Administrative Support Assistant (OA)

Description:

These career/career-conditional permanent full-time positions are located at Shenandoah National Park, in the Administration Division.

Open to the first 78 applicants or until 04/22/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Requirements:

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-04/22/2024.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.

For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.

SELECTIVE FACTOR: This position performs office automation work, and the ability to type 40 words per minute based on a 5-minute sample with three or fewer errors is required. You must include certification of your typing proficiency as part of your application package. Candidates who do not meet this requirement by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position.

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To qualify for this position at the GS-06 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:

EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-05 level in Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience includes activities such as: accurate data entry into an automated financial system; making travel arrangements and preparing travel vouchers; verifying time and leave balances through an automated timecard system; organizing files; and using and maintaining electronic data management systems; etc. You must include hours per week worked.


To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:

EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-06 level in Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience includes providing a wide variety of detailed, complex administrative support services to enable efficient operation of a business or program office such as creating and tracking purchase requests, personnel actions, travel vouchers; administering payroll and workers compensation; preparing human resource employment paperwork and orienting new employee; and providing organizational support to park divisions; etc. You must include hours per week worked.


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.