This position is a Administration Officer, GS-0341-11 that will be working in your choice of one of the locations listed below: Patuxent Research Refuge - Laurel, MD Chesapeake Marshlands NWRC - Cambridge, MD Potomac NWR - Woodbridge, VA Chincoteague NWRC - Chincoteague, VA Lenape NWRC - Basking Ridge, NJ

Duties

As a Administration Officer your duties may include but are not limited to the following: Analyzes, evaluates, and manages accounting and control systems to maintain proper financial balances, distributes resources to all activities within planned limitations, and ensures that maximum benefits are obtained from resources. Provides advice and counsel on a range of administrative and operational management support issues (human resources and material needs, human resources availability, administrative support matters, etc.), policies, programs, objectives, and plans. Conducts personnel-related activities as requested to include preparation of personnel actions, position descriptions, award justifications, and other personnel related documents ensuring completeness, accuracy, and inclusion of supporting documentation. Responsible for overall organizational procurement activities. Ensure travel arrangements for program staff and cooperators are made in accordance with Federal Travel Regulations, Department and Service policy.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Resume (See "Required Documents"). Failure to provide ALL required information on your resume will result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all information is provided on resume.
• Eligibility and Supporting documents - You will ONLY be considered for the eligibilities that you select "yes" to AND submit the required supporting documentation, as listed in the Required Documents section.
• Merit promotion applicants must meet time-in-grade requirement as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.
• Suitability for employment, as determined by background investigation.
• Uniform: Official U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service uniform may be required.
• Probationary Period: Selectees may be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Individuals assigned male at birth after 12-31-59 must be registered for the Selective Service. To verify registration visit SSS.gov.

Qualifications

Only experience and education obtained by 11/20/2024 will be considered. In order to qualify for this position you must possess the Minimum Qualifications. Minimum Qualifications GS-11 A. I possess one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 level. Examples of experience may include: preparing budget estimates or justifications for an organization; monitoring an organization's budget to ensure that obligations, expenditures, and requested allotments stay within approved funding limitations; managing the acquisition of supplies, equipment, and services for an organization in accordance with regulations and local policies; conducting financial, management or program analyses and documenting findings, issues, and recommendations; leading/directing or managing the work of a support staff on financial, budgetary or administrative topics; and provides assistance with the development of financial assistance agreements. B. I have successfully completed a Ph.D. (or have three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D.) in a field that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Such fields include finance, business administration, public administration, industrial management or other directly related fields. Three years of graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that your graduate school has determined to represent three academic years of full-time study. NOTE: To qualify under this option you must submit transcripts (official or unofficial) to verify your education. C. I have a combination of qualifying specialized experience as described in response A and qualifying graduate education as described in response B that equals 100 percent of the GS-11 requirement. Only education beyond the second graduate year can be considered in this calculation. To combine education and experience, convert quarter hours to semester hours by multiplying by the fraction 2/3. Then, divide your number of graduate semester hours in excess of the first 36 hours by the number 18 (or the number your school uses to represent one year of graduate education). Divide months of qualifying specialized experience by 12. These two numbers must equal 100 percent when combined. NOTE: To qualify under this option you must submit transcripts to verify your education and include proof of your experience in the text of your resume. 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. Time In Grade Requirement: Applicants must meet both eligibility and qualification requirements for the position of interest by the closing date of the JOA. Specifically, i. Area of Consideration. ii. Time-in-grade (TIG) requirements as specified in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. iii. Time after competitive appointment as specified in 5 CFR 330.502. iv. Qualification requirements outlined in OPM's Qualifications Standards for General Schedule Positions or for Federal Wage System (FWS), wage grade positions, applicants are evaluated using the OPM Job Qualification System for Trades and Labor Occupations and the job element examining method. Your SF-50 will be used to confirm you meet all requirements.

Education

PROOF OF EDUCATION: All applicants who are using education or a combination of education and experience to qualify must submit copies of official or unofficial transcripts which include grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, institution name, and student name. If any required coursework is not easily recognizable on transcripts, or if you believe a portion of a particular course can be credited toward meeting an educational requirement, you must also provide a memorandum on letterhead from the institution's registrar, dean, or other appropriate official stating the percentage of the course that should be considered to meet the requirement and the equivalent number of units. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable; however, if you are selected for the position, you will be required to produce the original official transcripts.

PASS/FAIL COURSES: 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.

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.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education. For further information, visit: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | International Affairs Office (ed.gov)

Contacts

• Address
• Name: Shawn Davis
• Email: [email protected]