Operations Coordinator

The Library (PL) is a major national art research center serving the National Gallerys staff fellows and professors at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts visiting art historians the scholarly community at large and members of the public. The library contains a wide-ranging collection of more than 525000 books and periodicals on the history theory and criticism of art and architecture millions of images and a broad range of electronic resources.

Duties for this position include:

• Coordinates and monitors Library-wide administrative operations: Coordinates and monitors administrative and operational processes that cut across the librarys departments. Maintains visibility into the status of key actions deadlines and requirements related to travel records timekeeping personnel-related documentation and other cross-department administrative workflows. Reviews the status of ongoing actions identifies delays inconsistencies or incomplete documentation and follows up with supervisors staff and other Gallery offices to keep
  processes moving accurately and on time.
• Coordinates budget procurement contracts and related financial operations: Coordinates Library-wide budget procurement contracts and related financial processes involving federal trust and grant funds. Tracks expenditures commitments purchase card activity requisitions and supporting documentation. Maintains and updates operational trackers reports and related tools that support budget monitoring purchasing and planning. Reviews transactions and documentation for completeness correct coding timeliness and alignment with established requirements. Identifies issues that require correction clarification or further review. Coordinates with procurement budget accounting travel contracting and related offices to support timely processing of Library business. Researches and develops practical approaches models and tools to support budget formulation multi-year budget planning and operational decision-making.
• Analyzes workflows and recommends operational improvements: Reviews administrative workflows and recurring business processes to identify opportunities to improve efficiency clarity compliance and coordination across departments. Develops and maintains shared procedures checklists templates timelines and tracking tools that improve continuity and reduce confusion or duplication. Uses judgment in applying established guidance to specific situations. Resolves routine process issues independently and recommends practical improvements or corrective actions when problems recur or existing procedures are not working effectively. Leads or coordinates Library wide operational planning efforts including space planning to assess near-term needs. Develops preliminary recommendations for implementation.
• Coordinates personnel-related processes workforce support activities records management and operational planning: Coordinates and tracks administrative processes and documentation related to personnel actions onboarding awards performance-related processes training professional development and other workforce support activities. Helps identify recurring operational issues that affect staff effectiveness. Reviews and improves the onboarding process for new staff using existing onboarding documentation as a starting point and doing further research to strengthen it. Coordinates records management activities for administrative records including file structures retention practices and disposition processes. Works with Archives and Library staff to identify paper and electronic records that fall under the records schedule and helps sort and organize them appropriately. Designs and carries out processes for digitizing administrative files. Creates and maintains tracking systems and documents procedures to improve consistency access and records control. Gathers organizes and maintains information needed for internal reporting operational planning and management decision-making.
• Serves as a key operational point of contact: Serves as a regular point of contact for Library staff and for colleagues in administrative offices across the Gallery on matters related to Library operations and administrative processes. Explains established procedures and requirements related to procurement travel records timekeeping budget tracking and related operational matters. Communicates clearly professionally and with discretion especially when handling sensitive or confidential information.

• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males born aftermust be registered for Selective Service
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• Suitable for Federal employment determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. For information on qualification requirements seeQualification Standards Handbook forGeneral Schedule Positionsviewable onOPM Website. It is your responsibility to ensure that you submit appropriate documentation prior to the closing date. Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant experience as it relates to this job announcement. Be clear and specific when describing your work history since human resources cannot make assumptions regarding your experience.

This position is being also advertised under Delegated Examining procedures under this announcement; NGADE

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community student social). Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week.

Specialized Experience Statement: Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in responsibility to the GS-07 level in the Federal service or private sector: Coordinating and monitoring administrative operations for an organization. This experience must include: tracking business processes involving areas such as budget procurement travel personnel actions records or other administrative functions; reviewing transactions documentation or requests for accuracy completeness and compliance with established procedures; maintaining reports trackers records or other tools used to monitor deadlines expenditures commitments or pending actions; identifying delayed incomplete or inconsistent actions and coordinating with staff or other offices to resolve them; and applying established guidance to resolve routine operational problems or recommend improvements to administrative processes.

OPM Qualifications Standard:

Associated Group standard: Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Clerical and Administrative Support Positions

Other Relevant Eligibility Criteria: Must be able to lift and carry 25 lbs.

Merit promotion applicants must meet the time-in-grade requirement as defined in 5 CFR 300 Subpart F.One year at the GS-07 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-08 level.

You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community student social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.

Note: Applicants who are referred to the hiring office for selection consideration may be required to submit writing and/or work samples as part of the interview/selection process. If the hiring office decides to request a writing and/or work sample as part of its selection process the vacancy contact will reach out to you by email to: (1) inform you of this requirement; and (2) provide further instructions.