Defense Logistics Agency

Office Services Assistant

Defense Logistics Agency$69K — $90K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level or in a related field.
  • Proficient in scheduling meetings and preparing official correspondence.
  • Experience in maintaining electronic logs and handling personnel actions.
  • Ability to assist employees with payroll forms and work schedules.
  • Strong organizational skills in managing documents and travel expenditures.

Responsibilities

  • Assist the Director with administrative and clerical tasks.
  • Process and maintain personnel action forms as directed.
  • Keep track of and update the status of personnel actions.
  • Ensure availability of required directives and policies.
  • Advise on administrative methods and regulations.
  • Help employees with payroll and work schedule arrangements.
  • Monitor travel expenditures for budget preparation.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package for federal employees.
  • Access to various family-friendly benefits.
  • Eligibility for benefits based on employment type.
  • Opportunities for career advancement within the government.
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Duties

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  • Serves as the primary assistant to the Director, Office Group and provides administration, clerical and support for the Director and other components located within the Office Group.
  • Process Request for Personnel Action Forms (SF-52 replacement form) as directed by Office Director.
  • Maintains an electronic log of all personnel actions and as needed, provides the Director with the status of pending actions.
  • Ensure required publications are readily available i.e., directives, instructions, policies, etc
  • Advise DLA Document Services managers and supervisors on applicable administrative methods, regulations, protocol, etc
  • Assists employees with completion of payroll forms/ ensure work schedules for all employees are completed properly.
  • Keeps track of travel expenditures and provides this information to the Office Group Director, Deputy Director and/or Financial Analyst for preparation of the travel budget.


Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
  • Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive
  • Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
  • Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
  • Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
  • Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
  • Bargaining Unit Status: No
  • Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.


Qualifications

To qualify for an Office Services Assistant, your resume and supporting documentation must support:

A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-08 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:

  • Receive calls, greet visitors and direct to appropriate personnel. Take care of routine matters, or refer inquiries to appropriate personnel. Receive and direct incoming mail.
  • Scheduling meetings, conferences and appointments, and gather information to prepare for meetings. Provide filing and clerical support to the Director.
  • Prepare official departmental correspondence as needed on behalf of the Director related to personnel security matters, reports, awards, performance plans, letters of appreciation and responses to incoming correspondence.


B. Education: As a general rule, education is not creditable above GS-05 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduation education may be crediting in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position.

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

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public related to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194).

For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to: http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf

Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF

Information for Veterans is available at: https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/. As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official date of retirement.

Benefits

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