Administrative Support Assistant

This position is a Administrative Support Assistant, GS- 0303-6/7 working in Yazoo City, Mississippi for the R4-Theodore Roosevelt NWR Complex. Full promotion potential of this position is GS-7.

This position is also open to the public under announcement R4-24-12382516-GH-DE. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.As a Administrative Support Assistant your duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Provides administrative support functions to assigned duty station. Maintains physical and automated records, reports, guidelines, and various office correspondence.

• Performs clerical tasks using Microsoft Word, Excel, databases, graphics (charts), and various communications software.

• Coordinates foreign and domestic travel for staff within the business team.

• Assists the traveler with resolving any problems due to missing documents and corrects any errors.

• Monitors travel financial obligations for assigned Team personnel.

• Responsible for accomplishing tasks associated with coordinating the assigned business team's payroll and effectively serving as technical staff resource to assigned refuges within the business team on payroll and travel matters.

• Serves as Alternate Timekeeper and/or Validator for other Payroll/Travel personnel, as assigned.

• Tracks timecard completion for the entire business team and follows up on missing timesheets. Reconciles edits, correcting data error for each pay period.

Only experience and education obtained by 04/29/2024 will be considered.

Minimum Qualification [GS-06]

• I have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience may include: (1) performing clerical functions, e.g., payroll, personnel, travel, and/or correspondence; (2) purchasing supplies, equipment and/or services; (3) assists in procurement and contracting procedures; (4) assisting in the review of travel vouchers; (5) serving as a timekeeper using an automated system; (6) communicating with others.

Minimum Qualification [GS-07]

• I have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience may include: (1) performing administrative functions, e.g., payroll, personnel, travel, file, and/or correspondence; (2) purchasing supplies, equipment and/or services; (3) assists in procurement and contracting procedures; (4) preparing and reviewing travel vouchers; (5) serving as a timekeeper using an automated system; (6) communicating effectively with others.

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.

Time In Grade Requirement: Applicants must meet both eligibility and qualification requirements for the position of interest by the closing date of the JOA. Specifically,

i. Area of Consideration.

ii. Time-in-grade (TIG) requirements as specified in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.

iii. Time after competitive appointment as specified in 5 CFR 330.502.

iv. Qualification requirements outlined in OPM's Qualifications Standards for General Schedule Positions or for Federal Wage System (FWS), wage grade positions, applicants are evaluated using the OPM Job Qualification System for Trades and Labor Occupations and the job element examining method.

Your SF-50 will be used to confirm you meet all requirements.