Administrative Services Specialist

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing a variety of administrative management analysis and direct support services to the United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas. Typical Work assignments will include:

• Conduct analytical studies of multifaceted administrative issues and problems to provide recommendations to enhance productive operations, and maximum resources.
• Conduct in-depth coordinated studies and analysis of all office support functions and their interrelationships to evaluate their effectiveness.
• Make purchases within delegated authority and maintain records related to purchases.
• Maintain property records, oversee property inventory and dispose of excess property.
• Project and analyze space and office furnishing needs based on proposed initiatives, staff changes and technology improvements.
• Determine, distribute, and maintain appropriate stock levels.
• Serve as action officer for senior staff in administering a wide variety of administrative support activities, e.g., office moves, reorganizations, and communication system changes.
• Make purchases and enters into contracts within delegated monetary authorization with governing regulations and guidelines, via formal acquisition procedures or via government purchase card.
• Provides support services in relation to space management, purchasing supplies and equipment, office security, internal controls, health and safety.
• Prepare a variety of reports.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

GS-12: To be qualified at the GS-12 level you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as performing analysis on management issues; identifies issues in need of study; develops analytical methods and the preparation of reports and/or impact statements of findings, as required; recommends reallocation of resources or increase automation; analyzes and evaluates current work methods and procedures; utilizing manpower, use of equipment and management controls to develop long and short term goals, provides assistance to senior officials, providing a variety of support services to an organization which include space management, purchasing supplies and equipment; requesting proposals and reviewing bids for supplies and equipment; responsible for property security and inventory. Specialized experience also includes overseeing building renovation; mail services and reproduction services, developing inventory programs for an organization and/or managing a procurement program for an organization.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) - ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)- CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) - VEOA allows eligible veterans to apply and compete for positions announced under merit promotion procedures when the hiring agency is recruiting from outside its own workforce. To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, a veteran must be honorably separated and either a preference eligible or have substantially completed three (3) or more years of continuous active military service. If you are applying for a Merit Promotion announcement and wish to be considered under VEOA, you must submit a copy of the Member Copy 4 of your DD-214, in addition to any other required documents listed on this announcement.

Special Employment Consideration - Persons with disabilities, veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more, certain other veterans, spouses of certain members of the armed forces, and returning Peace Corps volunteers are examples of individuals who are potentially eligible for non-competitive appointments. For further information, click on the links provided below . You must specify in your online questionnaire under what authority you wish to be considered and submit appropriate documentation to verify your eligibility.
Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities Links:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/competitive-hiring/#url=Types-of-Appointments