Staff Specialist

Quick Facts

• Role: Staff Specialist (full-performance administrative support and staff analytical duties)

Description

Provide complex administrative support and staff analytical duties to senior leadership within Diagnostics and Biologics, supporting efficient and effective service to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Perform administrative support requiring in-depth knowledge of APHIS policies and procedures for travel and time and attendance.

• Study clerical work processes to identify issues in organizational structure and staffing, and recommend solutions.

• Gather information through special projects and design special reports on operational and/or administrative matters.

• Review and analyze new administrative policy issuance to determine program impact.

• Coordinate travel commitments and complex schedule adjustments for the Associate Deputy Administrator and Executive Director.

• Serve as a point of contact to stakeholders, responding to phone inquiries and requests for program information.

• Establish, maintain, archive, and purge files and documents in accordance with agency records management directives, policies, regulations, and procedures.

Requirements

• US Citizen or US National.

• Selective Service registration or exemption if born male after 12/31/1959.

• Satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.

• Successful completion of a one-year probationary period (unless previously served).

• Direct deposit required.

• Successful completion of E-Verify employment verification.

• Enrollment in Continuous Vetting.

• GS-07 eligibility: one year of specialized experience OR one year of graduate education in specified fields OR superior academic achievement (as defined, including GPA/class standing/honor society requirements).

• Transcripts required when qualifying based on education, a combination of experience and education, or superior academic achievement.

Benefits

A comprehensive federal employee benefits package; eligibility depends on position type (full-time, part-time, or intermittent).