Staff Assistant

The Staff Assistant is responsible for supporting OLC's office leadership, in particular the Deputy Associate Solicitor, in managing the Division. The Staff Assistant exercises responsibility for a variety of confidential and administrative duties, including:

• Managing the Division's budget, including tracking and projecting spending as well as properly procuring goods and services for the Division;
• Managing the Division's personnel activities, including hiring, promotions, details, and awards;
• Managing the administration of the SOL Honors Attorney Program;
• Assisting the Ethics Program Manager in reviewing senior employees' financial disclosure forms;
• Arranging travel by Division employees;
• Taking responsibility for office equipment and facilities, including monitoring inventory, preparing workspaces, and coordinating with building management as necessary; and
• Coordinating the Division's FOIA requests and responses

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Relocation Expenses will not be paid.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must meet the eligibility requirements for time-in-grade (52 weeks at the next lower grade), time-after-competitive-appointment (90 days), and minimum qualifications (52 weeks equivalent to the next lower grade in federal service). These requirements must be met within 30 days of the announcement closing date. You must meet the Specialized Experience to qualify for Staff Assistant, as described below.

To qualify for this GS-12: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-11 in the Federal Service.

Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

Qualifying specialized experience for GS-12 includes: Experience that has equipped the applicant with specific knowledge of experience supporting an office or operational environment from an administrative support perspective to include time and attendance, drafting memos, coordinating schedules, and doing basic research. Managing human resources actions, recruitment processes, onboarding and separation processing, and knowledge of grammar and writing techniques, ability to manage executive correspondence, knowledge of automated systems to carry out administrative functions on behalf of the management staff e.g., word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, email, scheduling, travel, budget, personnel, matter management, and/or other comparable software and systems; knowledge of document management/recording procedures; develops administrative directions, and able to take direction. Must also have experience complying with confidentiality and privilege requirements of an organized legal office.