Summary This position is located within the Department of State (DOS), Bureau of European Affairs (EUR) under the Deputy Assistant Secretary covering Western European Affairs (WE), working directly for WE. The position provides a full range of autonomous support for office activities including production of paper for principals, office management and automation, and day to day work to support basic office operations and logistics. Responsibilities Provides a range of office management services to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of EUR/WE programs and activities. Establishes, coordinates, and maintains office paper and electronic files and filing systems. Reviews, analyzes, and identifies opportunities to improve office operations in areas such as information flow, records management, correspondence management, etc. Provides administrative management support, including research and data collection from diverse sources, and extracting and assembling information in support of staff efforts to develop recommendations, reports, or presentations. Serves in a liaison capacity between the Director, Deputy Director, and staff, as well as with other offices in the Department to ensure EUR/WE schedules and priorities are addressed. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F. Applicants applying for the GS-11 grade level must meet one of the following requirements: A. Have at least 1 full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal service which provided you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience providing operational and advisory support on administrative issues, (e.g., travel, correspondence, office management). Experience managing SharePoint sites and databases. Experience composing and preparing a variety of correspondence, reports, records, and narrative material. OR B. Have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M. from an accredited college or university. OR C. Have a combination of graduate level education and specialized experience (as described above), which is equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal Service. This experience and education together meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. Combination of Experience and Education: When an applicant has less than one year of specialized experience as described in the announcement, he or she may combine successfully completed graduate-level education with experience to meet the total qualification requirements. Generally, 18 graduate semester hours is equivalent to 1 full-time year of graduate study (your school and department determine what constitutes 1 full time year of graduate study). The percentage of specialized work experience and the percentage of graduate study must total at least 100%. Note: All applicants WILL BE required to submit transcripts as verification of educational requirement. If you fail to provide requested information, or the information you submit is insufficient to verify your eligibility, you may lose consideration for this position. Education Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement. Additional Information For reasonable accommodation at the U.S. Department of State, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodations at (202) 663-3474 or OAA@state.gov. If eligible, telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval. Please note that any approved remote work arrangement is subject to the locality pay area of the alternative telework worksite. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to other similar positions in this Bureau for up to 240 days and may require a higher or lower security clearance. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions.