These positions are located in the United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Food and Feed Research Unit in and Commodity Utilization Research Unit in New Orleans, LA. In this position, you will be assisting with office administrative tasks related to food safety or commodity utilization by performing a variety of technical duties in an office setting.

Duties

Serves as the primary administrative business process point of contact for the unit. Identifies, restructures, and recommends ways of eliminating, combining, simplifying or improving administrative and clerical office procedures and processes. Utilizes purchase card agreements. Establishes, maintains, and revises an office filing system. Reviews all formal outgoing correspondence for proper format, grammar and punctuation. Receives and reads all incoming correspondence directed to the unit and initiates actions necessary for its proper disposition.

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US National
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify at https://www.e-verify.gov/

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. GS-6 Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience must be described for each grade level advertised. The specialized experience requirements for this position are: Qualifying experience for GS-06 includes one year of specialized experience comparable to GS-05 which is directly related to the work of this position and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. For this position, specialized experience is preparing correspondence on established guidelines and processes; assisting with office administration tasks; and using Microsoft office programs to edit documents used for administrative reports. Applicants must be able to type at least 40 words per minute. GS-7 Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience must be described for each grade level advertised. The specialized experience requirements for this position are: Qualifying experience for GS-07 includes one year of specialized experience comparable to GS-06 which is directly related to the work of this position and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. For this position, specialized experience is reviewing and editing reports intended for public dissemination; providing administrative support to an office such as time keeping, files management or maintaining an office budget; and coordinating events such as conferences, seminars, or trainings Applicants must be able to type at least 40 words per minute. 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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This position does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Agricultural Research Service 141 Experimental Station Road Stoneville, MS 38776 US
• Name: Frances Ozyurt
• Phone: 703-259-9383
• Email: [email protected]