Clerk (Office Automation)
At the full performance level, you will provide a wide variety of technical and clerical support services. Duties include:
Receiving and filing correspondence, records and reports; Maintaining files for proper disposition; Answering telephones and assisting or referring callers; Ordering and distributing office supplies; Copying, collating and stapling documents. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress. Travel Required:
None To be eligible for a recent graduate appointment, ALL of the following requirements must be met:
Recent Graduates must have obtained a qualifying associates, bachelors, master's, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying accredited educational institution within the previous 2 years unless military service interfered with a veteran's eligibility to apply during that two year time frame. Veterans meeting the above exclusion may apply within 2 years of discharge or 6 years from the date of receipt of the degree whichever comes first. (Go to http:
//www.ed.gov/accreditation?src=rn to verify accreditation status). Recent graduates must be United States citizens or owe permanent allegiance to the United States. (Currently, natives of American Samoa, Swains Island and certain inhabitants of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are the only groups that owe permanent allegiance to the United States.) You must successfully complete a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment. All recent graduates are required to sign a Pathways Recent Graduate Participant Agreement. Recent Graduates serve a trial period for the entire duration of their excepted service appointment. Qualification requirements as outlined below:
GS-3:
To be eligible at the GS-3 level, you must have at least six (6) months of general experience; or one (1) year of education above the high school level; or a combination of both general experience and education as explained below. General experience is defined as six (6) months of progressively responsible clerical, office, automation, or other work that indicates the ability to perform the duties of a clerk - office automation. Examples of general experience include:
providing clerical support; managing correspondence; reviewing outgoing correspondence; maintaining office files; receiving telephone calls and copying documents. Education:
Successfully completed 1 year of education above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school. Combining Education and
Experience:
Successfully completed education above the high school level and general experience may be combined to meet the qualification requirements at the GS-03 level. To determine if you qualify based on a combination of education and experience, first determine your education as a percentage (e.g., 15 semester hours divided by 30 equals 50%); then determine your experience as a percentage (e.g., 3 months general experience divided by 6 equals 50%); finally, add the two percentages and if the total equals 100% or more, you qualify (e.g., 50%
50% = 100%). GS-4:
To be eligible at the GS-4 level, you must have at least one (1) year of general experience; or two (2) years of education above the high school level; or a combination of both general experience and education as explained below. General experience is defined as one (1) year of progressively responsible clerical, office, automation, or other work that indicates the ability to perform the duties of a clerk - office automation. Examples of general experience include:
providing clerical support; managing correspondence; reviewing outgoing correspondence; maintaining office files; receiving telephone calls and copying documents. Education:
Successfully completed 2 years of education above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. Two years of full-time academic study is defined as 60 semester hours, 90 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 40 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 72 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school. Combining Education and
Experience:
Successfully completed education above the high school level and general experience may be combined to meet the qualification requirements at the GS-04 grade level. To determine if you qualify based on a combination of education and experience, first determine your education as a percentage (e.g., 30 semester hours divided by 60 equals 50%); then determine your experience as a percentage (e.g., 6 months general experience divided by 12 equals 50%); finally, add the two percentages and if the total equals 100% or more, you qualify (e.g., 50%
50% = 100%). To be qualified, you must type at least 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors. (A typing test may later be required.)
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Receiving and filing correspondence, records and reports; Maintaining files for proper disposition; Answering telephones and assisting or referring callers; Ordering and distributing office supplies; Copying, collating and stapling documents. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress. Travel Required:
None To be eligible for a recent graduate appointment, ALL of the following requirements must be met:
Recent Graduates must have obtained a qualifying associates, bachelors, master's, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying accredited educational institution within the previous 2 years unless military service interfered with a veteran's eligibility to apply during that two year time frame. Veterans meeting the above exclusion may apply within 2 years of discharge or 6 years from the date of receipt of the degree whichever comes first. (Go to http:
//www.ed.gov/accreditation?src=rn to verify accreditation status). Recent graduates must be United States citizens or owe permanent allegiance to the United States. (Currently, natives of American Samoa, Swains Island and certain inhabitants of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are the only groups that owe permanent allegiance to the United States.) You must successfully complete a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment. All recent graduates are required to sign a Pathways Recent Graduate Participant Agreement. Recent Graduates serve a trial period for the entire duration of their excepted service appointment. Qualification requirements as outlined below:
GS-3:
To be eligible at the GS-3 level, you must have at least six (6) months of general experience; or one (1) year of education above the high school level; or a combination of both general experience and education as explained below. General experience is defined as six (6) months of progressively responsible clerical, office, automation, or other work that indicates the ability to perform the duties of a clerk - office automation. Examples of general experience include:
providing clerical support; managing correspondence; reviewing outgoing correspondence; maintaining office files; receiving telephone calls and copying documents. Education:
Successfully completed 1 year of education above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school. Combining Education and
Experience:
Successfully completed education above the high school level and general experience may be combined to meet the qualification requirements at the GS-03 level. To determine if you qualify based on a combination of education and experience, first determine your education as a percentage (e.g., 15 semester hours divided by 30 equals 50%); then determine your experience as a percentage (e.g., 3 months general experience divided by 6 equals 50%); finally, add the two percentages and if the total equals 100% or more, you qualify (e.g., 50%
50% = 100%). GS-4:
To be eligible at the GS-4 level, you must have at least one (1) year of general experience; or two (2) years of education above the high school level; or a combination of both general experience and education as explained below. General experience is defined as one (1) year of progressively responsible clerical, office, automation, or other work that indicates the ability to perform the duties of a clerk - office automation. Examples of general experience include:
providing clerical support; managing correspondence; reviewing outgoing correspondence; maintaining office files; receiving telephone calls and copying documents. Education:
Successfully completed 2 years of education above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. Two years of full-time academic study is defined as 60 semester hours, 90 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 40 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 72 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school. Combining Education and
Experience:
Successfully completed education above the high school level and general experience may be combined to meet the qualification requirements at the GS-04 grade level. To determine if you qualify based on a combination of education and experience, first determine your education as a percentage (e.g., 30 semester hours divided by 60 equals 50%); then determine your experience as a percentage (e.g., 6 months general experience divided by 12 equals 50%); finally, add the two percentages and if the total equals 100% or more, you qualify (e.g., 50%
50% = 100%). To be qualified, you must type at least 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors. (A typing test may later be required.)
- Department:
0303 Miscellaneous Clerk And Assistant - Salary Range:
$28,026 to $40,897 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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