This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great Plains Region in Aberdeen, South Dakota. This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more information see What are bargaining units? NOTE: TRAVEL AND RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE AUTHORIZED. ANY RELOCATION EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH REPORTING FOR DUTY WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SELECTED EMPLOYEE.

Duties

Serves as administrative support to the Director. The incumbent will plan and carry out projects to improve the efficiency of the agency programs and to provide the administrative support necessary to help these programs achieve their goals. Arranges all travel and lodging arrangements for the Director in accordance with Federal (JFTR) and Departmental (DOI) travel policies. Arranges conferences, including space, time and staff. Assembles background materials for agenda items and informs participants of topics to be discussed. Maintains the Director's calendar and schedules appointments and meetings upon own initiative based upon personal knowledge of their priorities and workload. Makes final commitments for appointments in their absence. Serves as intermediary between the Director and officials of the Department, other government officials, and the general public for the purpose of maximum utilization of the Director's time. Prepares and sends formal responses to invitations received by the Director for all external and internal engagements. Incumbent provides the overall direction and supervision under the administrative functions consisting of financial programs; fiscal; personnel; property and supply; common services; management analysis; and improvement at the Agency. Travel arrangements may be made on own initiative, without traveler input, using judgments as to travel times, itinerary and lodging preferences.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Form BIA -4432 must be submitted with the application if claiming Indian Preference.
• You will be required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit
• You may be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
• A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
• If you are required to operate a motor vehicle in order to properly carry out assigned duties, the 25 IAM 4 Motor Vehicle Safety Program Policy applies. A Link is provided in the Additional Information Section.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Administrative and Management Positions, GS-0341). GS-11: One (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level which involved serving as technical advisor to management on budget administration, human resources guidance, acquisition planning, property and supply management, records management, and general oversight and control of the administrative support activities. Providing administrative manager work primarily concerned with providing, securing or negotiating for the resources or services needed to manage and run an organization; work involving management of both financial and human resources; and work involving management analysis, procurement, contract administration, property management, space management, security administration, reports management, data processing, and similar or closely related activities. OR EDUCATION: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. GS-09: One (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 grade level which involved providing administrative manager work primarily concerned with providing, securing or negotiating for the resources or services needed to manage and run an organization; work involving management of both financial and human resources; and work involving management analysis, procurement, contract administration, property management, space management, security administration, reports management, data processing, and similar or closely related activities. OR EDUCATION: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. GS-07: One (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 grade level which involved providing administrative manager work primarily concerned with providing, securing or negotiating for the resources or services needed to manage and run an organization; work involving management of both financial and human resources; and work involving management analysis, procurement, contract administration, property management, space management, security administration, reports management, data processing, and similar or closely related activities. OR EDUCATION: 1 Full year of graduate level education or Superior Academic Achievement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the position to be filled. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date. Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.

Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

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.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the 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. For further information, visit: FOREIGN EDUCATION

Contacts

• Address BIA Center for Recruitment Anadarko P.O. Box 1487 Anadarko, OK 73005 US
• Name: BIA Human Resources
• Phone: 405-247-1600
• Email: [email protected]