Administrative Assistant (OA)

About the company

This vacancy is for an Administrative Assistant (OA) position with the Department of Commerce, U. S. Census Bureau, located at multiple Census Bureau Regional Offices.

Your tasks

• Plans, organizes, directs, and manages the administrative functions of the regional office.
• Maintains correspondence control systems; reviews correspondence for conformance with instructions, grammar and typographical errors.
• Prepares and processes time and attendance records and travel orders, and other forms of office activities.

How to apply

This announcement will close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on 11/05/2026 or on the date the first 150 applicants are received, whichever comes first. To qualify for the position of Administrative Assistant (OA), at GS-0303-6, you must meet the basic qualification requirements listed below. Minimum Typing Requirement: To be minimally qualified for this position, applicants MUST have a typing proficiency of at least 40 words per minute with 3 or fewer errors based on a five-minute sample. In addition, applicants must possess the specialized experience outlined below. AND Specialized Experience: For the GS-06, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Experience for this position includes preparing requests for personnel actions, scheduling meeting and maintaining calendars; experience ordering office supplies, verifying receipt of goods and reconciling orders; experience providing customer service through various methods of communication to include written, oral, online and face to face; experience typing, editing documents, forms, reports, charts and correspondence; experience receiving and routing mail to appropriate staff; experience reviewing time and attendance reports, reporting discrepancies; experience making travel arrangements, preparing related travel orders, vouchers and reports; experience using computer operations, software applications, and various automated systems required to complete administrative tasks. Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer. After you submit this application, you will receive an e-mail informing you that a USA Hire assessment is required. You will have 48 hours from the closing date of this announcement, or on the date the first 150 applicants are received (whichever comes first), to complete the assessment as this assessment is part of your application.