About the Position: This position is an Administrative Support Assistant, GS- 0303-6 working in Philadelphia, PA for the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The incumbent will provide administrative support services, functions, and assistance in order to support an office.

Duties

Works under the general supervision of the Chief, Operations Division, Office of the Chief of Operations Division. Provide technical advice and assistance regarding all personnel and office administration related transactions to include reports, documents, programs etc. Coordinates, prepares and processes personnel related actions for the directorate employees. Act as training coordinator for all career and non career training within Operations Division Initiate and coordinate travel for staff Provides advice and assistance to the Assistant Chief, Operations Division and subordinate supervisors on the administrative or procedural processes for all civilian matters. Conducts the Annual Training Needs Survey to identify individuals training needs for employees Plans, coordinates and accomplishes a variety of program support tasks such as preparation and data gathering for special reports for Office of the Chief. Maintains Chief of Operations Division calendar and anticipates need for background information for use in correspondence, telephone calls, meetings, etc Receives Congressional inquires and visitors and directs to appropriate organization/division/personnel.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• May be required to serve a one year probationary period.
• Incumbent must be able to type 40 words per minute.
• May be required to travel up to 10% of the time

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. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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 which includes: 1.) Experience performing clerical and administrative duties (such as receiving calls and visitors, maintaining files, ordering supplies, payment and processing credit card transactions, or typing correspondence); AND/OR 2.) using an automated system for tracking or inputting personnel actions; AND/OR 3.) maintaining timekeeping system for employees. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-5). 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. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: AccountabilityAttention to DetailClericalComputer SkillsCustomer ServiceCustomer Service (Clerical/Technical)Decision MakingFacilities Reporting and Record-KeepingFlexibilityIntegrity/HonestyInterpersonal SkillsLearningReading ComprehensionReasoningSelf-ManagementStress ToleranceTeamwork 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-05).

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address RD-W2SF04 US ARMY ENGINEER DIST-PHILADELPHIA DO NOT MAIL Philadelphia, PA 19103 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]