Administrative Support Specialist

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This position is part of the Southeastern Power Administration. As an Administrative Support Specialist, you will serve as liaison between Human Resources and the Administrative office. You will assist the Administrative Officer in developing and carrying out a comprehensive personnel management program related to a wide range of Human Resources personnel actions and programs. **THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION. YOU WILL REPORT TO THE DUTY LOCATION IDENTIFIED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT** Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy. Specialized Experience: Applicants must possess one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. The experience need not have been in the federal government. To qualify for the GS-9: Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 grade level or pay band in the Federal service. This experience includes meeting 2 of the 3 listed below: Applying analytical and evaluative methods to administrative and management matters to improve efficiency. Adapting policies and procedures to situations. Expertise in the proper use of grammar, spelling, punctuation, correspondence preparation and formats to reflect a variety of information. OR SUBSTITUTE EDUCATION: Successfully completed a Master's or equivalent graduate degree; or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.B. or J.D., if related. (You must provide a copy of your transcripts (official or unofficial) to support your claim). 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) by 18. Add the two percentages. To qualify for the GS-11: Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level or pay band in the Federal service. This experience includes meeting 2 of the 4 listed below: Assisting with answering human resources related questions and resolving basic issues. Communicating human resource policy information. Preparing status reports, charts, presentations, and briefings, as required, to inform management of the actual status of program/projects/activities and progress toward accomplishment of objectives. Drafting and preparing targeted media announcements, scripts, articles and brochures for public distribution. OR SUBSTITUTE EDUCATION: Successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. (You must provide a copy of your transcripts (official or unofficial) to support your claim). 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) by 18. Add the two percentages. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. Manual dexterity is required in operation of standard office machinery. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work is performed in a typical office setting.

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