This position is located in the National Weather Service (NWS), Regional Headquarters (RH), Administrative Management Division (AMD), with one vacancy located in Fort Worth, TX. This position is also announced under vacancy number NWS-24-12503615-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

The incumbent will serve as a Support Services Specialist. As a Support Services Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Serve as a Support Service Specialist on administrative and management support services provided to all personnel. Assist the Senior Support Services Specialist with ensuring the quality and timeliness of all principal administrative support, management services, and service products prepared and issued by support services staff. Develop support services products for dissemination, which are reviewed and approved prior to issuance. Evaluate performance and serve as an office liaison with resolving contractor issues. Study, analyze and interpret policy, regulatory material, regulations and manuals and other publications and directives relating to support service operations to ensure policies and procedures are consistent with requirements. Work through the Senior Support Services Specialist to resolve conflicts and prepare documentation for proposed policy/procedural revisions and recommendations. Follow standing operating procedures for support services Position Description for the Agency and consult with the Senior Support Services Specialist when existing guidelines are inadequate, outdated, or nonexistent. Assist the Senior Support Services Specialist with the preparation of related budget estimates and analysis of office requirements for new office equipment, telecommunications, printing, furniture, supplies, materials and services; evaluate vendor products and make recommendations; prepare written justifications for purchases for approval; draft statements of work and contractual provisions for personnel, property, and space for approval; advise senior employees regarding long- range planning needs. Handle general office administrative matters which may occur on a day-to-day basis. Routinely collaborate with the Senior Support Services Specialist in assessing program performance from a quality and timeliness perspective. Administer Support Services procedure and policy guidance for Division level and Field Office personnel. Note: These duties are described at the full performance level of the GS-11; the GS-09 is developmental leading to such performance.

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 at the GS-09: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Participating with office management support in areas such as procurement, budget execution, emergency planning or human resource management; and, Assisting with general office administrative matters which may occur on a day-to-day basis. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: 2 years or a master's or equivalent graduate degree in public administration, business administration, industrial engineering, industrial management, or other administrative or management fields related to the position to be filled. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of education and experience as described above. To qualify at the GS-11: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Assisting with office management support in areas such as procurement, budget execution, emergency planning or human resource management; and, Handling general office administrative matters which may occur on a day-to-day basis. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: 3 years of graduate level education or a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in public administration, business administration, industrial engineering, industrial management, or other administrative or management fields related to the position to be filled. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of education and experience as described above.

Education

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

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.

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.

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]