Administrative Support Assistant (Oa)

THIS IS AN OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT. This type of announcement provides the National Park Service with a readily available source of applicants when vacancies occur.

Eligibility and qualifications will be verified when there is a vacancy for the location and grade for which you applied. Positions may be filled at one or more of the duty locations included in this announcement.

The following duties are listed at the full performance GS-07 level.

• Provides administrative support to unit staff which may include travel arrangements, payroll, and personnel actions.

• Provides administrative oversight of various business processes, which may include processing financial, procurement, property, personnel, and other administrative instruments for staff.

• Ensures agency compliance with specialized area or program laws, rules, and regulations.

• Prepares and reviews correspondence, reports, and standard operating procedures.

• Prepares and develops meeting materials, briefing papers, and attends meetings with leadership to coordinate, explain, or provide guidance on specialized area or program as necessary.

Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. Promotion to the full performance level is neither guaranteed nor implied and will be based solely on your ability to satisfactorily perform the work of the position, existing work at the higher grade level, and recommendation by the position's supervisor.

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until August 30, 2024. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be May 17, 2024, with subsequent cut-off dates on the 15th and the last day of each month. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled.

Some positions are career seasonal. The nature of seasonal work may vary from year to year, which is generally based on budget, workload, and/or weather.

A career seasonal work schedule provides for at least 26 weeks (13 pay periods) of full-time work, and as many as 26 weeks (13 pay period) of non-duty/non-pay time per year as determined by management. The non-pay time for these positions may be two weeks to six months but is expected to be two consecutive weeks between (ex. October and December). See locations below for non-pay time. You will have the option to continue your health coverage while in non-pay status.

Positions may be filled in the following duty locations:

Cabrillo NM- San Diego, CA, GS-06/07, Career-Seasonal: Non-pay expected for 2 weeks from Dec-Jan, for additional info contact Jeffrey Aarnio

Crater Lake NP- Crater Lake, OR, GS-06/07, Perm-Full-Time, for additional info contact Valerie Steffen

Devils Postpile NM- Mammoth Lakes, CA, GS-06/07, Career-Seasonal: Non-pay expected from 1 December-1 February, for additional info contact Rebecca Wong

Hawaii Volcanoes NP- Hawaii National Park, HI, GS-06/07, Perm Full-Time, for additional info contact Jack Corrao

Joshua Tree NP- Twentynine Palms, CA, GS-07, Perm Full-Time, for additional info contact Jane Rodgers

Joshua Tree NP- Twentynine Palms, CA, GS-06/07, Career-Seasonal: Non-pay expected for 2 weeks from May-June, for additional info contact Gordon Cave

Lassen Volcanic NP- Mineral, CA, GS-06/07, Perm Full-Time, for additional info contact Laura Ostmann

Mount Rainier NP- Ashford, WA/Longmire, WA, GS-06/07, Perm Full-Time, for additional info contact Sarah Waterworth

Nez Perce NHP- Spalding, ID/ Walla Walla, WA/ Wisdom, MT, GS-06/07, Perm Full-Time, for additional info contact Terri Martin-Goeshel

Olympic NP- Port Angeles, WA/Forks, WA, GS-06/07, Perm Full-Time, for additional info contact Glen Fickbohm and Lee Snook

Redwood NP- Crescent City, CA/Orick, CA, GS-06/07, Career-Seasonal: non-pay expected for 2 weeks in February, for additional info contact John Christopher

San Francisco Maritime NHP- San Francisco, CA, GS-06/07, Perm-Full-Time, for additional info contact Jonathan Dille

Sequoia and Kings Canyon NPs- Sequoia NP, CA, GS-06/07, Perm-Full-Time, for additional info contact Sintia Kawasaki-Yee

Yosemite NP- Yosemite, CA, GS-07, Perm Full-Time, for additional info contact Sharon Miyako

Yosemite NP- Yosemite, CA, GS-07, Career-Seasonal: non-pay expected for 2 weeks in January, for additional info contact Jesse McGahey

Yosemite NP- Yosemite, CA, GS-06/07, Career-Seasonal: non-pay expected for 2 weeks in December, for additional info contact Chad AndersonAll qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-08/30/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted.

An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, 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.

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.

SELECTIVE FACTOR: This position performs office automation duties, and requires the incumbent to type 40 words per minute (WPM) typing speed.

Words per minute are based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors. Applicants must submit supporting documentation with their application. Candidates who do not meet this requirement or fail to submit supporting documentation by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position.

EXPERIENCE:

For the GS-06 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 grade level; OR One full year (18 semester/27 quarter hours) of successfully completed graduate level education if the coursework is directly related to the work of the position; OR Combinations of graduate level education that is directly related to the position and specialized experience. The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university.

Examples of specialized experience are: Provide support and assistance processing a wide variety of requisitions; Reconcile purchases and maintain files in accordance with Federal regulations and agency directives; Process incoming and outgoing mail; Establish and maintain the unit's files, accountable property inventories, records, etc. (hardcopy and/or electronic format); and/or Use automated software to produce reports, correspondence and other written documents in draft form.

For the GS-07 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-06 grade level; OR One full year (18 semester/27 quarter hours) of successfully completed graduate level education if the coursework is directly related to the work of the position; OR Combinations of graduate level education that is directly related to the position and specialized experience. The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university.

Examples of specialized experience are: Performing a wide variety of advanced administrative functions such as advising employees on payroll regulations and serving as payroll coordinator; Serving as liaison with Human Resources by preparing and entering personnel actions, processing employee paperwork, and coordinating background investigations; Serving as the technical advisor for travel processes and regulations; Advising on procurement; and performing budget and financial management by collecting data for a budget, making recommendations, tracking expenditures, creating budgetary reports, and reconciling an organization's budget.

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.

Documentation for the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) eligibility, submission of ALL SF-50s and performance information for each period of temporary/term employment that qualifies for LMWFA. Performance documentation can be obtained by contacting the supervisors for the positions you served in during your 24 months.

If they did not complete performance appraisals ask them to provide a statement of performance for each period of service. The statement must specify the dates for each employment period and your level of performance (dates should match the dates on the SF-50s).