- Position Title
- Fire Program Assistant (Administrative Support Assistant)
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Announcement Number
- AKDE-25-12753258-TD Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, June 20, 2025 to Thursday, June 26, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Career Transition Assistance Plan: Do you meet ALL of the following eligibilities?
- I am a current or former competitive federal employee displaced or surplused from the Department of the Interior; AND
- I am located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND
- I am applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which I have been or will be separated; AND
- My last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
3.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan: Do you meet ALL of the following eligibilities?
- I am a current or former competitive federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the Department of the Interior; AND
- I am located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND
- I am currently in a position at the same grade level or higher than the position being announced; AND
- My last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
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?
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-0303-05/06
1.
From the descriptions below, select the one response that best describes how your background meets the minimum qualification experience or education requirements for Administrative Assistant, GS-05. Select only one letter.
2.
From the descriptions below, select the one response that best describes how your background meets the minimum qualification experience requirements for Administrative Assistant, GS-06.
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.
3.
Edit correspondence and/or other documents for proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
4.
Prepare a variety of correspondence in final format in accordance with established format and procedures, including official letters, memorandums, and meeting minutes.
5.
Enter financial data into automated financial accounting system.
6.
Enter and maintain information into financial accounting system
7.
Enter and maintain information in a database using a database program (i.e., Microsoft Access).
8.
Create and modify documents using word processing software (i.e., Microsoft Word or other).
9.
Create and modify spreadsheets using spreadsheet software (i.e., Microsoft Excel or other).
10.
Perform administrative duties such as filing, photocopying, faxing.
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.
11.
Communicate administrative procedures and regulations to individuals orally.
12.
Communicate administrative procedures and regulation to individuals in writing.
13.
Reconcile charge card statements to ensure documentation meets agency requirements.
14.
Present formal administrative training to a group of people.
15.
Respond to payroll questions from organizational personnel and clients.
16.
Perform reception duties for a large organization to include greeting customers, providing agency information, and taking messages.
17.
Assist supervisors, employees, volunteers, and/or customers with administrative functions.
18.
Apply travel regulations to travel reimbursement documents.
19.
Advise personnel on travel requirements, procedures and complexities related to temporary duty travel, emergency travel, and reimbursement vouchers.
20.
Advise personnel on charge card documentation procedures.
21.
Enter time and attendance information or adjustments into an automated system.
22.
Identify payroll errors and implement corrective measures.
Reading Comprehension - Understands and interprets written material, including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables; applies what is learned from written material to specific situations.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
23.
Perform technical audits of financial transactions.
24.
Review, examine, and process travel related documents.
25.
Make travel arrangements for others through a travel agency or airline.
26.
Track a unit budget.
27.
Read and interpret payroll regulations for employees.
28.
Read and interpret payroll regulations for emergency firefighters.
29.
Apply payroll regulations to ensure employees receive accurate payments.
30.
Coordinate and develop training (e.g. scheduling, assembling instructors, providing training materials and identifying training contents) for administrative functions.
31.
Develop standard operating procedures for administrative and clerical functions.
32.
Identify and implement ways to improve administrative processes.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
33.
This position requires overtime in the evenings and/or on weekends. I am willing to work these extra hours.
34.
I am willing to travel by scheduled or chartered aircraft or ground vehicles to various destinations in the U.S. for assignments lasting up to 21 days or be assigned elsewhere temporarily.
35.
Do you possess and will continue to maintain a valid state driver's license while employed in this position?
36.
This is a career seasonal permanent position. Initial tour of duty will be full-time. Your services will not be required at certain times due to lack of work, lack of funds, weather conditions or for other reasons. During these periods you will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status. It is expected that you will work at least 6 months per year, but not more than 50 weeks or 25 pay periods on a full-time basis. I am willing to accept these conditions.
37.
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.
38.
My performance is at an acceptable level, and I am not serving under a Notice of Opportunity to Demonstrate Acceptable Performance (NODAP).
39.
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.
40.
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).
41.
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: