Administrative Support Assistant (OA)

National Park Service; Gatlinburg (TN); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

National Park Service is seeking an Administrative Support Assistant (OA) at Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Gatlinburg, TN. This temporary promotion/detail may extend up to 5 years and supports divisional budgeting, payroll, purchasing, HR tasks, and travel administration.

The role offers telework eligibility and is based out of the park's Headquarters Building near Gatlinburg, TN.

Responsibilities

• Detail assignments may extend up to 5 years and are temporary promotions/details.
• Programming, tracking, adjusting, and communicating about a divisional budget with multiple fund sources.
• Executing payroll and purchasing tasks for the division, and supporting travel administration.
• Serving as HR support for division staff, including helping with hiring packages and data entry in personnel systems.
• Providing office services: file management, fleet management, property management, meeting scheduling, and administrative guidance to staff.

Job description

You will serve as a Administrative Support Assistant (OA) with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Key Responsibilities

This is a temporary promotion and/or detail not to exceed 1 year and can be extended up to 5 years. There are no qualification requirements for a detail assignment however, employees must meet any positive education/licensure requirements and have experience which demonstrates the ability to perform the major duties of the position.

Detail assignments do not include additional or reduced compensation, including locality pay, but benefit from the experience gained, and the opportunity to broaden their knowledge and skills. Time spent on a detail is not creditable for time-in-grade purposes. This position serves as an administrative support assistant at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, based out of the park's Headquarters Building near Gatlinburg, TN.

Primary responsibilities include: Programming, tracking, adjusting, and communicating about a divisional budget composed of multiple fund sources. Executing payroll and purchasing tasks for the division, as well as providing administrative support for travel. Serving as human resources support for division staff, including helping with seasonal and permanent hiring packages, maintaining a division org chart, and entering and retrieving data from federal personnel systems.

Providing office services such as file management, fleet management, property management, meeting scheduling, and administrative guidance to staff.

Requirements & Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $50460 – $65599/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-23.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.