Representative Duties:

• Assists with processing a variety of personnel documents and payroll actions including appointments, promotions, separations, terminations, within-grade-increases, and insurance elections.
• Assists with drafting vacancy and promotional announcements. Ensures that positions are advertised in accordance with the clerk’s office procedures. Assists with creating job descriptions for new positions. Reviews applications and routes qualified applicants.
• Tracks employees’ due dates for promotions, performance evaluations, and within-grade increases, and advises supervisors of the same.
• Provides new hires and separating employees with benefit paperwork and assists with any questions they may have.
• Provides information to employees about personnel-related forms, leave (including the Voluntary Leave Sharing Program), CSRS and FERS retirement, disability retirement (CSRS and FERS), workers’ compensation, Federal Employees Health Insurance Program (FEHB), Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program (FEGLI), and other personnel functions.
• Establishes and maintains a variety of personnel-related files, including individual personnel records and standard personnel and payroll forms.
• Processes interns and provides the paperwork needed.
• Receives, screens, and routes incoming mail directed to the Human Resources Department. Acts upon matters as authorized. Receives telephone calls and personal visitors. Answers routine inquiries and provides assistance to the public relating to employment in all court support units and judges’ chambers.
• Maintains strict confidentiality of personnel information.

Requirements include a minimum of three years of progressively responsible administrative experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the above-listed duties of this position. Applicants should present a professional demeanor, be detail-oriented, analytical, possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong office and organizational skills, and solid computer skills. Familiarization with Excel and Microsoft Word for Windows is preferred.

Employees of the U.S. Courts serve under excepted appointments and are considered “at-will” employees.

Federal employees are eligible for a comprehensive federal benefits package. This includes participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System (for career employees), health insurance options, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, long-term care insurance, flexible spending accounts, and up to 5% matching contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan (the federal 401(k) equivalent). Federal employees also receive generous paid time off, including paid vacation and sick leave, 11 federal holidays per year, and paid parental leave after meeting eligibility requirements. Employees may also be eligible for the Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program for qualifying federal student loans. For an overview of Federal Judiciary benefits , refer to the U.S. Courts website.

Representative Duties:

• Assists with processing a variety of personnel documents and payroll actions including appointments, promotions, separations, terminations, within-grade-increases, and insurance elections.
• Assists with drafting vacancy and promotional announcements. Ensures that positions are advertised in accordance with the clerk’s office procedures. Assists with creating job descriptions for new positions. Reviews applications and routes qualified applicants.
• Tracks employees’ due dates for promotions, performance evaluations, and within-grade increases, and advises supervisors of the same.
• Provides new hires and separating employees with benefit paperwork and assists with any questions they may have.
• Provides information to employees about personnel-related forms, leave (including the Voluntary Leave Sharing Program), CSRS and FERS retirement, disability retirement (CSRS and FERS), workers’ compensation, Federal Employees Health Insurance Program (FEHB), Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program (FEGLI), and other personnel functions.
• Establishes and maintains a variety of personnel-related files, including individual personnel records and standard personnel and payroll forms.
• Processes interns and provides the paperwork needed.
• Receives, screens, and routes incoming mail directed to the Human Resources Department. Acts upon matters as authorized. Receives telephone calls and personal visitors. Answers routine inquiries and provides assistance to the public relating to employment in all court support units and judges’ chambers.
• Maintains strict confidentiality of personnel information.

• CL 25 $49,361 - $80,265
• $49,361 - $61,722 New federal employees*
• $49,361 - $80,265 Current or former federal employees*

• Starting salary adjustments prioritize prior federal service, with some recognition of relevant work experience and prior salary history. Applicants with prior federal court experience may be eligible for a starting salary above the minimum. Promotion potential from CL 25 to the CL 26 level without further competition after one year.

Due to the number of resumes received, only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or eligible to work in the United States

Employees are required to use the Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) for payroll deposit

The selected candidate will be subject to a high-sensitive background check as a condition of employment.