Administrative Support Assistant

US-Bureau-of-Land-Management; Carlsbad (NM); On-site; USD 45,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Carlsbad Field Office, seeks an Administrative Support Assistant at the GS-0303-6/7 grade to support general office functions in Carlsbad, New Mexico.

This role requires handling general correspondence, timekeeping, payroll entries, and records management, with a focus on accuracy and reliability in busy administrative operations. Qualified applicants typically have one year of specialized federal experience and no formal education requirement at this grade,

Qualifications

• One full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to GS-05 in the federal service.
• Independently prepare general correspondence.
• Enter time and attendance in an automated payroll system.
• Broad knowledge of budget, finance, natural resources, travel, timekeeping, payroll, records, and public contact.
• For GS-7: one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-6.

Skills

General correspondence

Timekeeping

Payroll system

Records management

Public contact

Job description

You will serve as an Administrative Support Assistant GS-0303-6/7 for the Bureau of Land Management Carlsbad Field Office in Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Salary

GS-6 (RUS): $45,409 - $59,031 per annum
GS-7 (RUS): $50,460 - $65,599 per annum

This position is also open to status candidates under announcement CBUK-27-13082611-ST-AWF and FUL announcement CBUK-27-13082612-FUL-AWF. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under all recruitment methods.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/30/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

To receive credit for experience, 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. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying 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.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications (1 and/or 2):

1. Minimum Qualifications GS-0303-6:

A. Experience: One (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 level in the federal service. Specialized Experience is defined as: independently preparing general correspondence, entering time and attendance records in an automated payroll system; providing assistance in the completion of records review, inventories, and dispositions in accordance with records schedule; demonstrate a broad working knowledge of the functions related to budget and finance, natural resources, travel, timekeeping/payroll, correspondence, records, collections, and public contact.-OR-

B. Education: There is no education for this job series at this grade level.

2. Minimum Qualifications GS-0303-7:

A. Experience: One (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-6 level in the federal service. Specialized Experience is defined as: performing complex administrative support with general correspondence, entering time and attendance records into an automated payroll system; advising in the completion of records review, inventories, and dispositions in accordance with records schedule; ability to perform independent judgement to the following functions in budget and finance, natural resources, travel, timekeeping/payroll, correspondence, records, collections, and public contact.

B. Education: There is no education for this job series at this grade level.

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.