Secretary (OA)

About this role

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/09/2026. 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-08 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07 level. 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.

Interchange Agreement: Interchange agreement Rule 6.7, OPM gives current federal employees in the excepted service the option to apply to merit promotion jobs in the competitive service. You're eligible to apply to a merit promotion job in the competitive service, if: You're a current federal employee in the excepted service (serving on a permanent appointment, not time-limited). Have served continuously for at least 1 year in the other merit system prior to appointment under the interchange agreement.

Covers employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 7401(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104(1) and (3)]. Agreements effective 10/31/79 and 5/12/87; extended indefinitely. Persons appointed to competitive positions under the interchange agreements will receive career or career-conditional appointments. Service that begins with a person's current permanent appointment in the other merit system counts toward the 3-year service requirement for career tenure.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To be creditable, applicants must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level of GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience for this position includes but is not limited to.... knowledge of a basic foundation of administrative concepts, principles and practices sufficient to perform independent duties involving elimination conflict and duplication of work, determining when new procedures are needed, studying and evaluating office equipment, and recommending restructuring of clerical activities in the office and subordinate offices; skill in adapting polices and procedures to emergency situations and establishing new procedures to meet new situations; skill in recognizing how and when certain policies, procedures, or guidelines would be confusing to others; a comprehensive knowledge of the supervisor's policies and views on all significant matters affecting the organization.