Administrative Officer

Summary

This position is located within the USDA, Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit. In this position, you will serve as an Administrative Officer, providing administrative and operational support in financial management, human resources, and facilities management. USDA employees: Please refer to the Next Steps section.

Duties

• Provides management advisory services and formulates and implements administrative management policies, procedures, operations, goals, and objectives.
• Provides advice and assistance to management officials on budget, accounting, and financial management matters.
• Serves as the primary liaison with the Human Resources Division and other appropriate staff offices.
• Assigns or coordinates work and establishes priorities and deadlines.
• Explains administrative polices, procedures, regulations, and requirements to managers and employees.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. Time in grade: Current Federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet the time in grade requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience must be described for each grade level advertised. The specialized experience requirements for this position are: Qualifying experience for GS-11 includes one year of specialized experience comparable to GS-09 which is directly related to the work of this position and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. For this position, specialized experience is providing administrative management support, including evaluating administrative policies, procedures, or operations and recommending improvements; providing advice or assistance to managers and employees on administrative requirements; and coordinating administrative activities in at least two of the following areas: budget or financial management; human resources; procurement or contracting; agreements; property management; facilities-related administrative activities; or occupational safety and health program activities. OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR A combination of specialized experience and graduate education as described above. 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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Education is accepted, but not required for this position. See above.

Requirements

You must be a US Citizen or US National. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt. Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check. Direct Deposit - Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. The U.S. Government utilizes Trusted Workforce 2.0 to implement Continuous Vetting (CV) as a-whole-of government approach to personnel security. If selected for this position, you will be subject to continuous automated record checks of criminal, financial, and public record databases throughout your period of eligibility or employment, replacing traditional periodic reinvestigations. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period depending on your appointment type, unless previous federal service is creditable. During this time your employment will be evaluated, and we may consider: your performance and conduct, the needs and interests of the agency, whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government, and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Grade: GS 11. . Telework eligible. Apply by 2026-11-13 on USAJOBS.