Job opening: Administrative Support Assistant (OA)
Salary: $49 025 - 63 733 per year
Published at: Sep 18 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
About the Position: Serve as an Administrative Support Assistant for one or more Directorates/Offices in the Blue Grass Chemical Activity (BGCA). Supports the various Directorates with a wide variety of administrative services and ensures that administrative support is carried out in an effective and efficient manner.
Current Army employees may apply under: MCGT244351878609
Duties
Works under general supervision of one or more Directors.
Performs a variety of administrative support and clerical functions.
Prepares a variety of routine correspondence in accordance with Army Regulation 25-50, or other designated guidance.
Prepares travel orders/vouchers for employees who need assistance utilizing the Defense Travel System (DTS).
Reviews outgoing correspondence for procedural, grammatical, spelling, and contextual accuracy.
Maintains calendar, schedules appointments, and meetings.
Performs timekeeper duties within the Army Time and Attendance Production System (ATAAPS).
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Position may be subject to AR 50-6. If so, AR 50-6 applies (Category 2) (non-Personnel Reliability Program (PRP)).
- May be required to participate in Chemical Accident/Incident Response and Assistance (CAIRA) situations and serve on teams dedicated to controlling CAIRA situations after being trained for particular duty involved.
- Must be a qualified typist in order to perform office automation duties.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatement
In order to qualify, you must meet the Experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-6 grade level in the Federal service which includes: Perform a wide variety of administrative support functions; utilize a variety of office automation software and equipment; prepare travel order and vouchers in an automated system such as Defense Travel System (DTS); and prepare a variety of routine correspondence. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service or equivalent (GS-06).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Computer SkillsReadingSpeakingWriting
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-06).
Term Appointment NTE - Position may be filled as a term appointment NTE 15 January 2026. Term appointments may be extended beyond six (6) years, up to eight (8) years. With DoD approval, term appointments may be extended beyond eight (8) years.
Current permanent Federal employees to include permanent Army employees applying for a term appointment will be appointed/converted into a term appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position.
When a current Army employee applies to a JOA opened for a term appointment, the action will be a conversion to a term appointment.
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Contacts
- Address GT-W6ER02 US ARMY CHEMICAL MATERIALS ACTIVITY
DO NOT MAIL
Richmond, KY 40475
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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