Office Automation Clerk

About this role

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/14/2026. 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-4 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-3. 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 and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-3 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Performing computer based typing; Providing clerical support for meetings, including recording notes and preparing routine summaries as directed; Use of office automation systems and various Microsoft software packages to accomplish work; Entering, maintaining, and certifying time and attendance records for all employees in the work unit, and assisting with ordering and maintaining common use office supplies.

OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 2 years of education above high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university to equal an Associate degree or 60 semester credit hours. (Transcripts Required) OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of by 60. Add the two percentages to qualify for grade level. 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/.