Office Manager

• Oversees and reviews the work of a subordinate staff with responsibility for planning, and scheduling work to be accomplished by subordinates, setting priorities and establishing working procedures.
• Provides technical advice and interpretations of guidelines to employees.
• Exercises authority to represent and make commitments involving program operations and the administrative management of the organization on behalf of upper Management.
• Consults with senior management officials within the organization on critical organizational or management issues affecting operating programs.
• Prepares correspondence and technical documents, as required on program matters.
• Oversees and carries out employee relations program responsibility within the various office(s) under the incumbent's scope of authority in coordination with GLS.
• Identifies and analyzes critical problems and issues, the timing and sequence of key program events and milestones, resource utilization, and constraints, and coordination of management controls.
• Manages Westbury, NY location.

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 "Required Documents" for a list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• • Career Transition Assistance Program
  • Current Chief Counsel Employee

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

To qualify for this position of Office Manager you must meet the qualification requirements listed below by the closing of this announcement:

Basic Requirement for Office Manager:

For GS-11:

Specialized Experience: Your resume must detail at least one year of specialized experience which includes: Supervised a workforce including writing formal performance appraisals; performed administrative and office management activities for an organization; developed training and action plans; estimated resource requirements; procured and managed office resources such as contractor support services or office supplies; evaluated and improved office operations; and utilized office software such as Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).


OR

Education Substitution: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if related.

OR

Combination of Education and Experience: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education: Options for qualifying based on a combination are identified in the online questions.

NOTE: If qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application package.

For GS-12:

Specialized Experience: Your resume must detail at least one year of specialized experience which includes: Led a workforce including providing input for formal performance appraisals; coordinated administrative and office management activities for an organization that served multiple customer groups; monitored activities and accomplishments of program goals; developed action plans; estimated resource requirements; procured and managed office resources such as contractor support services or office supplies; evaluated and made suggestions for improving office operations.Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

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. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume.

Time in Grade Requirement for GS-11: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09), to be eligible for temporary promotion.

Time in Grade Requirement for GS-12: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11), to be eligible for temporary promotion.