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Position Title
Administrative Operations Assistant
Agency
Geological Survey
Announcement Number
USGS-RES-24-12544311-DE-AW Opens in new window
Open Period
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 to Monday, October 21, 2024
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference? (limit characters)
Please mark "YES" to all eligibility options below for which you wish to be considered. We can only verify eligibility options for which you claim and provide proper documentation. Please see the "Required Documents" section of the announcement for specific requirements. (limit characters)
2. Are you a current Department of the Interior employee who meets the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service that makes you eligible under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)?  If yes, please confirm that you meet all the following eligibility requirements:
  • This position is in the same local commuting area as the position of record from which you will be separated; and
  • This position is at a grade level no higher than the grade of the position of record from which you will be separated; and
  • This position has no greater promotion potential than the position of record from which you will be separated; and
  • You have a current performance rating of record of at least fully successful or the equivalent; and
  • You have not yet been separated. 
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3. Are you a current or former employee of a Federal agency (other than the Department of the Interior) who meets the definition of displaced from a position in the competitive service that makes you eligible under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)?  If yes, please confirm that you meet all the following eligibility requirements:
  • This position is in the same local commuting area as the position of record from which you were separated; and
  • This position is at a grade level no higher than the grade of the position of record from which you were separated; and 
  • This position has no greater promotion potential than the position of record from which you were separated; and
  • Your last performance rating of record was at least fully successful or the equivalent; and
  • You were separated from your position of record less than one year ago.    
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4. Reasonable Accommodations for taking the online assessments are provided on a case-by-case basis only to qualified individuals with a disability covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.

Do you have a disability (physical or mental) that you believe will interfere with completing the online assessments and require a Reasonable Accommodation?

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Preferences
1. Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position. (limit characters)
Assessment 1
Please select the responses to the questions below that best describes your experience as it relates to this position. (limit characters)
1. GS-05: Choose one answer that best describes your education and experience.
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2. GS-06: Choose one answer that best describes your experience.
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3. GS-07: Please select the one response that best describes your experience.
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4. Experience in acquisitions, sales orders, property, and labor adjustments.
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5. Maintain and manage a rigorous filing system for employee and vehicle charge cards and account reallocations.
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6. Ability to utilize budget and financial systems to create and maintain project budgets and to generate various reports.
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7. Utilize knowledge of charge card program to make purchases, track orders, and update financial system data base.
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8. Reviews and pays vendor invoices and other fiscal documents.
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9. Purchase office equipment and supplies using a bankcard in accordance with regulatory guidelines.
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10. Prepare travel authorizations and process travel vouchers for payment using an automated system.
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11. Utilize the application for management of time and attendance, including time entry, providing personnel time entry deadlines, reviewing and validating personnel time entries, and providing guidance to personnel when corrections are needed.
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12. Use Excel to input and analyze information for use by high-level officials for monitoring program productivity.
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13. Experience using Microsoft Excel pivot tables to create business system diagrams from both architectural and financial perspectives.
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14. Create automated budget reports using Excel data links, pivot tables, formulas and other advanced techniques. GS-6/7
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Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
15. I certify, to the best of my knowledge that all the information in my application is true, and that I have truthfully and accurately represented my work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education. I understand that providing false or fraudulent information may be grounds for not hiring me or for firing me after I begin work. I also certify that I have read the entire vacancy announcement; that I have reviewed my answers to the eligibility questions for accuracy; and that I understand what supporting documentation, if any, is required for submission and when it's due.
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