ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT ASSISTANT (OA) Jobs

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Portsmouth, VA Secret Polygraph Unspecified Career Level not specified Salary not specified

Job Description

Duties

• You will receive visitors and calls from within the shipyard, other shipyards, and NAVSEA using courtesy and diplomacy to create the best impression possible of the Test Engineering Division.
• You will assist the manager and staff on the practical and technical aspects of office administration.
• You will develop and maintain a complete file on policy, administrative, and Department operational subject matter and can recognize and recommend action that are not consistent with the objectives of the functions of the Department.
• You will conduct studies of existing directives and forms to detect and eliminate conflict, overlap and duplication.
• You will provide assistance and is a source of information to the Division head on a wide range of subjects.
• You will compile, consolidate, and summarize budgetary data from source documents.

Requirements Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals). You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience performing timekeeper duties for various employees in SUPDESK or similar systems.
• Experience completing and routing travel request, making travel arrangements, and processing travel claims using the Defense Travel System (DTS) or similar systems.
• Experience preparing and reviewing official and unofficial correspondence.
• Experience performing administrative duties while utilizing modern office equipment and software.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.