Staff Assistant

In this vital role, you will serve as a central administrative pillar for the office coordinating critical day to day operations and facilitating communication between agency leadership and key stakeholders. The ideal candidate possesses exceptional organizational skills, strong communication and the discretion necessary to handle sensitive and time critical information in a highly dynamic environment.

This Staff Assistant position is located in the Legislative Affairs Office, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to: Manages congressional correspondence and administrative records, including filing, maintenance, archiving, and retrieval through systems such as Salesforce, Excel, GovTA, SharePoint, and PowerApps. Coordinates correspondence and tasks to ensure appropriate routing, review, approval, and timely processing in accordance with TSA policy and management directives. Provides administrative support for all program management functions including payroll, travel, metric development, report development and training. Also assist in coordinating all congressional engagements. Prepares and reviews responses to congressional inquiries and manages associated legal and administrative records in accordance with established procedures. The major duties described reflect the full performance level of this position. Typically, the lower pay band F performs the same duties but will receive more guidance and training; and/or projects/work assignments may be less complex.

You must possess U.S. Citizenship or be a U.S. National. You must have reached the minimum age (18) at the time of application. You must complete a favorable Background Investigation (BI). Selective Service registration is required. You must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance level. If you fail to meet the conditions of employment or any other pre-employment requirements, such as missing any of the scheduled appointments, the hiring agency may rescind their tentative offer of employment. Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for TSA to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions. Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance, and Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change.

For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses from an accredited college or university, which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume. The information must be provided with the application by the closing date of the announcement. If selected, the applicant must supply a transcript or certification of degree.