Job opening: ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT ASSISTANT
Salary: $39 576 - 72 703 per year
Published at: Oct 15 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Explore a new career with the BLM - where our people are our greatest natural resource.
These positions are located in the BLM Eastern State Office in the following locations:
Falls Church, VA (3 positions)
Salary Range: $45,146 to $72,703
Flowood, MS (1 position)
Salary Range: $39,576 to $63,733
Jupiter, FL (1 position)
Salary Range: $42,151 to $67,880
Duties
Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.
Communicate with clients and customers (e.g., any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit provides, including individuals who work in your organization or in other) to satisfy their expectations.
Process incoming and outgoing mail transactions, which includes distributing mail to the appropriate staff members and assembling out-going materials.
Oversee the receipt, distribution, and disposition of system-controlled personal property, utilizing an automated property management database.
Purchase supplies and equipment using simplified acquisition procedures through an integrated charge card program.
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.
- Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
- May be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.
Qualifications
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or specialized experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. If qualifying based on education, a copy of your unofficial transcripts must be provided with your application.
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-05: Applicants must have one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in the private or public sector) providing administrative support functions for an office to include: (1) answering telephones, providing information to customers and transferring them to the appropriate individuals; (2) organizing and filing hard copy documents to ensure monthly reporting requirements are met; (3) proofreading and printing correspondence for other staff members.
OR,
Education GS-05: Successful completion a full four-year course of study above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college, or university.
OR,
Combination of Specialized Experience and Education GS-05: An equivalent combination of specialized experience and education as described above, when combined, equals 100% of the total requirement. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) may be used in this calculation.
Specialized Experience GS-06: Applicants must have one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in the private or public sector) performing the following: (1) performing a variety of administrative support functions in areas of human resources, facilities, purchasing, travel, or timekeeping; (2) processing clerical duties such as collecting, filing, inputting, and maintaining records, official forms, or mail; (3) preparing, editing, and/or finalizing correspondence for office supervisors and managers; and (4) purchasing supplies/equipment using simplified acquisition procedures.
Specialized Experience GS-07: Applicants must have one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in the private or public sectors) performing the following: (1) serving as the clerical point of contact for a wide variety of administrative support functions in areas of human resources, facilities, purchasing, travel, or timekeeping; (2) assisting customers and staff to resolve recurring technical problems (3) processing clerical duties such as collecting, filing, inputting, and maintaining records, official forms, or mail; (4) utilizing automated systems in tracking and/or maintaining property inventory, budget, and finance.
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
To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an
accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
If you are using
education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-06 and GS-07 grade levels of this announcement.
Contacts
- Address BLM Eastern States Office
BLM Eastern States, ES-951
5275 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041
US
- Name: San Antonio Services Branch
- Phone: 816-541-8101
- Email: [email protected]