Executive Secretary
Veterans Health Administration
Posted: March 10, 2026 (3 days ago)
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Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System
Department of Justice
This job is for a secretary supporting the Associate Warden in a federal prison in Sheridan, Oregon, involving tasks like managing schedules, handling visitor inquiries, preparing documents, and coordinating communications to keep the office running smoothly.
It's ideal for someone with strong organizational skills and experience in administrative support, especially in a structured environment like corrections.
A good fit would be a detail-oriented professional who can handle sensitive information and work well under pressure.
Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.
To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements: Education: GL-05: Successfully completed 4 years of education above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite is creditable at the GL-05.
This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university.
One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school.
GL-07: As a general rule, education is not creditable above GL-05 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position.
OR Experience: GL-05 and GL-07: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level.
To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.
Some examples of this qualifying experience are: GL-05: Experience preparing, receiving, reviewing and verifying documents. Experience processing transactions and maintaining office records.
Experience locating and compiling data or information from files and other data sources.
GL-07: Experience in following up on committee actions where indicated, including typing and distributing committee docket sheets, processing committee actions, and distributing copies to all concerned.
Experience in scheduling and confirming a supervisor's appointments, special events and conferences and ensuring that the supervisor is fully briefed on the matters to be considered before the scheduled meeting in addition to resolving conflict in schedules whenever feasible.
Experience in serving as an advisor/mentor to other institution secretaries on procedural matters such as correct procedures to follow in preparing correspondence.
Experience in managing the institution's congressional response file, to include receiving all congressional, identifying appropriate official responsible for response, suspending each congressional and following up on late responses and proofing responses before forwarding to supervisor for review.
OR Combination of Education and Experience: GL-05 only: Have a combination of education and experience.
This experience must have equipped you with the qualifications to perform the major duties of this position as described above.
Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement.
One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience.
To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.
**Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.** Major Duties:
Receives visitors, determines the nature of the requests, personally providing the information desired when it is of a routine or procedural matter, before referring them to the Associate Warden.
Maintains supervisor's calendar, takes request for appointments with supervisor and staff. Serves as a liaison to the Associate Warden, personally processing requests.
Responsible for the preparation in draft and/or final form of material such as memoranda, letters, reports, requests, etc., as assigned.
Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution.
The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.
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