- Position Title
- Administrative Support Assistant
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Announcement Number
- AKMP-25-12747321-JE Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, June 11, 2025 to Tuesday, June 17, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Area of Consideration: Current BLM Employee - Do you meet the following eligibility?
- I am a current Bureau of Land Management employee with a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service AND the highest grade level I have held on a permanent basis is lower than the full performance level of the position being announced.
2.
Current BLM Employee: Do you meet any of the following eligibilities?
In order to receive consideration, you must submit documentation showing proof of eligibility. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
- I am a current Bureau of Land Management employee with a career or career-conditional appointment in the Competitive Service at the same grade level as the full performance level of the position being announced
- I am a current Bureau of Land Management employee with a career or career-conditional appointment in the Competitive Service at a higher grade level than the full performance level of the position being announced
- I am a current Bureau of Land Management employee with a career or career-conditional appointment in the Competitive Service serving in a position with a full performance level equivalent to or higher than the full performance level of the position being announced
- I am a current Bureau of Land Management employee with a career or career-conditional appointment in the Competitive Service and have previously held a permanent position with a full performance level equivalent to or higher than the full performance level of the position being announced
In order to receive consideration, you must submit documentation showing proof of eligibility. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
3.
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?
Preferences
1.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
2.
My resume contains the beginning and ending dates (month/year to month/year), hours per week, and grade level (if federal service) for each period of work experience/employment. I understand failure to adequately include this information may affect my qualification determination for this announcement.
Assessment 1
Minimum qualifications for Administrative Assistant GS-0303-06/07
1.
From the descriptions below, select the one response that best describes how your background meets the minimum qualification experience for an Administrative Assistant, GS-06. Select only one letter.
2.
From the descriptions below, select the one response that best describes how your background meets the minimum qualification experience for an Administrative Assistant, GS-07. Select only one letter.
Customer Service- Works and communicates with clients and customers (e.g., any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit provides, including individuals who work in your agency or in other agencies or organizations outside the Government) to satisfy their expectations. Committed to quality services
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Communicate administrative procedures and regulations to individuals orally.
4.
Communicate administrative procedures and regulation to individuals in writing.
5.
Respond to payroll questions from organizational personnel and clients.
6.
Develop standard operating procedures for administrative and clerical functions.
7.
Identify and implement ways to improve administrative processes.
Database Management Systems - Knowledge of the uses of database management systems and software to control the organization, storage, retrieval, security, and integrity of data
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
8.
Review, examine and process payroll related documents in an automated system.
9.
Review, examine and process travel related documents in an automated system.
10.
Apply travel regulations to travel reimbursement documents.
11.
Enter time and attendance information or adjustments into an automated system.
12.
Identify payroll errors and apply payroll regulations to payment documents to ensure employees receive accurate payments.
13.
Provide verbal direction on administrative procedures and/or regulations to individuals.
14.
Review and/or make corrections to payroll for employees.
15.
Provide technical oversight to ensure fiscal documents are correctly processed and/or tracked in an automated system.
16.
Identify travel program inconsistencies and/or correct inconsistencies found.
17.
Maintain and retrieve sensitive information from automated applications/data systems.
18.
Advise personnel on travel requirements, procedures and complexities related to temporary duty travel, emergency travel, and reimbursement vouchers.
Technical Competence - Knowledge of how to perform one's job. Refers to specialized knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on the job training.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
19.
Provide technical oversight to ensure documents are correctly processed and/or tracked in an automated system.
20.
Work with higher level specialists to resolve more complex personnel issues and problems.
21.
Ensure all personnel related responsibilities comply with existing policies and procedures.
22.
Complete records reviews, inventories, and dispositions in accordance with records schedule.
23.
Maintain and monitor inventory and usage of official forms.
24.
Review forms to determine they are authorized and current and dispose of outdated forms.
25.
Perform technical audits of financial transactions.
26.
Disseminate organizational policy and procedural updates.
27.
Provide written direction on administrative procedures and/or regulations to individuals.
28.
Identify and/or analyze problems, make recommendation on administrative processes (e.g., pay, travel, and records management.
29.
Evaluate alternative solutions to various office processes (e.g., pay, travel, and records management).
Information Management-Identifies a need for and knows where or how to gather information, organizes, and maintains information or information management systems.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
30.
Secure Personable Identifiable Information (PII).
31.
Assist in the performance of digital routing and storage for files.
32.
Perform digital routing and file storage.
33.
Search, read, and review official government regulations.
34.
Identify a need for and gather information.
35.
Organize and maintain information or information management systems.
Clerical- Knowledge of filing, typing, entering data, maintaining records, taking shorthand, and using and completing forms.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
36.
Edit correspondence and/or other documents for proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
37.
Prepare a variety of correspondence in final format in accordance with established format and procedures, including official letters.
38.
Create and modify documents using word processing software (i.e. Microsoft Word or other).
39.
Perform administrative duties such as filing, photocopying, faxing.
40.
Assist in coordinating/facilitating training. (e.g. scheduling, identifying training contents, adding/modifying data in online training program.) for administrative functions.
41.
Coach others on how to perform administrative functions (e.g., pay, travel, and records management).
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
42.
This position requires overtime in the evenings and/or on weekends. I am willing to work these extra hours.
43.
My performance is at an acceptable level, and I am not serving under a Notice of Opportunity to Demonstrate Acceptable Performance (NODAP).
44.
I have either listed all awards I have received in the last five years on my resume or uploaded a separate document listing them. I understand that if I uploaded SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, award actions that those will not be considered.
45.
Do you possess and will continue to maintain a valid state driver's license while employed in this position?
46.
The official worksite for this position is the duty station identified in this vacancy announcement. I understand that this position is not considered "remote work", and I will be expected to report to the duty location on a regular and recurring weekly basis.
47.
More than one position may be filled from this announcement, at the discretion of Federal hiring officials. Department of the Interior may share the list of eligible candidates with other Federal agencies/departments, authorized to appoint new employees under the same hiring procedures if the position is in the same: job series, grade level, promotion potential, and in the same geographic locations (including the same metro/commuting area).
48.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position. Please choose the appropriate response below: