Administrative Specialist

Summary

This position is located in the U.S. Section of the Commission, International Joint Commission, in Washington, D.C. The mission of the International Joint Commission (Commission) is to prevent and resolve disputes between the United State of America and Canada under the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty and to pursue the common good of both countries as an independent and objective advisor to the two governments.

Duties

• •Serves as travel officer, coordinating travel arrangements for the Commission and staff, board members and all other personnel traveling on behalf of the Commission
• •Reviews travel vouchers to ensure that all vouchers received are in compliance with agency regulations.
• •Assists in the preparation of financial and outlay plans for the Commission.
• •Works with the Special Assistant to maintains inventory records in order to record all non-expendable personal property in the Commission's property management system.
• •Prepares acknowledgements and other similar non-technical responses to correspondence and information requests.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all the qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on education OR if there are mandatory education requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your application. Applicants applying for the GS-11 grade level must meet one of the following requirements: A. Have at least 1 full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal service which provided you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience preparing annual budget for an organization, this can include reviewing budgetary reports to extract historical obligations and expenditures to assist in creating budget. Experience managing time and attendance for organization to include researching and resolving employee payroll functions associated with submission of an employee's time and attendance. Experience providing technical assistance to review and prepare responses or correspondence on behalf of organization. OR B. Have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M. from an accredited college or university. OR C. Have a combination of graduate level education and specialized experience (as described above), which is equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal Service. This experience and education together meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. Combination of Experience and Education: When an applicant has less than one year of specialized experience as described in the announcement, he or she may combine successfully completed graduate-level education with experience to meet the total qualification requirements. Generally, 18 graduate semester hours is equivalent to 1 full-time year of graduate study (your school and department determine what constitutes 1 full time year of graduate study). The percentage of specialized work experience and the percentage of graduate study must total at least 100%. Note: All applicants WILL BE required to submit transcripts as verification of educational requirement. If you fail to provide requested information, or the information you submit is insufficient to verify your eligibility, you may lose consideration for this position.

Education

See the qualifications section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For a list of accredited organizations recognized as specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials, visit: www.naces.org/members.php.