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Administrative Support Assistant

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field
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Summary

Serves as the Administrative Support Assistant for the Power Division at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Provides direct executive support to the Chief and Deputy Chief of the Power Division (Senior Executive Service (SES) managers). Oversees division office management, including overseeing and guiding the work of subordinate contractor Office Support Assistants supporting the six branches within the division.

Overview

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Hiring complete
Open date: 11/18/2022
Closed date: 12/07/2022
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Work site options
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Remote job
No
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Salary
$46,685 - $60,686 per year

The salary shown reflects the 2022 rates of pay for GS employees.

Pay scale & grade
GS 7
Promotion potential
7
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type
Permanent
Occupations and job series
Supervisory status
No
Federal service type
This job is in the Competitive Service
Drug test
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. The type depends on the job.
Background check type
Announcement number
GRC-23-IMP-11727538-CWO
Control number
690083100

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Clarification from the agency

** This vacancy has been amended to extend the closing date from 12/02/22 to 12/07/22.** Current Glenn Research Center federal employee serving on a career, career-conditional, VRA, Schedule A for individuals with disabilities, or NASA term appointment that provides eligibility to convert to a permanent appointment or a current NASA employee on a long-term rotational assignment to the NASA Engineering and Safety Center or the NASA Safety Center.

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Duties

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  • Manages calendars. Independently performs research and logistic arrangements for scheduled tasks. Selects proper procedures and guidelines needed to resolve, organize, or coordinate a variety of office related tasks.
  • Arranges meeting space, speakers and support details for meetings, activities, and large conferences. Attends meetings, captures minutes, notes actions, informs staff of deliverables and arranges for follow through.
  • Prepares ad hoc and reoccurring reports, forms, correspondence, and presentation materials. Creates executive correspondence; reviews all documents for correct format, grammar and spelling.
  • Develops detailed procedures and functions for entering and printing data in varying combinations and formats to meet reporting/documentation requirements.
  • Evaluates and improves office operations for organization with varying functions performed in subordinate offices.
  • Handles day to day administrative responsibilities for the Division management and staff, such as directing phone calls, receive and greet visitors, sorting and distributing incoming mail, and maintaining electronic and hardcopy files and records.
  • Skill in managing executive calendars; in coordinating schedules; and in effectively scheduling multiple priorities for multiple executives in the Division office.
  • Maintains a Government P-Card and procures hardware, software, office supplies, and other items per government regulations and as requested by division personnel and others.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Current Federal employees must meet qualifications, time in grade, and three months after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Qualifications

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

To qualify for GS-07, you must have:
a) One year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 level

  • Performing administrative and office operations in a business setting, that may include maintaining a government purchase card (P-card) to procure hardware, software, and office supplies;
  • Making travel arrangements, preparing travel vouchers, coordinating conferences and/or meetings, and maintaining calendars;
  • Reviewing outgoing correspondence for proper grammar and compliance with established policy and monitoring or tracking document flow within the office; and
  • Utilizing Microsoft suite to generate work products related to spreadsheets, reports, documents, forms, etc.
Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Additional selections may be made for similar positions across NASA within the local commuting area(s) of the location(s) identified in this announcement. By applying, you agree to have your application shared with interested selecting official(s) within NASA. CTAP/ICTAP will be cleared for any additional selection from this announcement.

If you are a current federal employee, you must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible for this position. To be eligible, you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in a position no more than 1 grade lower than the advertised position. (Please submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. If your eligibility for both merit promotion and/or time-in-grade cannot be determined, your application will be rated ineligible.
Note: Time-in-grade requirements also apply to applicants who have held a non-temporary, competitive service GS position in the past year.

If you have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), you must:
- Indicate your eligibility when applying for a position. The questionnaire asks you to identify your ICTAP/CTAP eligibility.
- Be well qualified for this position to receive consideration. Candidates rated in the 'Best Qualified' category are considered well-qualified. Please see 'How You Will Be Evaluated' for more information.
- Submit proof that you meet the requirements for CTAP/ICTAP as indicated in 'Required Documents'

For additional information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility, click here - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/#ictap.

Qualified NASA term employees who have term conversion eligibility (Term Appointments | NASA) under the NASA Flexibility Act of 2004 will be referred and considered equally with other NASA permanent employees under internal competitive placement procedures.

This is a bargaining unit position. If additional selections are made, those positions may or may not be in a bargaining unit. To learn more about bargaining units at NASA please click here NASA Unions (Bargaining Units) | NASA.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated for this position based on how well you meet the qualifications and eligibility requirements listed in this vacancy announcement. To determine your qualifications and referral status, we may review your resume and supporting documentation and compare it against your responses to the vacancy questionnaire. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration.

You will be assessed on the following competencies:

  • Professional Administrative Operations
  • Administration and Management
  • Technical Competence
  • Written Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Stress Tolerance
NASA considers 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.

Under NASA's quality grouping process, applicants will be assessed on the position competencies and placed in one of three groups identified and defined below:
  • Best Qualified Group - Applicants who demonstrate a superior level of all evaluation criteria.
  • Highly Qualified Group - Applicants who demonstrate a satisfactory level of the evaluation criteria.
  • Qualified Group - Applicants who demonstrate the basic qualifications, with general knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Candidates eligible for ICTAP/CTAP, reemployment priority or priority consideration will be referred before other candidates, as necessary. If no such candidates apply or are eligible to be referred, the following candidates will be sent to the hiring official for employment consideration:
  • Best Qualified merit promotion candidates. Highly Qualified merit promotion candidates may also be referred, if additional candidates are needed.
  • Qualified candidates eligible for consideration under Schedule A or VRA in accordance with veterans' preference rules, as applicable.
  • Qualified candidates that are eligible for special hiring authorities or non-competitive hiring authorities.

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Agency contact information

NASA Shared Services Contact Center
Phone
1-877-677-2123
Email
nssc-contactcenter@mail.nasa.gov
Address
Glenn Research Center
21000 Brookpark Rd
Cleveland, OH 44135
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