Federal Personnel Assistant (Army experience a plus)

Personnel Assistant I

This position performs a variety of general personnel clerical tasks in such areas as employee records, benefits, education, training, employment/staffing, compensation, employee labor relations, and equal employment opportunity/affirmative action. The Personnel Assistant may conduct surveys and update manual and automated personnel records.

This position performs a variety of tasks including, but not limited to, clerical and secretarial duties. The work is under general supervision of higher-level personnel in preparation of various human resource tasks throughout compensation, benefits, staffing/employment, EEO procedures and policy administration. The Personnel Assistant I is expected to exercise discretion at all times; limited judgment may be necessary at times. This assistant may be required to operate general office equipment such as: typewriter, personal computer, copier, adding machine, and facsimile.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Supervisory responsibilities: None.

Requirements include:

• Have a High School Diploma, GED or High School equivalent education level.
• Operational knowledge and/or experience processing identification issuance requests and issuing identification badges for building and system access and DoD CAC Card issuance policies and procedures AND Certificates of Completion proving successful completion of all required DEERS/RAPIDS Training detailed in Technical Exhibit 5 6 by the end of the Phase In Period.
• Have, at minimum, an initiated National Agency Check with Inquires (NACI) and a favorable completion of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fingerprint check, or a eDoD-determined equivalent investigation.

Qualifications include:

• Must be US citizen and Clearable to get a Federal Clearance.
• At a minimum, possess a High School Diploma or GED Equivalent. Preferred minimum 2 years administrative military personnel experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience as identified above.

Language skills must include:

• Ability to speak, read, write, and understand English. Ability to read, comprehend and explain instructions, letters, memos, emails and correspondence from inside the organization as well as from external sources. Ability to effectively respond, communicate and present information to clients and other employees in the organization.

Reasoning ability includes:

• Ability to organize work, define and solve problems, establish and manage priorities, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions based on facts. Manager participates in prioritization of work and decision-making on allocation of resources. The incumbent must be able to analyze a situation analytically, evaluate the facts/data and formulate a plan of action.

Certificates, licenses, registrations include:

• Must possess a valid U.S. state driver's license, applicable for the type and class of vehicle being operated.

Physical demands include:

• Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment includes:

• Duties are primarily performed in an office environment; however, travel to off-site projects may involve work outdoors; in warehouses; supply points; motor pools; maintenance facilities; etc. for short periods of time.