Summary About the Position: Position is located at White Sands Missile Range, Commanding General, G3 with duty location of White Sands Missile Range, NM. White Sands Missile Range, NM. The Range provides Army, Navy, Air Force, DoD, and other customers with high quality services for experimentation, test, research, assessment, development, and training in support of the Nation. (MERIT). Responsibilities Assist in planning, directing, and coordinating the administrative aspects and functions of the Director and his/her staff, and provides general administrative support to the subordinate staff. Control all incoming and outgoing correspondence. Serve as an Administrative/Management Assistant performing a wide variety of work assignments within the Office of the Director. Provide guidance on the interpretation and implementation of directives and instructions pertaining to correspondence preparation, file maintenance, and staffing procedures. Independently composes a wide variety of correspondence and recurring and special reports based on a working knowledge of WSMR policies. Use software program, applications and function commands to create, modify, and manipulate text to accomplish formats, statistical material, correspondence, reports, etc Assist with studies/special projects regarding organizational administrative directives, policies, functions, and operations Advise organizational personnel on internal and headquarters administrative and correspondence policies and procedures. Communicate with numerous, and extensive contacts with a wide variety of internal and external entities, and responds to inquiries and administrative problems brought to the Directorate Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA) In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes (1) experience reviewing and/or formatting government memorandums/documents; and (2) experience providing guidance and/or assistance with administrative matters such as utilizing ATAAPS (timekeeping), PERSTAT reporting, key control, training, file management (Army Records Information Management System (ARIMS), and report preparation. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (NK-01/GS-04). OR Education: Four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Accountability Attention to Detail Communications Customer Service Customer Service (Clerical/Technical) Decision Making Flexibility Inspection, Test, and Measurement Techniques Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Organizational Awareness Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Technical Competence Education FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct deposit of pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a(n) Human Capital & Resource Management Career Field position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest. The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command has various incentives that may be available for highly qualified candidates. These include Recruitment Incentives, Relocation Incentives, Student Loan Repayment, Advance in Hire, and Permanent Change of Station Allowance.