Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Summary This position is located with the Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy (CG-5P), Director, Inspections and Compliance (CG-5PC), under the Deputy Commandant for Operations (DCO) at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC. Responsibilities This position serves as an Administrative Specialist, managing the overall day-to-day administrative, office, and technical management processes within the Flag/SES level office. The services performed are highly confidential, diverse, often complex, and are time-sensitive to the operations of the organization. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Responding to inquiries and administrative problems brought to attention of the Director, Inspections and Compliance (CG-5PC). Notifies the appropriate Office Chief or action officers of the need for information and recommendations. Exercising exclusive control over the Director, Inspections and Compliance (CG-5PC) appointments, with complete authority for commitments of time Working directly with the Director’s Executive Assistant in planning, coordinating, and executing travel for the Director, to include funds management. Researching and/or analyzing stable or simple administrative issues. Determines pertinent issues and collects relevant information from a variety of sources. Managing and providing responses to Task Management System. Consults with other staff and action officers within the Coast Guard to obtain technical information within their areas of expertise. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship is required. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Time-in grade requirement must be met by closing date. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. This includes Time-In-Grade requirements for current status employees applying through merit promotion procedures. Status applicants applying for a promotion must have 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade. Qualifications To qualify for the GS-09 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-08 level in the federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Examples of specialized experience include: Experience serving as a senior level administrative assistant for a senior level executive; AND Experience scheduling meetings and travel and addressing schedule conflicts for a senior level executive and/or military personnel; AND Experience managing operational procedures for an office or directorate; AND Experience preparing correspondence for a senior level manager/director's signature. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Education This position does not have a positive education requirement. Additional Information Applicants will be required to complete questions contained on the Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) at the time a tentative job offer is made. Certain responses on the form could pose a problem with suitability for employment determinations. If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete/make updates to the OF-306 and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. DHS uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about e-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities at click here Recruitment incentives may be authorized. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit. The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR § 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR § 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps/VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, we encouraged you to apply. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Financial Management Specialist, GS-501-12/13 positions with the Coast Guard in the same geographic location within the same qualifications and specialized experience. Reasonable Accommodation: Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. The points of contacts for reasonable accommodations are Civil Rights Service Providers (CRSP’s). Below is the link to the list of CRSP’s, which are assigned by area: https://www.uscg.mil/Resources/Civil-Rights/Service-Providers/ If you need a reasonable accommodation for the application and hiring process, please contact - 1(888)992-7387