Administrative Officer

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Civilian Employees of the Command Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes processing administrative and training related requests; submitting personnel and manpower actions; AND assisting in annual departmental budget preparation. 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 or Public Administration. 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. Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).

Reviews and either approves personnel action requests or recommends disapproval of actions which are in conflict with each current Division’s policy based on a study of the needs and the justifications furnished.,Meets with staff officials and representatives of CHRA to discuss grade allocations, promotions, recruitment qualification requirements, reassignments, reduction-in-force, employee relation problems, placement problems, career development, etc.,Assist the supervisors in screening and selecting personnel from registers.,Manages the performance management by ensuring suspense due dates are met.,Assists in preparation of awards and ensures all award nominations meet regulatory requirements.,Reviews and approves requests for training.,Analyzes and evaluates proposed changes in organization position structure to determine relative factors in relation to past operations and future anticipated requirements.,Develops proposals for organizational changes to meet the shifts in workload or for improvement of operations.,Helps formulate and coordinate preparation the Division's operating budget on an annual and multi-year basis as required.,Makes projections regarding both the Departmental Overhead (DoH) and reimbursable portions of the budget based on historical data and current workload projections.,Serves as the central point of contact for the Division’s overall manpower, keeps abreast of performance and assists in personnel changes/shifts to balance workload.,Conducts studies and surveys as necessary to insure the most efficient distribution of manpower resources.,Acts as each Division's Miscellaneous Purchase expert in Corps of Engineers Financial Management System (CEFMS).,Utilizes CEFMS to process a variety of financial transactions, e.g., PRACs, Miscellaneous Purchase obligations, travel orders, and training requests.