Program Support Assistant OA

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

The US Department of Veterans Affairs in Columbia Township, MO, is recruiting a Program Support Assistant in the Nutrition and Food Services Department (NFS). This GS-6 position provides a wide range of administrative, clerical, and technical support to NFS, with emphasis on data handling and office operations.

Candidates must meet the GS-6 qualifications, including one year of specialized experience or equivalent and typing 40 words per minute.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience at or equivalent to GS-5 in providing administrative support.
• Typing proficiency of at least 40 words per minute.
• Experience with creating and maintaining office files and records.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative, clerical, and technical support to Nutrition and Food Service.
• Collect, compile and track data and information; process documents and reports.
• Establish, update and maintain office files and records; perform automation duties using software applications.
• Answer telephones, refer visitors, and provide information.

Skills

Typing 40 wpm

Administrative support

Data management

Telephone support

Tools

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Electronic mail

Database

Calendar

Desktop publishing

Job description

This position is located at Harry S. Truman VA in the Nutrition and Food Services Department (N&FS) as the Program Support Assistant. The primary purpose of this position to provide a wide variety of administrative, clerical, and technical support to Nutrition and Food Service. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

TYPING PROFICIENCY

This position requires the skills of a qualified typist. In addition to meeting the experience and/or education requirements, you must be able to type at least 40 words per minute.

In order to qualify for this position at the GS-6 level, you must possess the following:

EXPERIENCE

One (1) full year of specialized experience that equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties the Program Support Assistant at the full performance level (GS-6), and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-5) in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience where you were responsible for providing administrative support; collecting, compiling and tracking data and information; processing documents and reports; establishing, updating and maintaining office files and records; performing automation duties using such software applications such as word processing, spreadsheet, electronic mail, desktop publishing, calendar, database and/or graphics; answering telephones, referring visitors, and providing information.

NOTE: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week.