OFFICE SERVICE ASSISTANT (OA)

OFFICE SERVICE ASSISTANT (OA)

Department: Department of Defense

Location(s): Cleveland, Ohio

Salary Range: $52688 - $68496 Per Year

Job Summary: This job announcement uses the USA Hire Assessment to evaluate applicants. For more information, visit USA Hire Assessment.

Major Duties:

• Serves as Office Services Assistant to the Director of Accounting Operations, as well as provides support to all Accounting mission areas to include leadership and employees.
• Acts as a liaison between the Director and personnel associated with program areas both within and outside of Accounting Operations.
• Provides office personnel and customers with accurate, timely information on procedures, reports, requirements, suspense dates, planned meetings, agendas, and other necessary matters.
• Establishes and maintains office technical and administrative files in accordance with applicable regulations.
• Prepares and submits requisitions for office supplies, printing support, and related materials based upon personal assessment of office requirements or as requested.
• Manages calendar, arranges conferences, and makes necessary arrangements for travel, including arranging schedule of visits and making transportation and housing reservations.

Qualifications: Basic Requirement: Must be able to type at least 40 words per minute with 3 or fewer errors. You may be asked to take a typing test to verify this requirement. In addition to meeting the basic requirement, qualified applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-06) in the Federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as: providing administrative, technical, and general office support duties to an organization; serving as a point of contact for internal and external customers to provide general and technical information about an organization; using computer software to prepare, edit, and format general communications, reports, and briefings. Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement. Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-???????06 or higher grade in Federal Service. ** The effective date of your SF-50 must reflect that you will meet the 52-week time in grade requirement within 30 days of the announcement closing. ** You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.

How to Apply: The following link will help you determine if you meet the eligibility to apply for this position: http://www.dfas.mil/careers/howtoapply/vacancyannouncement/appointment-eligibility.html PLEASE NOTE: You will be considered only for those appointment eligibilities for which you select, attach supporting documentation and are found eligible. Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required assessments, and required documentation as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. The application process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing date. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you will be notified after submitting your application. The notification will be provided in your application submission screen and via email. The notification will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this application" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside at least 3 hours to take the USA Hire assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparation resources at https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us To update your application, including supporting documentation: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your application record, and click Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement status or your application status: Click on this: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/. Your application status page is where you can view your application status, USA Hire assessment completion status, and review your notifications sent by the hiring agency regarding your application.

Application Deadline: 2026-01-26