Executive Assistant

If selected for this position, you will serve as the assistant to the United States Attorney (USA) for the District of Arizona, providing a variety of technical and administrative support services. A confidential relationship is required between the incumbent and the USA. Typical work assignments will include:

• Managing and overseeing the day-to-day activities of the immediate office of the USA.
• Exercising exclusive control over the USA's calendar for all appointments, meetings, engagements, and conferences with complete authority for commitment of time.
• Independently handling matters addressed to the USA that do not require personal attention by referring such to appropriate staff members, or personally performing the work needed to resolve the matter.
• Representing the USA when addressing leading figures with the government, business, law enforcement community, and other organizations.
• Arranging conferences and meetings for the USA, preparing agendas and notifying participants.
• Developing a variety of recurring reports and documents which involve obtaining information from the staff, subject files or other sources, and formatting the needed information properly in narrative, table, or graph formats.
• Producing a variety of written documents utilizing varied and advanced functions in one or more types of office automation software.
• Editing written material for adherence with supervisor's established policies, writing style, and previously expressed views, as well as for conformity with office policies and correspondence procedures.

• 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-10: To be eligible at the GS-10 level, you must have at least ONE year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level.

Specialized experience is defined as performing complex and confidential administrative support and tasks for superiors; maintaining and exercising control over supervisors' calendar for appointments, meetings, engagements and conferences; reading, screening and controlling incoming documents; receiving and screening visitors and callers; composing a variety of written material; ensuring accuracy of outgoing correspondence for procedural and grammatical accuracy; and making travel arrangements.