Summary This position is located in Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Coast Guard, Special Missions Training Center in Camp Lejeune, NC. Responsibilities The position provides secretarial and office management support for the Commanding Officer, who assists in directing administrative and support operations. Being a CG civilian makes you a valuable member of the CG team. Typical work assignments include Performs a variety of administrative and support type duties in such areas as administration, security, travel, training, files management, property accountability, and reports. Accurately and promptly transmits and receives documents and messages electronically using computer workstations. Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates the accomplishments of various office administrative functions, such as records management, reports control, forms control, and administrative standing operating procedures. Evaluates effectiveness of procedures as they affect submission of reports, checking with operating personnel to establish information, revising mission and function statements and preparation and maintenance of related documentation. Serves as point of contact for organizational time keeping matters; advises supervisory/ management personnel of proper procedures for a given situation. Maintains current regulations on time keeping matters. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship is required. This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI). Applicants must be able to type 40 words per minute Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service. A one-year probationary period may be required. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. This includes Time-In-Grade requirements for current status employees applying through merit promotion procedures. Status applicants applying for a promotion must have 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade. Qualifications To Qualify for the GS-6 Grade Level: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level in the federal service. Specialize experience includes progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates the ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of the position to be filled. Specialize experience include: suggesting and drafting new or revised clerical administrative support processes and procedures; maintaining files and records; assisting in the management of ongoing clerical and administrative support; drafting correspondence and reports; identifying workflow problems; providing assistance and direction to administrative support staff and lower organizational level. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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. 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. Education This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here Additional Information Applicants will be required to complete questions contained on the Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) at the time a tentative job offer is made. Certain responses on the form could pose a problem with suitability for employment determinations. If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete/make updates to the OF-306 and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, or imprisonment. DHS uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about e-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities at click here All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit. The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR § 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR § 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps/VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement. More than 1 selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade, and unit occur within 45 days from the date the certificate was issued. If you need a reasonable accommodation for the application and hiring process, please contact 240-376-7093. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Visit Reasonable Accommodation