This position is also announced under vacancy number OAR GFDL-24-12487393-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both. This position is also announced under vacancy number OAR GFDL-24-12487392-DE, which is open to all US Citizens or Nationals. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) with two vacancies in Plainsboro, NJ. As an Administrative Management Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Use administrative and management principals, practices, methods, and techniques to deliver customer support. Assist in the areas of travel, time and attendance, foreign national guest/visitor approvals, processing of administrative paperwork, and other administrative matters. Prepare recurring fiscal reports, review cost transactions and reconciles minor discrepancies. Review procurements, bankcard purchases, government vehicles and contract invoices for funds availability and compliance with applicable rules and regulations. Facilitate the collection, storage, retrieval, and analysis of official business correspondence and data. Manage the records database system. Interpret guidelines and procedures to perform administrative and management support assignments.

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 for the ZA-2 or GS-7 level: Specialized Experience: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-1 or GS-5 level in Federal Service. Specialized experience must include all of the following: Assisting with administrative tasks such as travel, time and attendance, records management, or processing paperwork for security clearances; AND Reviewing financial documents and maintaining accounting databases. OR Substitution of Education: One full year of graduate level education OR Superior Academic Achievement: Demonstrated by a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with one of the following. (NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your application clearly states how you meet one of the provisions below): A grade point average (GPA) of 2.9 or higher based on a 4.0 scale for all completed undergraduate courses, or those completed in the last 2 full years of undergraduate study; A GPA of 3.5 or higher based on a 4.0 scale for required courses completed in a major field of study, or those courses completed in a major field of study during the last two years of undergraduate study; Class standing of upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision of the college; Membership in a National Scholastic Honor Society certified by the Association of College honor societies, excluding freshman honor societies. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of graduate level education and experience equivalent to that described above.

Education

College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Note: Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work. An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty.

• Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation

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]