Mission and Operations Support Specialist

Drug Enforcement Administration; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Drug Enforcement Administration seeks qualified applicants for administrative support and operational roles at the Louisville Division Office. The position emphasizes administrative functions, data retrieval, and document preparation to support law enforcement operations.

Applicants must meet federal qualification standards, with potential for GS-07 or GS-09 level depending on education and experience. Time-in-grade requirements apply, and transcripts may be requested.

Qualifications

• One full academic year of graduate-level education or higher to qualify.
• For GS-07, education/experience credits may apply as outlined in the qualification standards.
• Master's degree or 2 years of graduate study qualify for GS-09.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support across operational activities.
• Assist with routine investigative support functions and data access in databases.
• Prepare administrative documents and correspondence related to operations.

Skills

Administrative support

Database querying

Data comparison/identification of data

Document preparation

Interagency guidance

Education

One year of graduate education

Master's or equivalent graduate degree (GS-09)

Job description

This position is located in the DEA, Louisville Division Office. This position (s) primary purpose is to support the Outlying Office (OO) related to Business Operations and administrative aspects of Law Enforcement Operations.

For more information on eligibility requirements see: DEA Employment Eligibility

Applicants must meet the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of the announcement. If you are qualifying based on education or if there are mandatory education requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcripts with your application.

Applicants applying for the GS-07 must meet one of the following requirements

• Have at least one full year of specialized experience that is at least equivalent to work performed at the GS-05 grade level. Specialized 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.
• Qualifying experience must demonstrate the following:
  1. Providing administrative support to activities such as administrative, human resource liaison, fleet management, personal property management, security (personnel, physical, and information/communication), inspections/internal controls, logistics, TFO management, Imprest, and records management;
  2. Assisting with conducting routine investigative support functions related to accessing and querying various databases to obtain information;
  3. Assisting with gathering data from various management systems to identify inaccuracies;
  4. Preparing various administrative documents related to administrative operations.
• Education: Completed one full academic year of graduate-level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
• Superior Academic Achievement: Successfully completed all the requirements for a bachelor's degree and am claiming Superior Academic Achievement. In order to be creditable under this provision, Superior Academic Achievement must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled. Superior Academic Achievement is based on:
  1. Class Standing: You must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses;
  2. Grade-Point Average (G.P.A.): You must have a grade-point average of either (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on your official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (b) 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum;
  3. Honor Society Membership: You may be considered eligible based on membership in one of the approved national scholastic honor societies listed by the Association of College Honor Societies (https://www.achsnatl.org/).
• 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.

Applicants applying for the GS-09 must meet one of the following requirements

• Have at least one full year of specialized experience that is at least equivalent to work performed at the GS-07 grade level. Specialized 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.
• Qualifying experience must demonstrate the following:
  1. Providing administrative and operational functions in support of a group related to activities such as administrative, human resource liaison, fleet management, personal property management, security (personnel, physical, and information/communication), inspections/internal controls, logistics, TFO management, Imprest, and records management;
  2. Conducting routine investigative support functions related to accessing and querying various databases to obtain information for enforcement operations;
  3. Analyzing reports, various management systems and data to identify inaccuracies and prepare appropriate action;
  4. Develops correspondence, compiling reports and other various administrative documents related to administrative operations;
  5. Providing guidance to an organization on administrative and investigative matters.
• Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related.
• 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) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Additional information on the position qualification requirements are located in the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Qualifications Standards Handbook.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of this announcement.