires to ability to obtain a TOP secret clearance and submission of a financial disclosure. Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. For GS-13: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-12 in the Federal Service, obtained in either the private or public sector, to include all the following: Giving advanced executive support in a federal agency or front office setting; Supervising staff and/or leading a team or long-term project; Organizing travel, calendars, and/or correspondence; and Utilizing the Correspondence Tracking System (CTS) at DOL for uploading, tracking, and routing controlled correspondence. For GS-14: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-13 in the Federal Service, obtained in either the private or public sector, to include all the following: Applying mastery knowledge of executive support in a federal agency or front office setting; Providing advice and guidance on problems, program responsibilities, projects, or studies; Supervising staff and/or leading a team or long-term project; Organizing travel, calendars, and/or correspondence; and Utilizing the Correspondence Tracking System (CTS) at DOL for uploading, tracking, and routing-controlled correspondence.

Education

There is no education requirement or substitution for this announcement.

Contacts

• Address Bureau of International Labor Affairs 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Ashley Oneal-Shue
• Phone: 215-861-5056
• Email: [email protected]