Administrative Operations Specialist

2 Vacancies:
1-Regional Office in Ogden, UT for the Intermountain Region, Region 4.
1-Duty location negotiable (may be remote) for the Eastern Region, Region 9.
This position serves as Executive Assistant to the Regional Forester with responsibility for a variety of administrative duties that are performed in support of the Regional Forester's Office. This is a confidential position.
Additional information:
R4-Renee Richardson at leslie.richardson@usda.gov
R9-Gina Owens at gina.owens@usda.govQualifications: In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards.
Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary.
Specialized Experience Requirement:
For the GS-11: You must have one year specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-9 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as one or more of the following: Managed, planned, organized, directed administrative matters; coordinated administrative office activities for higher leadership; wrote, prepared, and evaluated formal and informal correspondence documents for senior level officials; provided technical advice on matters pertaining to administrative procedures.
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A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree orLL.M., if related.
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An appropriate combination of specialized experience and graduate level education (beyond what is required for a master's degree, i.e., more than 36 semester hours leading to a Ph.D.).
For the GS-12: You must have one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11). Specialized experience is defined as one or more of the following: Wrote, prepared, and evaluated formal and informal correspondence, reports, statistics, and analytical documents for senior level officials; coordinated a variety of administrative projects; provided expert analytical and technical advice and made recommendations on matters pertaining to organizational processes, procedures, and policies.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) 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.
TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.Education: See Qualification Section for any educational requirements.Employment Type: FULL_TIME