Secretary (Unit Secretary)

US Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System; Aliceville (AL); On-site; USD 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

The US Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System is seeking candidates for a General Schedule administrative position at GL-05/06 levels. The role focuses on preparing, reviewing and verifying documents, processing transactions, and maintaining office records to ensure efficient operations.

Responsibilities include receiving calls and visitors, editing and composing letters, transcribing notes, and performing office automation tasks.

Qualifications

• Experience preparing, receiving, reviewing and verifying documents.
• Experience processing transactions and maintaining office records.
• Experience locating and compiling data or information from files and other data sources.
• Experience receiving telephone calls and visitors, handling requests for information, processing incoming and outgoing materials such as correspondence, reports and memoranda.
• Experience editing and composing letters and reports, transcribing notes, and reviewing correspondence.
• Experience performing office automation duties using a personal computer, preparing a calendar, worksheets, typing a variety of documents such as letters, forms, schedules, meeting minutes, and maintaining computer files.
• Experience scheduling and maintaining appointments, coordinating meetings and conferences, making travel arrangements, and performing time and attendance functions.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, receive, review and verify documents.
• Process transactions and maintain office records.
• Locate and compile data from files and data sources.
• Receive telephone calls and visitors; handle information requests.
• Edit and compose letters and reports; transcribe notes; review correspondence.
• Perform PC-based office automation; prepare calendars and forms.
• Schedule and coordinate appointments; arrange meetings and travel.

Skills

Document preparation

Office records

Data retrieval

Education

GL-05 education requirement

Graduate education creditable

Job description

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements:

Education:

GL-05:

Successfully completed 4 years of education above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite is creditable at the GL-05.

This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school.

GL-06:

As a general rule, education is not creditable above GL-05 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position.

OR

Experience:

GL-05 and GL-06: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.Some examples of this qualifying experience are:

• Experience preparing, receiving, reviewing and verifying documents.
• Experience processing transactions and maintaining office records.
• Experience locating and compiling data or information from files and other data sources.

GL-06:

• Experience receiving telephone calls and visitors, handling requests for information, processing incoming and outgoing materials such as correspondence, reports and memoranda.
• Experience editing and composing letters and reports, transcribing notes, and reviewing correspondence.
• Experience performing office automation duties using a personal computer, preparing a calendar, worksheets, typing a variety of documents such as letters, forms, schedules, meeting minutes, and maintaining computer files.
• Experience scheduling and maintaining appointments, coordinating meetings and conferences, making travel arrangements, and performing time and attendance functions.

OR

Combination of Education and Experience:

GL-05 only:

Have a combination of education and experience. This experience must have equipped you with the qualifications to perform the major duties of this position as described above. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience.

If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.