Administrative Officer

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Minimum Qualifications GS-11:
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1.) preparing a variety of administrative and personnel reports and responses regarding matters such as manning, human capital needs, budget, travel, and training; 2.) utilizing a variety of office suite software and tools to monitor, track and report on operational, administrative and personnel related matters; and 3.) assisting in a human capital/recruitment efforts such as scheduling interviews, preparing candidate files, compiling reference checks, preparing incentive documents, and onboarding.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR

Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Business Administration, Organizational Management, Human Resources Management, etc.

OR

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 second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Minimum Qualifications GS-12:

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1.) advising management officials, as well as clerical, and other administrative staff and on human capital, administrative, and resourcing matters; 2.) coordinating and organizing multiple competing human capital and administrative priorities to ensure they are on task and executed within established time frames 3.) collaborating and partnering with clerical and administrative staff on various personnel, organizational, and resourcing matters such as recruitment, budget, manning, business operations, and training, to ensure continuity of the business unit and administrative operations and; 4.) utilizing a variety of tools, resources, and office suite software such as spreadsheets, reporting tools, share point, operational guides, etc., to effectively manage, track and execute business operations.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11)

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Administration and Management
• Leadership
• Personnel and Human Resources