Administrative Support Specialist

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans seeks a versatile administrative support professional.

The position focuses on acting as the division's focal point for management assistance, clerical tasks, and a range of administration duties including studies, surveys, personnel liaison, budget, travel, cost accounting and property accountability. Qualified applicants should have graduate-level education in business administration and at least one year of specialized experience in administrative

Qualifications

• Specialized experience must include administrative studies or surveys of administrative functions.
• Experience providing guidance on administrative regulations, procedures, or policies.
• Experience preparing or reviewing administrative documents for accuracy and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Perform administrative studies, surveys, and analyses related to division functions.
• Liaise with personnel and coordinate administrative processes.
• Assist in budget, travel, cost accounting, property accountability and related duties.

Skills

Administrative studies/surveys

Regulatory guidance

Administrative documents preparation

Education

Graduate level education in Business Administration

Job description

About the Position

Serves as the Division's focal point for all management assistance, administrative and clerical functions, and is responsible for a variety of work including administrative studies and surveys, personnel liaison, operating budget, travel, cost accounting, property accountability and the like.

Who May Apply

Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities Current U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) employees with competitive status. Current Civilian Employees of the Command Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience

One year of specialized experience which includes at least two of the following:

• 1) Conducting administrative studies or surveys of administrative functions;
• 2) Providing guidance on administrative regulations, procedures, or policies;
• 3) Preparing or reviewing administrative documents for accuracy, compliance with procedures, and adherence to instructions.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06).

Education

One full year of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as Business Administration.

Combination of Education and Experience

A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Time in Grade Requirement

Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07). With regards to time-in-grade validation, if you held a position other than a GS pay plan, be sure your resume includes the pay plan and the salary you earned during the assignment. Without this information, your time-in-grade validation may not be able to be verified and will result in your not meeting the time-grade requirement for this vacancy. A further explanation of the required time in grade documentation can be found under the Required Documents section of this announcement.

Qualification requirement

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement.