Social Insurance Specialist (Area Administrative Assistant)

Summary LOCATION: This position is located in the Area Director Office at 701 5th Ave Ste 3000 Seattle, WA 98104. TOUR OF DUTY: Flextime. Full-time. Alternate work schedules may be available. Incumbent may be required to travel occasionally. TYPE OF POSITION: This position is being filled on a permanent basis in the competitive service. Responsibilities The position description number for this position is 8B4100. A summary of the major duties are listed below. You may also view the full position description on the Agency intranet at the following link: PD Search As the Area Administrative Assistant (AAA) for the Area Director Office, the incumbent performs, coordinates, and leads ad hoc teams in conducting a wide variety of special projects and studies of unusual, significant, and /or complex nonrecurring issues concerning all aspects of SSA program administration. Formulates appropriate plans for resolving issues; establishing priorities and target dates; and providing the necessary coordination, leadership and direction to assure that targets are met, incorporating SSA's goals in the AD's areas of responsibility. Additionally, the AAA serves as focal point for formulating area-wide policies within the context of budget restrictions, and AD's priorities, balancing programmatic and management concerns. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience at the GS-12 level, or equivalent, which is in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Examples of specialized experience include the development, examination, investigation, adjudication, or authorization of claims for retirement, survivors, disability, or health insurance, or income maintenance; or managing or leading employees in the analysis, development, or review of claims for retirement, survivors, disability, or health insurance, or income maintenance; or SSA programmatic experience at the 105 journey level and experience that provided knowledge of at least one administrative specialty in a Social Security setting (e.g. personnel management, facilities management, financial management, automation, etc.). IF YOU ARE APPLYING FOR A POSITION IN A DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONAL SERIES THAN YOUR CURRENT POSITION, such as Claims Specialist (105 series) to Management Analyst (343 series), PLEASE CAREFULLY REVIEW THE SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND DESCRIBE HOW YOUR PAST OR CURRENT POSITIONS RELATE TO THE SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT. Part-time experience is prorated according to your established work schedule (i.e., one year working a P/T tour of 40 hours per pay period would be counted as six months creditable toward meeting the specialized experience qualification requirement). Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Applicants for promotion must have 52 weeks at GS-12. Time in grade requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Education Additional Information This position is not currently virtual or eligible for out-stationing. The selectee will be required to report to their assigned duty station in the Area Director office in Seattle, WA. This position may be eligible for telework in accordance with agency and office policy. This is a non-bargaining unit position, position to be filled under the provisions of the Management Officials Promotion Plan. The best-qualified list for this vacancy may be used to fill the same or similar positions in a component(s) under the same Deputy Commissioner. Additional selections may be made within 6 months of the date the best qualified list is issued. NOTE: Excepted service employees serving under Schedule A appointments for Attorney positions or Pathways Programs appointments (Presidential Management Fellows, Recent Graduates, and Interns) are not eligible for consideration. Applications for noncompetitive consideration will be accepted from SSA employees in the area of consideration who are currently serving under the following types of appointments: Schedule A, Reg. 213.3102 (U) appointments for individuals with disabilities; and time limited appointments for veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Applicants serving under these provisions do not need to submit copies of your disability or Veteran's documentation. However, you must submit a current SF-50 that provides information on the appointment authority under which you were hired. Otherwise, you will not receive non-competitive consideration. LOCALITY PAY: Salary will be set in accordance with locality pay provisions. Candidates currently receiving a higher locality pay than the office applied for are advised that should they be selected, they will lose entitlement to the higher locality pay. OTHER NOTES: This is not a career ladder position; GS-13 is the full performance level. Relocation expenses will not be paid.