Administrative Support Assistant

About this role

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/15/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Knowledge of a full range of functional areas such as purchasing, supply management, records management, travel and related administrative areas to ensure compliance with established policies, practices, procedures, and controls; Ability to identify problem and potential problem areas based on daily observance or studies; Analyze and measure the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of administrative programs; Develop written and oral recommendations for improvement; Knowledge of administrative concepts, principles, and practices sufficient to foresee problems and perform studies designed to evaluate procedures/processes; Knowledge of tools, concepts and methodologies of Quality Assurance; Attention to detail, data collection, management and analysis problem solving.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.