This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/530407100. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
This position serves as a personal assistant to the Power Marketing Manager and provides secretarial and administrative support to the staff. The incumbent applies a high degree of ability, initiative, and willingness to perform duties of responsibility which involve Power Marketing's operating programs and overall objectives.
04/12/2019 to 04/25/2019
$45,660 - $59,359 per year
GS 07
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required.
No
Permanent
Full-time - Full Time
Competitive
07
No
No
PMA-19-WN-196-MP
530407100
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Current excepted service federal employees.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
This Announcement will close after 40 applications are received or on the closing date depending on which ever happens first.
The incumbent uses electronic systems consisting of hardware and software components in an office environment to develop letters, memos, textual documents, reports, spreadsheets, graphics and electronic mail, and to store, retrieve, manipulate, transfer, compute and/or print information. Receives all correspondence for the office, and based on own judgment and knowledge of office functions and assignments determines which the supervisor should see, such as complimentary, complaints, procedural; which the incumbent can prepare the responses required; and which the subordinate office supervisors should see. Orders supplies & services using a government-issued credit card; logs purchase requests, verifies correct work order numbers, ensures appropriate funding is available, tracks orders, verifies delivery and rectifies disputes, and maintains accurate records and credit card logs for all purchases. Makes travel arrangements and hotel reservations for supervisor and staff, ensuring that reservations and advances of funds are received in time.
N/A
You must meet all the qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: experience with secretarial and administrative support functions; knowledge of travel, office management and administrative procedures, document control, filing systems, correspondence review and quality control.
Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSAs identified below. Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write "see resume" in your application!
"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration.
CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.
You must meetallqualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
For this position, education cannot be substituted for experience.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
We will review your application to ensure you meet the job requirements. If you meet the qualifications requirements and are found to be among the top candidates, your application will be referred to the selecting official for further review.
If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses in your online questionnaire, or if you fail to submit required documentation BEFORE the vacancy closes, you may be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score may be adjusted.
Selecting Official may check references on those applicants referred for consideration.
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ALL APPLICANTS: You must submit a resume supporting your specialized experience and responses to the online questionnaire.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To be considered for this position, you must submit your complete application no later than 11:59 pm U.S. Eastern Time on the closing date of this announcement. If you fail to submit a complete application prior to the closing time (regardless of when you started) the application system will not allow you to finish! Requests for extensions will not be granted, so please begin the application process allowing yourself enough time to finish before the deadline. Our application system displays a countdown timer in the top-left corner of the screen for your reference. For your security, your session in our online application system will "time-out" if you are inactive for a certain period of time. We recommend that you preview the assessment questions before you apply and prepare all of your information prior to beginning the application. If you do get "timed-out" you will have to log back in to USAJOBS and re-visit the vacancy announcement, you can then click "Update Application" to finish where you left off. Steps to submit a complete application:
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/530407100. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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