Office Automation Assistant

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the 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.

Basic Requirement for an Office Automation Assistant: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes using advanced office automation software (e.g. word processing, desktop publishing, graphics, spreadsheet); Applying administrative and clerical rules, practices and procedures applicable to the processing of forms and requests; and proofreading materials for correct grammar, format and/or punctuations.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06). This position requires a typing proficiency of at least 40 words per minute (WPM) based on a 5 minute sample with 3 or fewer errors. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Serve in a clerical capacity performing office automation work, to include word processing, in support of the mission of the organization.,Establish categories and formats, and sets up detailed functional procedures needed to enter and retrieve the data in the form needed for the report.,Provide advice to office staff regarding the preparation and publication of various documents with complex formats, such as newsletters, brochures, flyers, special reports, briefings, and manuals.,Transmit, receive, and acknowledge email and other messages.,Perform a variety of assignments using the advanced functions of one or more database software packages.,Develop methods for automating administrative software packages and/or modifies database management systems to perform such office operations.