Secretary (OA)

About this role

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/21/2026. 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-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-6. 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. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

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-6 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 duties, goals, priorities, commitments, policies and program goals of health care system operations sufficient to perform assignments such as reviewing publications, directives, and other materials and taking appropriate follow up action; Skill in written communication sufficient to prepare correspondence; Skill in transcribing dictation for minutes, letters, memos, and reports of contact; Qualified typist for typing memos, letters, minutes, policy memorandums, position descriptions, performance standards, requests for equipment and supplies; Knowledge of rules, regulations, and processes as it relates to time and attendance; General knowledge of health care system operations; Skill in the operation of personal computers to input and retrieve data; Knowledge of procedures controlling files, reports, suspense's, etc.