Administrative Officer

Summary

You will serve as a Administrative Officer with Bureau of Reclamation. Serves as Central California Area Office's (CCAO) Administrative Officer accountable for planning, directing, supervising, and personally performing a broad range of program and budget formulation, workload management and coordination and professional, technical, and business-related services in support of the CCAO mission and programs.

Duties

• Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Serves as the principal advisor and consultant to area office senior leadership on various administrative matters Analyzes priorities and identifies action items to assist supervisors in developing strategies pertaining to evolving workload management activities Advises on changes to organizational structures, work processes and procedures, staff utilization, and quality control systems Prepares, administers, consolidates information in support of knowledge management requirements and trains personnel on system utilization and information sharing practices Coordinates and manages administrative support functions pertaining to human resources, property management, and fiscal operations Performs other duties as assigned within this classification Assigns work to Operational Technology staff to support the local cybersecurity system

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 11/18/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: Specialized Experience: To qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: serving as a business office manager or administrative liaison responsible for planning, directing and/or facilitating an organization's administrative services; providing sound guidance or advice on human resources issues and preparing supporting documents for use in hiring efforts; leading, guiding or mentoring clerical personnel that support two or more business function areas; planning, organizing and/or prioritizing team workload assignments to meet related objectives; evaluating the effectiveness of administrative policies and/or procedures in guiding the operations and decision-making processes within an organization. Volunteer Experience: 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 experience.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.