Administrative Support Assistant

Key Requirements:

1. Applicants must be U.S. Citizens.
2. More requirements are listed under Qualifications and Other Information.
3. Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov)
4. The incumbent will need a valid state driver's license to operate government-owned vehicles.

• A background investigation will be required for this position. Continued employment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
• Throughout the recruitment and hiring process we will be communicating with you via email; therefore, it is imperative that the email address you provide when applying for this vacancy remains active. Should your email address change, please notify the point of contact identified in the vacancy announcement as soon as possible so that we can update our system.
• If you are a Federal employee applying for a promotion (under merit promotion procedures) you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.

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.

To qualify at the ZS-4 or GS-07 level:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZS-3 or GS-06 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:

• Assisting with administrative services for an office (for example, processing procurement packages, arranging or processing travel or travel vouchers, establishing and maintaining files and records, providing information on administrative topics to internal or external contacts, etc).

To qualify at the ZS-5 or GS-09 level:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZS-4 or GS-08 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:

• Providing administrative services for an office or organization in areas such as, processing procurement packages, arranging or processing travel or travel vouchers, establishing and maintaining files and records, providing information on administrative topics to internal or external contacts, etc.
• Providing administrative assistance in generating reports, and products that are used to ensure timely and efficient management of operational programs; and
• Representing an organization by communicating information to internal or external contacts and answering general and routine inquiries.