This position is part of the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Bureau of Indian Education. As a Program Support Assistant you will be responsible for providing admissions information to potential students and parents and verifying student files according to guidelines.

Duties

As a Program Support Assistant GS-0303-5, your typical work assignments may include the following under supervision: Serves as the initial contact to welcome and assist potential students, parents, current students and staff by providing admissions information. Maintains a record/log of incoming new and re-admit student applications. Develops, maintains, and secures student files according to Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) guidelines. Uses software including database management, electronic mail, word processing, spreadsheets, graphics, desktop publishing, and other similar software. Proofreads material to assure grammatical and typographical correctness and conformity with instructions, guidelines, and policies. Prepares and types from oral instructions or brief notes, technical documents and reports, travel authorizations and vouchers.

Requirements

• US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED
• BACKGROUND SECURITY INVESTIGATION WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL NEW HIRES
• APPOINTMENT MAY BE SUBJECT TO A 2 YR TRIAL OR 1 YR PROBATIONARY PERIOD
• SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR MALES BORN AFTER 12/31/1959

Qualifications

Applicants must meet the qualification requirements contained in the OPM Standards. For this position, they are listed below. You must meet the following Minimum Qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. GS-05: One year of specialized experience that equipped me with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. This experience is related to the work of the position and equivalent to at least the GS-04 level in the Federal service. Examples include: Perform office support duties, such as greeting visitors, answering phones, ordering supplies, and maintaining a filing system for office records/files. Utilize office software to prepare documents, correspondence, or spreadsheets. Ability to communicate information in an organized manner, manage projects and work with technical material. or 4 years education above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite is creditable. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. or Combination of experience and education described above, only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year (52 weeks) of service at the next lower grade level.

Education

EDUCATION: If using education to qualify, transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include School Name, Student Name, credit hours, major, and grade-point average or class ranking, degree and date awarded. All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Applicants are responsible for providing documentation that the educational requirements have been met. To qualify based on education you must submit a legible copy of your transcripts. Official transcripts are required upon selection if you qualified based on education.

Education must have been obtained from an accredited or pre-accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

For further information on creditable education visit:
http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Contacts

• Address Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute 9169 Coors Blvd. NW Albuquerque, NM 87120 US
• Name: Antoinette Jim
• Phone: 505-346-2339
• Email: [email protected]