Summary
This position is in the Department of Labor (DOL), Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), District Office. The incumbent administers the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) activities, specifically the Office of Workers' Compensation (OWCP), and assists the Administrative Officer (AO) in administrative functions, such as: Safety, Labor Relations, Employee Relations, Benefits, Performance Management, Staffing, and personnel activities.
This position is outside the bargaining unit.
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Duties
The responsibilities described are for the full performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope performed with less independence, and limited complexity.
For 0301-9:
- Maintains OSHA log for District; tracks eligibility of safety awards.
- Maintains close surveillance of each compensation claim through medical reports and other informational sources. Maintains complete district documentation on each case. Maintains database and tracks cases.
- Assists the Administrative Officer in employee and labor relations activities, such as monitoring activities, researching and gathering policies and guidance.
- Develops and explores the possibility of limited duty for claimants return to work from periodic rolls. Reviews periodic rolls to ensure cases are kept current; controverts and/or challenges those claims considered questionable.
- Provides personnel/staffing activity reports to the District Manager, Administrative Officer and headquarters. Maintains current personnel rosters with employment information.
- Serves as an active member of the District's Accident Review Board; prepares and delivers presentations at meetings regarding injury/illness, etc.
- Maintain the performance management system; reviews and coordinates the timely completion of performance standards and appraisals.
- Provides support services in the area of Worker's Compensation.
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Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Must be at least 16 years old.
- Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
- Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen.
- Appointment to this position may require a background investigation.
Qualifications
To qualify for this Administrative Specialist GS-0301-7/9 position, your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience and/or education requirements as defined below. If qualifying based on experience, be sure these types of examples are evident in your resume. If qualifying based on education, a copy of your transcripts is required.
For the GS-7:
Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-5 in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled.
Specialized experience must include at least three (3) or more of the following:
- Handling confidential situations and/or information;
- Preparing reports and/or maintaining records.
- Performing administrative functions related to human resources (examples may include staffing, performance management, labor relations, safety or health programs);
- Researching information;
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Completion of one (1) full year of graduate level education.
OR
A combination of education and specialized experience listed above and the total percentage must equal at least 100%.
OR
Superior Academic Achievement: recognizes college or university bachelor's degree students who have achieved superior academic standing as evidenced by one of the three methods described below.
S.A.A. is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average, or (3) honor society membership.
- Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society -- Applicants can be considered eligible based on membership in one of the national scholastic honor societies listed below:
- Class standing -- Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses.
- Grade-point average (G.P.A.)-- Applicants must have a grade-point average of: 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum.
Alpha Beta Gamma, Alpha Chi, Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Alpha Epsilon Rho, Alpha Eta Mu Beta, Alpha Iota Delta, Alpha Kappa Delta, Alpha Kappa Mu, Alpha Lamba Delta, Alpha Phi Sigma, Alpha Pi Mu, Alpha Sigma Lambda, Alpha Sigma Mu, Alpha Sigma Nu, Beta Gamma Sigma, Beta Kappa Chi, Beta Phi Mu, Chi Epsilon, Chi Sigma Iota, Delta Epsilon Sigma, Delta Mu Delta, Delta Tau Alpha, Epsilon Pi Tau, Gamma Theta Upsilon, Kappa Mu Epsilon, Kappa Omicron Nu, Kappa Tau Alpha, Lambda Iota Tau, Lambda Pi Eta, Lambda Sigma, Mortar Board, Mu Kappa Tau, National Society of Scabbard and Blade, NSCS (The National Society of Collegiate Scholars), Omega Chi Epsilon, Omega Rho, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Phi Beta Delta, Phi Sigma, Phi Sigma Iota, Phi Sigma Tau, Phi Upsilon Omicron, Pi Alpha Alpha, Pi, Delta Phi, Pi Gamma Mu, Pi Kappa Lambda, Pi Omega Pi, Pi Sigma Alpha, Pi Tau Sigma, Pi Theta Epsilon, Psi Beta, Psi Chi, Rho Chi, Sigma Beta Delta, Sigma Delta Pi, Sigma Lambda Alpha, Sigma Lambda Chi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma Tau Delta, Sigma Theta Tau, Tau Alpha Pi, Tau Beta Pi, Tau Sigma Delta, Theta Alpha Kappa, Upsilon Pi Epsilon
For the GS-9:
Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-7 in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled.
Specialized experience must include at least three (3) or more of the following:
- Handling confidential situations and/or information;
- Researching and/or interpreting information;
- Analyzing problems, gathering and/or presenting data for program or staff officials;
- Preparing reports and maintaining records.
- Performing administrative functions related to human resources (examples may include staffing, performance management, labor relations, safety or health programs);
OR
Possess a Master's or equivalent graduate degree, or two (2) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.B. or J.D., if related.
OR
A combination of education and specialized experience listed above and the total percentage must equal at least 100%.
Please Note: Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met and reflect your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure, and the type of appointment (i.e. competitive/excepted). In some cases, you may need to submit more than one SF-50.
Applicants must meet the eligibility requirements of time-in-grade (52 weeks at the next lower grade), time-after-competitive-appointment (90 days), and minimum qualifications (52 weeks equivalent to the next lower grade in federal service). These requirements must be met within 30 days of 05/09/2023, the announcement closing date.
Education
Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.
If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position. Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.
Additional information
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The mission of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to protect the welfare of workers and job seekers, improve working conditions, expand high-quality employment opportunities, and assure work-related benefits and rights for all workers. As such, the Department is committed to fostering a workplace and workforce that promote equal employment opportunity, reflects the diversity of the people we seek to serve, and models a culture of respect, equity, inclusion, and accessibility where every employee feels heard, supported, and empowered.
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Career Level Promotion: There is no obligation to provide future promotions if you are selected. Promotions are dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, meet all the performance requirements, and the supervisor's recommendation to the next grade.
MSHA NON-INSPECTOR JOBS ONLY (Mandatory by law): All MSHA employees and their spouses, and minor children are prohibited by regulation from having any interest, direct or indirect, in any mine or mining company that may be directly affected by the work of MSHA through its investigations, technical research, or other activities. These interests are prohibited under the Department of Labor's Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct Regulations at 5 CFR 5201.105. Certain MSHA employees are required to file a financial disclosure report. For questions, please contact Rhonda Dory at
[email protected] or 972-850-4427.
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Mine Safety and Health Administration
200 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20210
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