Secretary

About the role

Provide secretarial duties and to assume some administrative responsibility, including budgetary assistance duties that size and complexity of the management of the Medical Specialty Care Service Line (MSCSL). The MSCSL has a variety of functions, including the Medical Specialty admin offices, Cardiology, Sleep, Pulmonary including Respiratory, Infectious Disease including Infection Control, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastro, Hematology & Oncology, Nephrology and Rheumatology. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/01/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Applicants who have the 1 year of appropriate specialized experience, as indicated in the table, are not required by this standard to have general experience, education above the high school level, or any additional specialized experience to meet the minimum qualification requirements. Administrative secretary/assistant work to executive management in a health care setting Prioritizing, coordinating support and completing tasks within established timeframes Use of office automation equipment such as computers, telephones, conference equipment, copiers, and fax machines Following complex administrative procedures Experience developing and installing office procedures, policies and practices Use of computer programs, such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook) Preparation of reports, correspondence, memoranda, and other forms of written communication Interfacing with outside organizations, referring visitors and callers to appropriate staff Instruct others on procedural requirements of a job Serving as a liaison to convey information Assembling/preparing information for a variety of meetings, reports and correspondence at the executive level For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.