Administrative Specialist

Joining the Secret Service, Office of Field Operations, Boston Field Office will allow you to use your expertise to provide administrative, clerical and office automation support using a variety of processes, methods and techniques for protective and investigative activities.

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You qualify for the GS-09 level if you possess one of the following:

• Communicating with stakeholders on the status of administrative tasks.
• Responding to inquiries regarding administrative processes or procedures.
• Processing transactions utilizing an automated system.

• Master's or equivalent graduate degree, LL.B., or J.D. or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrate the knowledge skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

• A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position of the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages.

You qualify for the GS-11 level if you possess one of the following:

• Providing administrative support to office staff.
• Advising management and staff on administrative policies and procedures.
• Managing and coordinating administrative functions such as; inventory/property management, procurement, budgeting/finance and training.

• Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree, LL.M., or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

• A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position if the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18.
  
  Add the two percentages.

Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying). Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current competitive service employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

NOTE:
All current or former Federal employees must provide a copy of their SF-50, "Notice of Personnel Action" that indicates proof of status and "time-in-grade" eligibility. The SF-50 must include your position, title, series, grade, step, tenure (1 or
2), and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). You may need to submit more than one SF-50 to comply.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

The qualification requirements listed above must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.