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Job opening: Administrative Services Assistant

Salary: $41 301 - 66 510 per year
Employment Type: Full-time
For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. This position is also being announced to applicants eligible to apply through Merit Staffing procedures under 24-VAE-12528343-MS.

Duties

This position serves as an Administrative Services Assistant in the Administrative Division for the Office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia. The incumbent provides a wide variety of clerical and administrative services in support of the Administrative Services and Director of Administration in the Richmond Office and performs other administrative functions of the district. Typical duties will include: Composing letters, endorsements, memoranda and electronic correspondence from records or files. Creating, copying, editing, storing, retrieving a variety of documents: memoranda, directives, report forms or maintaining spreadsheets or databases. Preparing recurring and special reports, compiling data and obtaining required data. Maintaining contracts for routine services. Assisting in maintaining property records and conducting inventory. Providing technical assistance to human resources specialists in one of the following administrative services programs: human resources, financial management or procurement. Receives telephone calls and visitors and refers each call and/or visitor to the appropriate person or office as determined by office procedures. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Requirements

  • You must be a U.S. Citizen or National
  • Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation
  • You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable
  • If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
  • You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.

Qualifications

GS-5: To be qualified at the GS-5 level, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 level in the federal service or private sector. Specialized Experience: Providing a variety of clerical and administrative functions such as producing written documents utilizing office automation software; sorting and retrieving data to produce documents and reports; preparing and/or assisting with travel requests and vouchers; making purchases within governing procurement regulations; receiving telephone calls and visitors to the office. OR Substitution of Education: 4 years above high school is also qualifying for the GS-5 level. OR Combining Education and Experience: Successfully completed post-high school education may be used to meet the total one year of specialized experience requirement equivalent to the GS-4 grade level. 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. GS-6:To be qualified at the GS-6 level, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level in federal service or private sector. Specialized Experience: Providing a variety of clerical and administrative functions such as: producing written documents utilizing office automation software; sorting and retrieving data to produce documents and reports; and performing duties in one or more of the following areas: Human Resources: Receiving personnel actions and determining processing data such as nature of action and authority codes. Financial Management: Producing recurring reports on costs and preparing invoices or fiscal items for payment. Procurement: making purchases within governing procurement regulations; receiving and directing calls and visitors; maintaining electronic databases to track information and suspense items; maintaining contracts for services, and making purchases of supplies, equipment, and services. GS-7: To be qualified at the GS-7 level, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-6 level in the federal service or private sector. Specialized Experience: Providing a variety of clerical and administrative functions such as producing written documents utilizing office automation software; sorting and retrieving data to produce documents and reports; and performing duties in one or more of the following areas: Human Resources: Receiving personnel actions and determining processing data such as nature of action and authority codes. Financial Management: Analyzing historical budget and financial data; reviewing and analyzing budget reports, classifies errors and takes corrective action. Procurement: making purchases within governing procurement regulations; receiving and directing calls and visitors; maintaining electronic databases to track information and suspense items; maintaining contracts for routine services and improvements. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress. To be qualified, you must type at least 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors. (A typing test may later be required.) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)- The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)-The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Education

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. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see http://www.ed.gov
OR
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials. More information may be found at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.

Contacts

  • Address Eastern District of Virginia 2100 Jamieson Avenue Alexandria, VA 22314 US
  • Name: US Attorney Office Eastern District of Virginia
  • Email: [email protected]

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