Staff Assistant

Join our federal agency as an Administrative Specialist, providing essential support to leadership and ensuring efficient daily operations. This role involves comprehensive administrative coordination and proactive problem-solving.

• *Key Responsibilities:**
• Manage executive calendars, schedule meetings, and coordinate appointments for senior leadership.
• Plan itineraries and assemble background information for critical meetings and events.
• Prepare and finalize briefing materials, correspondence, and various documents.
• Organize and coordinate administrative activities, effectively adapting to shifting priorities.
• Convey leadership priorities to staff and ensure the timely completion of assignments.
• Independently identify, analyze, and resolve administrative problems using tact and diplomacy.
• Review administrative policies and procedures, identifying and implementing needed changes.
• *Qualifications:**
• **Experience:**

* **GS-11 Level:** One year of specialized administrative experience equivalent to the GS-9 level, performing duties such as coordinating activities, managing calendars, and preparing documents. * **GS-12 Level:** One year of specialized administrative experience equivalent to the GS-11 level, including executive calendar management, independent problem-solving, and policy review.

• **Education (for GS-11 Level, may substitute or combine with experience):** A Ph.D., an equivalent doctoral degree, or three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education (e.g., in business or a related field).
• **General Requirements:**

* U.S. Citizenship (implied by federal position). * Ability to pass a thorough background investigation. * Residency: Must have physically resided in the U.S. or its protectorates for at least three of the last five years (exceptions may apply). * New federal employees will serve a one-year probationary period.