Staff Assistant

Description:

The Staff Assistant provides support to ILEAD leaders on a wide range of responsibilities associated with the daily operations of an ILEAD Service Line. Duties specifically include management of assigned work, providing recommendations and solutions to the administrative/management issues/problems, scheduling and coordinating service line requirements, monitoring resources as assigned, and designing and implementing information tracking systems using computer applications.

Requirements:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/23/2024.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. For a GS-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

To qualify at the GS-7 grade level, you must meet at least one of the following qualification requirements:

GS-7 Specialized Experience: You must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-5) in the Federal service that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience is experience that included all or most of the following: to monitoring administrative actions as assigned and presents recommendations to appropriate management officials for final decision; performing timekeeping duties; planning and coordinating recruitment activities; gathering, assembling and analyzing material on various topics related to Service Line services; producing periodic reports regarding ongoing actions, accompanied with recommendations and known implications, such as changes in operations, budget or recommendations for updates to processes and procedures. ~ OR~

GS-7 Education: 1 full year of graduate level education. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation. ~ OR~

GS-7 Combination of Education and Experience: An equivalent combination of specialized experience and education as described above may be used to meet the total qualification requirements for this position. Only education in excess of the amount required for the GS-5 level (a 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree) may be used to qualify at this level. NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.

To qualify at the GS-9 grade level, you must meet at least one of the following qualification requirements:

GS-9 Specialized Experience: You must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-7) in the Federal service that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience is experience that included all or most of the following: to monitoring administrative actions as assigned and presents recommendations to appropriate management officials for final decision; performing timekeeping duties; planning and coordinating recruitment activities; gathering, assembling and analyzing material on various topics related to Service Line services; producing periodic reports regarding ongoing actions, accompanied with recommendations and known implications, such as changes in operations, budget or recommendations for updates to processes and procedures. ~ OR~

GS-9 Education: A master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation. ~ OR~

GS-9 Combination of Education and Experience: An equivalent combination of specialized experience and graduate education as described above may be used to meet the total qualification requirements for this position. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the GS-7 level (1 full year of graduate level education) may be used to qualify at this level. NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Organizational Awareness Communications Customer Service Administrative 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; religions; 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.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.