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Administrative Support Assistant


Job Location:

Cleveland, TN - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 58350 - 58350
Posted: 6 October 2026 (3 days ago)
Application Deadline: 3 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Summary

As an Administrative Support Assistant you will provide executive-level administrative and logistical support to Directorate-level offices. You will
coordinate a variety of administrative activities manage office operations and scheduling and provide support to leadership to ensure the efficient and effective operation of the organization.


Duties
  • Provide executive level administrative and logistical support to Directorate level offices.
  • Utilize Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office 365 applications (e.g. Word Excel PowerPoint OneDrive SharePoint and Teams) to create editmanage share and collaborate on documents spreadsheets presentations and other business resources.
  • Manage executive calendars coordinate and schedule meetings and briefings secure alternate representatives with another official whenappropriate and secure meeting location.
  • Attend and provide administrative support for meetings as appropriate.
  • Review and draft correspondence recommendations reports and memoranda related to management and administrative concerns incompliance with policies and procedures.
  • Handle day-to-day administrative responsibilities for the Directorate management and staff such as directing phone calls receiving and greetingvisitors sorting and distributing incoming mail and maintaining files and records.
  • Oversee subordinate administrative support staff communicating updates and providing guidance ensuring consistency in center processes andadministrative services.
  • Create and/or maintain the organizational distribution lists for the Directorate.

Requirements
Conditions of employment
  • This position is open to U.S. citizens nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
  • This position may require a one-year probationary period. If selected the requirement to serve such period will be determined by Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 11. **See Additional Information section**
  • Current Federal employees must meet qualifications time in grade and 90 days after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
  • Position subject to pre-employment background investigation or higher-level clearance. Investigation/Clearance may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.
  • Financial Disclosure Drug Testing and/or the Travel Requirements for this position may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.
Qualifications

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability skill and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

GS-08: To qualify for the GS-08 you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level:

  • Providing administrative and logistical support including managing calendars coordinating meetings and briefings and arranging meeting logistics;
  • Utilizing Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office 365 applications to create edit manage share and collaborate on documents spreadsheets presentations correspondence and other business resources;
  • Providing administrative support for meetings and preparing reviewing and drafting correspondence reports memoranda recommendations and other administrative documents for management.

Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description in your own words of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Additional selections may be made for similar positions across NASA within the local commuting area(s) of the location(s) identified in this announcement. By applying you agree to have your application shared with interested selecting official(s) within NASA. CTAP/ICTAP will be cleared for any additional selection from this announcement.

If you are applying at the GS-08 level and are a current federal employee you must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible for this position. To be eligible you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in a position no more than 2 grades lower than the advertised position. (Please submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title series and grade. If your eligibility for both merit promotion and/or time-in-grade cannot be determined your application will be rated ineligible.)
Note: Time-in-grade requirements also apply to applicants who have held a non-temporary competitive service GS position in the past year.

If you have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) you must:
- Indicate your eligibility when applying for a position. The questionnaire asks you to identify your ICTAP/CTAP eligibility.
- Be well qualified for this position to receive consideration. Candidates rated in the Best Qualified category are considered well-qualified. Please see How You Will Be Evaluated for more information.
- Submit proof that you meet the requirements for CTAP/ICTAP as indicated in Required Documents

For additional information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility click here - https:// NASA term employees who have term conversion eligibility (Term Appointments NASA) under the NASA Flexibility Act of 2004 will be referred and considered equally with other NASA permanent employees under internal competitive placement procedures.

Per Executive Order 14343 this position is not part of a bargaining unit.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

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Required Experience:

Junior IC