Administrative Support Assistant

Company: Department Of Agriculture
Location: Rapid City
Posted on: June 12, 2021

Job Description:

• Duties

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Duties

Summary

Multiple positions may be filled under this vacancy announcement, see Locations section for details.

These positions are is located on a Forest Service unit and are responsible for providing a variety of administrative tasks and customer service activities.

See Additional Information section for specific duty locations and contact information.

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Responsibilities

• Receives and responds to routine requests for information received from internal and external customers.
• Provides current and accurate information about recreational opportunities and conditions that can impact forest activities.
• Monitors financial reports to ensure deposit was received and addresses and researches any transactions that are delinquent or missing.
• Performs purchasing and procurement actions in support of the unit.
• Submits requests to obtain housing lease agreements and completes steps to allow occupancy.
• Serves as the records management liaison creating, maintaining and managing official records. Follows agency directives and national policy and guidelines.
• Responsible for incoming and outgoing correspondence, and maintains electronic filing system and pertinent references, manuals and handbooks.

Travel Required

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for training.

Supervisory status

No

Promotion Potential

None

• Job family (Series)

0303 Miscellaneous Clerk And Assistant

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards.

Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary.

Specialized Experience Requirement:

For the GS-05: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as the majority of the following: greeting visitors and responding to phone and written inquiries personally or referring to other staff as appropriate; maintaining written records and files in electronic and/or hardcopy filing systems; and using word processing software and printing equipment to create, copy, edit, store, retrieve, and print standardized documents ensuring correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and format; OR a bachelor's degree or 4 years of successfully completed education above high school; OR a combination of successfully completed post-high school education (in excess of the first 60 semester hours) and specialized experience. The education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university.

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). 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.

Education

See above for education that may be qualifying.

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