Administrative Support Assistant

Summary

You will serve as an Administrative Support Assistant GS-0303-6/7 for the Bureau of Land Management Carlsbad Field Office in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Salary: GS-6 (RUS): $45,409 - $59,031 per annum GS-7 (RUS): $50,460 - $65,599 per annum This position is also open to status candidates under announcement CBUK-27-13082611-ST-AWF and FUL announcement CBUK-27-13082612-FUL-AWF. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under all recruitment methods. .

Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Support a wide variety of administrative support functions and serve as the point of contact on specific programs related to office administration, including working with the Fleet & Property Manager for accountable property including vehicles data entry Assist with preparing correspondence, processing time and attendance, travel, mail processing, front desk duties, and procuring office supplies. Working areas include: Facilities, Fleet, Property, Procurement, Collections, Travel, Mail, Public Contact. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/30/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications (1 and/or 2): 1. Minimum Qualifications GS-0303-6: A. Experience: One (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 level in the federal service. Specialized Experience is defined as: independently preparing general correspondence, entering time and attendance records in an automated payroll system; providing assistance in the completion of records review, inventories, and dispositions in accordance with records schedule; demonstrate a broad working knowledge of the functions related to budget and finance, natural resources, travel, timekeeping/payroll, correspondence, records, collections, and public contact.-OR- B. Education: There is no education for this job series at this grade level. 2. Minimum Qualifications GS-0303-7: A. Experience: One (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-6 level in the federal service. Specialized Experience is defined as: performing complex administrative support with general correspondence, entering time and attendance records into an automated payroll system; advising in the completion of records review, inventories, and dispositions in accordance with records schedule; ability to perform independent judgement to the following functions in budget and finance, natural resources, travel, timekeeping/payroll, correspondence, records, collections, and public contact.-OR- B. Education: There is no education for this job series at this grade level. 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.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience. Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | U.S. Department of Education. https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualification