FUL-Administrative Support Assistant

U.S.-Fish-; Brussels (IL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking a FUL-Administrative Support Assistant for the Windom Wetland Management District with duties across Windom, MN and partner refuges in Brussels, IL and Havana, IL.

Qualified applicants must meet the specialized experience requirements: budget formulation and financial reconciliation, procurement actions, property inventories, and payroll documentation. Hours per week must be specified to credit experience; volunteer work is credited as well.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience includes budget formulation and financial reconciliation using automated systems.
• Procurement actions under applicable guidelines.
• Managing accountable property inventories.
• Preparing personnel and payroll documentation to support daily field operations.

Skills

Budgeting

Procurement processing

Inventory management

Payroll documentation

Job description

You will serve as an FUL-Administrative Support Assistant for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Windom Wetland Management District in Windom, MN, Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge in Brussels, IL, OR Illinois River National Wildlife and Fish Refuges in Havana, IL.

Pay will vary based on grade level and/or duty location for which you're selected. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/15/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. All candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements.

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.

Specialized Experience Requirement: you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the 06 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: 1) performing budget formulation and financial reconciliation using automated accounting systems; 2) processing procurement actions under applicable guidelines; 3) managing accountable property inventories; and 4) preparing personnel and payroll documentation to support daily field operations. 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.