Job opening: Administrative Support Assistant
Salary: $49 025 - 63 733 per year
Published at: Aug 30 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Taos Field Office, in Taos, NM.
This is a bargaining unit position represented by the National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 340.
This position is concurrently open to Merit Promotion eligibles under Announcement Number BLM-NM-24-1251628-MP-OPM.
Duties
Serve as an Administrative Support Assistant in any Field, District, or State/Center organization within the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Perform a wide variety of administrative support functions and specialized duties each requiring a comprehensive working knowledge of special and/or complex subject matter, procedures, or practices.
Perform a full range of administrative support functions, as well as standardized and non-standardized clerical assignments such as Customer Service, Property Procurement, Collections, Travel, Timekeeping/Payroll, etc.
Serve as a principle point of contact on specific technical aspects or programs related to office administration, resolving non-recurring problems and issues.
Provide advice and recommendations to management on improving administrative operations.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship required
- May be required to complete background investigation and drug screening.
- Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males
- Must provide resume and supporting documents (See required documents).
- You cannot hold an active real estate license, nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
- If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
- You will be required to obtain and maintain a valid state driver's license.
- May be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.
Qualifications
In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience and/or education for the respective grade level in which you are applying:
Specialized Experience GS-07: Applicants must have one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-GS-06 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in the private or public sectors) performing at the following: (1) providing customer service to the public (in person or by phone) in a front-facing position, such as a front desk of a public office; (2) using various automated office programs such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel to prepare forms, reports, correspondence and other standardized and non-standardized clerical assignments; and 3) providing administrative support functions in TWO or more of the following areas: Budget and Finance; Facilities; Fleet; Property; Procurement; Collections; Timekeeping/Payroll; Records; and Mail.
Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).
Volunteer Experience: 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.
You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies".
Education
There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.
Contacts
- Address BLM New Mexico State Office
BLM New Mexico, NM-951
301 Dinosaur Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87508
US
- Name: San Antonio Services Branch
- Phone: 816-541-8101
- Email: [email protected]
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