Program Support Assistant

As a Program Support Assistant, GS-0303-7, your typical work assignments will include the following under supervision:

• Serve as the point of contact for office and responsible for scheduling and coordinating all operational schedules and calendar for the Division of Academic Affairs.
• Perform a variety of administrative procedures, including timekeeping, travel administration, procurement, purchasing, property management, record keeping and note taking.
• Use software applications to track data, compose correspondence, maintain databases and prepare reports.
• Responsible for the maintenance and quality control of the personal and professional files and correspondence.
• Receive telephone calls and visitors to the office and refer to appropriate parties or take messages.

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant’s successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• As a condition of employment, you will be required to serve a 2-year trial or 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.
• If you are a male applicant born after 12-31-1959, you are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act and the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).), in order to be eligible for appointment to this agency.
• Driving Requirement (Required only at time of appointment):
  Incumbent may be required, as an incidental duty, to operate a government-owned or leased motor vehicle, in the performance of duties, therefore, a valid driver's license is required.

Applicants must meet the qualification requirements contained in the

SPECIALIZED

EXPERIENCE:

Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

GS-07:
You must have I have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to at least the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service. Examples include providing administrative and program support to a large division that included tracking budget, purchasing, managing databases and file management; preparing travel arrangements for staff; answering and routing phone calls;

maintaining calendars and staff schedules; and preparing, creating, editing, and formatting documents, reports, and memos.

Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year (52 weeks) of service at the next lower grade level.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

This position does not have a positive education requirement at this grade level. Therefore, no transcripts are required.

Initial appointments to the competitive or excepted service: The probationary or trial period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider:

• Your performance and conduct;
• The needs and interests of the agency;
• Whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• Whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.

Upon completion of your probationary or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the…