About the role
Duties
The position description number for this position is 8B4100. A summary of the major duties are listed below. You may also view the full position description on the Agency intranet at the following link: PD Search
As the Area Administrative Assistant (AAA) for the Area Director Office, the incumbent performs, coordinates, and leads ad hoc teams in conducting a wide variety of special projects and studies of unusual, significant, and /or complex nonrecurring issues concerning all aspects of SSA program administration. Formulates appropriate plans for resolving issues; establishing priorities and target dates; and providing the necessary coordination, leadership and direction to assure that targets are met, incorporating SSA's goals in the AD's areas of responsibility. Additionally, the AAA serves as focal point for formulating area-wide policies within the context of budget restrictions, and AD's priorities, balancing programmatic and management concerns.
Qualifications
Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience at the GS-12 level, or equivalent, which is in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
Examples of specialized experience are developing, examining, investigating, adjudicating or authorizing claims for retirement, old age or survivors insurance, disability insurance, pension programs; managing or leading employees in the analysis, development, or review of a retirement, or survivors, disability, and health insurance, income maintenance; or SSA programmatic experience at the 105 journey level and experience that provided knowledge of at least one administrative specialty in a Social Security setting (e.g. personnel management, facilities management, financial management, automation, etc.).
If you are applying for a job in a different occupational series from the one you are now in, BE SURE TO INDICATE THE PERCENTAGE OF TIME FOR EACH KIND OF WORK PERFORMED IN EACH POSITION HELD, (i.e., budget, analysis, computer programming, etc.), WHICH RELATES TO THE SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS. The percentage of time should be indicated in the experience blocks of the application. For example: If you are currently a Claims Representative (105 series), and are applying for a different series such as a Management Analyst (343 series), you would review the specialized experience statement in the vacancy announcement and address the duties that you perform in your current position that relate to the specialized experience requirement. For related experience, provide the percentage of time that you perform this work. Percentages must not exceed 100%; if they do, your minimum qualifications cannot be determined. Failure to provide percentages may be disqualifying.
PART-TIME EXPERIENCE IS PRORATED ACCORDING TO YOUR ESTABLISHED WORK SCHEDULE (i.e., one year working a P/T tour of 40 hours per pay period would be counted as six months creditable toward meeting the specialized experience qualification requirement). IN ADDITION, APPLICANTS WORKING A MIXED TOUR MUST CLEARLY INDICATE SPECIFIC PERIODS OF FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT ON THEIR APPLICATION IN ORDER TO RECEIVE PROPER CREDIT TOWARDS EXPERIENCE.
Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Applicants for promotion must have 52 weeks at **GS-**12.
Time in grade requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Education
There is no substitution of education for experience at this grade level.
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