Department of Justice

Administrative Assistant

Grand Prairie, Texas Full time

Administrative Assistant

Department: Department of Justice

Location(s): Grand Prairie, Texas

Salary Range: $54857 - $71315 Per Year

Job Summary: Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

Major Duties:

  • Assists BOP-CAREERS Unit Specialist in preparing a variety of electronic templates and entering miscellaneous data in BOP-CAREERS. Responsible for receiving and screening all correspondence coming into the BOP-CAREERS Unit. Routes correspondence, circulars, and other materials to appropriate staff members. Maintains all merit promotion and delegated examining files (electronic and paper), and ensures files contain all required documentation. Types correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, policy materials, tables, reports, travel requests or vouchers, or other similar materials from handwritten copy, rough copy, or typewritten materials, being responsible for correct punctuation, spelling, capitalization, grammar, etc.

Qualifications: To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements. Education: As a general rule, education is not creditable above GS-5 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position. OR Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled. Some examples of this qualifying experience are: Experience and ability establishing priorities, organizing and maintaining a workload, experience in ordering office supplies and ensuring appropriate quantities for materials are available for office functions. Experience maintaining time and attendance files. Experience conveying basic or administrative information related to staffing, employment, hiring procedures and job vacancies with individuals in the organization and the general public. Experience preparing email responses, letters, memos, and reports related to policy and or procedures and various aspects of staffing, employment, etc. Experience researching, retrieving and collecting data for various reports utilizing a variety of computer programs, files and documents. Experience and basic knowledge of the various policies and guidelines related to staffing (i.e. Human Resource Management Program Statements, Qualification Handbooks). If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities. **Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.**

How to Apply: You must apply through the online application system at www.USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents. Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your application is ineligible for further consideration. Submission of a resume alone is not a complete application. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental materials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required information and/or materials will result in your application not being considered for employment. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. USAJOBS Help Center - How to add a resume to your profile Required supporting documentation must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded). All required supporting documentation MUST be received by the Consolidated Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing date of the vacancy announcement. You MUST include the vacancy announcement number on your supporting documentation. Supporting documentation for announcements with an application limitation MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than stated in the announcement. Paper applications: If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolidated Staffing Unit at the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing date of the announcement for the alternate application procedure. If applicable see Notice for Preference Eligible Veterans Applicants. Contact for Assistance in Applying On-Line: DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons Consolidated Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, TX 75051 E-Mail: BOP-HRM-HRSC-ConsolidatedStaffingUnit-S@bop.gov Phone: 972-352-4200

Application Deadline: 2026-03-06