Administrative Officer (Non-Supervisory), GS-0341-15 (ED only)

Duties Help Duties Summary This position is located in the U.S.

Department of Education, Office for Civil Right (OCR).

The incumbent serves as OCR’s Administrative Officer, providing coordination to four component teams: Budget and Planning Support Team; Human Resources Team; Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Team; and Customer Service & Technology Team.

Learn more about this agency Responsibilities APPLICATION LIMIT: This vacancy announcement is limited to the first 50 applications received and will close at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the day that we receive the 50th application, or at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the listed closing date, whichever occurs first.

We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application.

As an Administrative Officer (Non-Supervisory), GS-0341-15, you will be responsible for: Coordinates resource management support with the Office of the Assistant Secretary/Deputy Assistant Secretaries to provide progress reports and key information necessary for policy decisions in the areas of financial management, procurement guidelines, human capital management, facilities management, information technology, and customer service.

Serves as an advisor to the Assistant Secretary, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management and Planning, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement, and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy on all labor-management issues and on critical issues related to the areas under employee’s purview.

Serves as OCR Principal Contracting Officer for small purchases, and contracts for support services and equipment.

Provides direction and oversees the development of OCR’ s annual Acquisition Plan.

Serves as an Operating Component Negotiator for EEO/Labor Relations; as the liaison with the Department’s labor relations experts and coordinates OCR negotiations on staff-related matters in collaboration with the HRT.

Oversees IT responsibilities to ensure that technology support and systems development, implementation, and maintenance meet the needs of OCR programmatic and management activities.

Travel Required Occasional travel
– May be Required.

Supervisory status No Promotion Potential 15 Job family (Series) 0341 Administrative Officer Requirements Help Requirements Conditions of Employment Relocation will not be paid.

Males 18 and over must be registered with the Selective Service.

Must be a US Citizen Must complete a Background Investigation and Fingerprint check.

You may be subject to serve a one-year probationary period.

You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

If you are a current federal employee, you must meet all time-in-grade and time-after competitive appointment qualifications within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

To verify that you meet these requirements, we will review your responses to the core eligibility questions on the occupational questionnaire, as well as your submitted resume and required documents.

To make an accurate determination, you will need to include on your resume your federal position title, pay plan, occupational series, grade level, agency, dates for which you held the grade level (stated as MM/YYYY to MM/YYYY, OR MM/YYYY to PRESENT), and total hours worked per week.

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).

Qualifications You may meet the minimum qualifications for the GS-15, if you possess the specialized experience identified below.

Specialized Experience for the GS-15 One year of experience in either federal or non-federal service that is equivalent to at least the GS-14 in performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments: 1.

Experience with oral and written communication skills, including highly developed negotiation and mediation skills.

2.

Experience in applying laws, regulations, policies, and concepts relevant to a civil rights program office to establish administrative management policies and procedures.

3.

Experience with financial and operational planning and analysis; communication control systems; personnel, administrative, management, and procurement regulations.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) The quality of your experience will be measured by the extent to which you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs).

You do not need to provide separate narrative responses to these KSAs, as they will be measured by your responses to the occupational questionnaire (you may preview the occupational questionnaire by clicking the link at the end of the Evaluations section of this vacancy announcement).

1.

Knowledge of the laws, regulations, policies, and concepts relevant to the civil rights program to establish administrative management policies and procedures in support of OCR’s mission, Strategic Plan, and National Enforcement Strategy.

2.

Knowledge of financial and operational planning and analysis; communication control systems; personnel, administrative, management, and procurement regulations; OMB, OPM and Departmental policies, regulations, directives, and procedures, including mastery of sound financial and personnel management principles and theories.

3.

Ability to translate organizational goals to short and long-range task objectives, delegates responsibilities to Team Leaders and staff, provide appropriate program and administrative direction, evaluate progress toward OCR Strategic Objectives and develop strategies for improving program effectiveness and efficiency.

4.

Oral and written communication skills, including highly developed negotiation and mediation skills.

Education This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

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