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Administrative Officer

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Department of the Army

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$61,722 - $80,243

per year

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February 27, 2026More Army jobs →

GS-7 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $41,966 - $54,557

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-6. Bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement or 1 year graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves managing budgets, preparing reports, and handling administrative tasks like personnel and procurement for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Texas.

It's a support role in a government office, focusing on financial planning and ensuring operations run smoothly.

A good fit would be someone organized with experience in office administration or budgeting, who enjoys detail-oriented work in a team setting.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience in budget formulation using historical data, report preparation, and administrative duties like personnel administration, procurement, or records management
  • Master's degree or equivalent in Business, Accounting, Financial Management, or related field, or two years of graduate education leading to such a degree
  • Combination of education and experience equating to 100% of the requirements
  • 52 weeks of federal service at GS-07 or equivalent within the last 52 weeks (time-in-grade)
  • Eligibility under specific authorities such as 30%+ Disabled Veterans, DoD Civilian Employee, Military Spouses, or People with Disabilities
  • Competencies in attention to detail, decision making, flexibility, integrity/honesty, interpersonal skills, learning, reading comprehension, reasoning, self-management, and teamwork

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, SWD, Ft Worth District with a duty station location of Edinburg, McAllen, Galveston, or Houston, TX.

This announcement is NOT intended for current, permanent Army employees.

Current, permanent Army employees who would like to be consider for this time-limited assignment should instead apply to Announcement #CEDD-26-1888984-MP.

Please see "Additional Information" section below for further details.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Reinstatement In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

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).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) assisting in development of operating budget for organization to include budget formulation from historical data; AND 2) preparing data for reports; AND 3) performing administrative support duties, such as personnel administration, procurement, or records management.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D.

in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Business, Accounting, Financial Management, etc.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Attention to Detail Decision Making Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Teamwork Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07).

Major Duties:

  • Responsible for preparing and justifying the operating expenses, training, staff estimations, PCS and equipment projection in formulating and revising the operating budget for the Area Office and subordinate field activities.
  • Interprets regulations and procedures relating to cost accounting and provides advice and assistance to Area Office staff.
  • Closely monitors all funds and expenses and ensures over-obligated funds are decommitted on routine basis
  • Participates as a member of the management team, conducting special studies concerning projects, programs, and proposals to determine regulatory compliance, costs, manpower requirements and allocations, workload impact, and time restrictions.
  • Performs organizational and management improvement functions by planning, directing, or coordinating and makes recommendations to the Area Engineer to ascertain maximum use of personnel, space, budget allocations, and government property.
  • Serves as agent for the Area Engineer as Training Coordinator, Receiving Agent, Records Management Coordinator, Security Monitor, Official Mail Manager, IMPAC Cardholder, Telephone Control Officer, Alternate Timekeeper, and Key Custodian.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/18/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/18/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: CEDD-26-12888983-MP