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Posted: February 19, 2026 (1 day ago)

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OFFICE SERVICES ASSISTANT

Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Department of Defense

Fresh

Salary

$50,930 - $68,496

per year

Closes

March 9, 2026More DOD jobs →

GS-6 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $37,764 - $49,094

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-5. Bachelor's degree + some experience.

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

Job Description

Summary

This role involves providing everyday office support, managing forms and publications, handling phone requests, and analyzing space and equipment use to improve office efficiency in a Department of Defense finance agency.

It's ideal for someone organized and detail-oriented with experience in administrative tasks who enjoys coordinating resources and solving practical workplace issues.

A good fit would be a reliable team player comfortable with customer interactions and basic computer work.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-6 level or equivalent, including administrative, technical, and general office support
  • Experience serving as a point of contact for internal and external customers to provide information
  • Proficiency in using computer software to prepare, edit, and format communications, reports, and briefings
  • Time-in-grade requirement: Held GS-06 or higher in the past 52 weeks for current/former federal employees
  • Ability to conduct space analysis, equipment utilization studies, and workflow problem resolution
  • Skills in forms management coordination and approving requirements for forms and publications
  • Experience as a telephone control officer, receiving, reviewing, and analyzing work requests

Full Job Description

This job announcement uses the USA Hire Assessment to evaluate applicants. For more information, visit USA Hire Assessment. The General Schedule (GS) basic pay schedule may vary by geographic locality.

To view pay rates in a specific location visit the Office of Personnel Management pay tables at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/ One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-6) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.

Specialized experience is defined as: providing administrative, technical, and general office support duties to an organization; serving as a point of contact for internal and external customers to provide general and technical information about an organization; using computer software to prepare, edit, and format general communications, reports, and briefings.

Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS-06 position or higher in the preceding 52 weeks on a permanent competitive appointment may be considered.

** The effective date of your SF-50 must reflect that you will meet the 52-week time in grade requirement within 30 days of the announcement closing.

** You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.

Major Duties:

  • Serves as Office’s forms management coordinator and approves consolidated requirements for forms and publications.
  • Conducts space analysis and equipment utilization studies to resolve problems in workflow, internal controls, reorganizations and/or cost.
  • Serves as telephone control officer for the office.
  • Receives and reviews telephone work requests. Performs preliminary analysis on requests and determines physical placement.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/19/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/20/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ML-12891660-26