ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT ASSISTANT

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 Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer 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 Reinstatement 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. FOR THE GS-05: Specialized Experience for GS-05: One year of specialized experience which includes performing a variety of clerical assignments to support an organization, such as recordkeeping, replenishing supplies, and timekeeping. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04).

OR Education: Four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. 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 your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages.

FOR THE GS-06: Specialized Experience for GS-06: One year of specialized experience which includes at least 2 out of the following 3 duties: 1) arrange training for an organization to include preparing training requests OR 2) managing property book records to include tracking hand receipts to ensure records are accurate OR 3) performing administrative support duties for an office such as timekeeping and coordinating travel arrangements.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).

FOR THE GS-07: Specialized Experience for GS-07: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal Service performing 2 out of 3 of the following duties: 1) Preparing purchase request for utilization of vehicles to include managing vehicle logs OR 2) administering purchases using the Government Purchase Card (GPC) or similar card to procure supplies, equipment and services OR 3) performing administrative support duties for an office to include preparing travel vouchers and order requests, property record management, timekeeping and training coordination.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06). Time in Grade Requirement for the GS-07: 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-06).

Time in Grade Requirement for the GS-06: 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-05). Time in Grade Requirement for the GS-05: 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-04).

Perform a wide variety of duties to support the administrative functions of the office.,Maintain inventory of general office supplies.,Maintain property book records.,Utilize automated equipment to include a variety of software programs.,Serve as the Training Coordinator for the office to include submitting training requests for employees.,Prepare travel orders and travel vouchers for supported employees.,Serve as timekeeper for branch ensuring timecards are timely and accurate.,Administer purchases as a Government Purchase Card (GPC) holder.