Executive Assistant Department of Transportion Maritime Administrion Summary The Executive Assistant manages administrive and operional support for the USMMA Office of the Deputy Superintendent. Core duties include serving as a high-level liaison to DOT, Congress, and maritime stakeholders; managing executive calendars, official travel, and incoming correspondence; tracking suspense items; and conducting research for sensitive issues. Learn more about this agency Summary The Executive Assistant manages administrive and operional support for the USMMA Office of the Deputy Superintendent. Core duties include serving as a high-level liaison to DOT, Congress, and maritime stakeholders; managing executive calendars, official travel, and incoming correspondence; tracking suspense items; and conducting research for sensitive issues. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Kings Point, NY No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position may be eligible for situional telework. Telework approval determined by your immedie supervisor or manager following the agency's telework policy and guidance. If participing in the telework program, you required to sign a telework agreement detailing agency telework policy requirements, working conditions, and expections for the position. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $88,005 - $114,413 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential 12 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time - Full Time Travel Required Not required - Some travel required. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0301 Miscellaneous Administrion And Program Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

MARAD.MMA-2026-0056

Control number 886768300 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency MARAD.MMA-wide employees with competitive stus only, including FAA employees eligible for competitive announcements through FAA's OPM Interchange Agreement.

Duties Help The Executive Assistant:

Maintains the supervisor's daily and long-range calendars. Determines the priority of appointments, briefings, and meetings requiring the supervisor's personal tention and coordines approprie coverage when necessary. Serves as point of contact between high officials of the Department of Transportion, Congress, and other government agencies, officials of the maritime industry, foreign groups and others. Receives requests, inquiries, and comments and determines the nure and importance of the informion Tracks incoming suspense correspondence by maintaining an accure suspense stus listing. Ensures timely completion of actions and reviews completed actions for priority, content, security markings, and approprie staff coordinion. Performs research from a variety of sources such as regulions, memoranda, orders, circulars, reports of special boards and committees, and other reference merials. Research often requires interpretion and adaption if there are no precise guidelines. The ideal candide for this position is an accomplished Executive Assistant with extensive experience managing administrive operions and high-priority DOT, Congressional, and policy actions for senior federal and higher educion leadership. They possess expertise in executive calendar management, complex correspondence tracking, regulory research, and stakeholder relions, while holding an active Secret Clearance and serving as essential Continuity of Operions (COOP) personnel. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must meet specialized experience sted in Qualificions section. Submit applicion and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing de. Required documents must be submitted by the closing de.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance the organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probionary period, your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest.

SELECTIVE SERVICE

Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

A background security investigion is required for all selected individuals. Appointment subject to the applicant's successful completion of the security investigion and favorable adjudicion. Failure to meet these requirements grounds for terminion.

SECURITY CLEARANCE

The position requires a Secret Clearance and serves as essential COOP personnel.

PROBATIONARY PERIOD

You must complete a one-year probionary period (unless already completed).

TIME-IN-GRADE

Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks the next lower grade in the competitive or excepted service in the executive branch to sisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. Qualificions To meet the minimum qualificions for this position, you meet either the educion or specialized experience requirements. To qualify for the GS-11 on Experience, you must have least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-09 it must include: Experience coordining daily administrive operions for senior managers or executive leadership, including managing calendars, arranging travel schedules, and clearing executive action packages. Experience managing incoming and outgoing official correspondence, tracked action/suspense items to ensure timely completion, and reviewed documents for accuracy, policy compliance, and proper staff coordinion. Experience serving as a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders (such as senior agency officials or external organizions) to receive inquiries, gher background informion, and relay organizional positions. To qualify for the GS-11 on Educion alone, you must have: 3 years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. You can also qualify based on a combinion of higher level gradue educion and experience. This must be fully supported by your resume and transcripts, provided with your applicion.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

(KSAs): Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

Planning and Evaluing:

The employee establish priorities, independently plans administrive services, manages calendars, tracks suspense actions, coordines office activities, and monitors work through completion.

Oral Communicion:

The employee serves as a liaison/POC with senior DOT officials, Congress, other government agencies, maritime industry officials, and stakeholders, including handling sensitive mters.

Problem Solving:

The employee researches and interprets regulions and guidance, handles non-routine administrive issues, adapts guidelines to particular situions, and develops recommendions. For all types of considerion, experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For additional informion about applying to Federal positions, please click on the following link: https://www.opm.gov/frequently-asked-questions/employment-faq/federal-hiring/how-do-i-apply-for-federal-jobs/ Students enrolled in a qualifying degree program can apply if the anticiped graduion de is within six months of closing de of the announcement. Graduion transcript must be received before start de. Other applicants must meet all qualificion requirements by the closing de of this announcement. Educion This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement. Additional informion This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if similar vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue de of the referral certifice. The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Transportion and its Opering Administrions from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before th individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with 5 U.S. Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violion of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to the Department of Transportion by email , FairChanceAct@dot.gov . To learn more, please our page : The Fair Chance to Compete Act | US Department of Transportion Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE

PLEASE

BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

To receive full credit during evaluion, your assessment responses must explicitly point back to your resume, as HR cannot make assumptions about your experience. You must write your narrive answers in full paragraph form, beginning each response with the exact position title, organizion, employment des (MM/YYYY-MM/YYYY), full-time/part-time, average hours worked per week, and federal series/grade (if applicable) as listed on your resume. Within the paragraph, clearly describe your specific individual duties, actions taken, tools used, and measurable outcomes to prove your level of expertise. HR will cross-check your narrive against your resume; if your resume does not fully support every detail and timeframe claimed in your written response, the claimed experience disallowed, which may result in an ineligible determinion. Eligible Federal employees also seeking considerion for noncompetitive reassignment for this position, must indice interest in the assessment. Noncompetitive federal candides must have competitive stus on a SF-50, meet minimum qualificions, have served the same grade or higher, and held or exceeded the promotion potential of this position.

All applicants:

Your applicion reviewed in two phases determine how you move forward in the hiring process.

Phase I:

Your resume reviewed to determine your technical qualificions for this position based on the required specialized experience. ONLY two (2) pages of your resume reviewed. Additional informion beyond your resume (e.g., cover letter, links embedded in your resume) will not be reviewed. Applicants passing "Phase I" will move on to the "Phase II" of the assessment process where your applicion reviewed and red based on the KSAs/Competencies listed in the vacancy announcement by a Subject Mter Expert (SME). You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents

Required Documents Help RESUME:

In accordance with the OPM memorandum titled Merit Hiring Plan, ded May 29, 2025, resumes with a maximum of two (2) pages in length accepted as part of your applicion. These should be legible and in a readable font size. A determinion of your eligibility and/or qualificions based only on those two (2) pages. Your resume MUST contain specific informion th can be used to make a qualificion determinion , including employment beginning and ending des for each position, whether employment is Full-time or Part-time, or average number of hours worked per week, and position titles. If the position is/was in the Federal government, you will need to provide the position series and grade level. The resume should show relevant experience and educion, as well as support the required specialized experience.

TRANSCRIPTS

Transcripts are

REQUIRED

if you are substituting educion for experience. The transcripts need not be official, but must show th you meet the sted educion requirements, including specific major or class requirements.

FEDERAL APPLICANTS

You must submit SF-50(s) th verify your highest competitive grade, full performance level, and eligibility as a federal applicant. DO NOT submit an award SF-50 as these often do not verify grade or eligibility. For considerion for a promotion, Box 4 of the SF-50 must show a de th is least 52 weeks prior to the job announcement closing. We recommend submitting your last promotion SF-50 or within-grade increase SF-50. Pay adjustment raise SF-50s for the current year will not support the 52 weeks' time-in-grade requirements.

https:

//help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government/service/sf-50 PERFORMANCE

APPRAISALS/INCENTIVE AWARDS

If applicable, performance appraisals and/or Incentive award documention may be submitted and forwarded to the selecting official as support in considerion of your applicion in the evaluion process. To receive due weight, you must submit a recent performance appraisal (ded within 18 months) showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable (do not submit a performance plan) and/or incentive award documention ded within the last 18 months (i.e. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increases, etc.) If requesting considerion under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP): your most recent performance appraisal, the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade.

YOU MUST SUBMIT ALL 3

 documents and meet the well qualified standards for this vacancy (meeting minimum requirements for position and scoring least an 80) to be considered under CTAP. Displaced employees may be eligible for CTAP priority considerion. For more informion, please review the OPM Employee's Guide to Career Transition . Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing de of the vacancy will result in your removal from considerion for this position. Please review your applicion prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all approprie documents. Uploading documents to USAJobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your applicion to our system. How to Apply Help You must submit a complete applicion package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no ler than 11:59 (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. To begin, click the Apply Online button on the job announcement. Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire. You may review your saved applicion(s) https://help.usajobs.gov/ If you are having difficulty applying online, please contact the DOT Automed Staffing Office via email : Transjobs@dot.gov . Agency contact informion Automed Staffing Office Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 TRANSJOBS@dot.gov Address

DOT, MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

Submit Applicion and Documents Online 1200 New Jersey Ave

SE / HAHR - 50

Washington, District of Columbia 20590 United Stes Next steps You may check your applicion stus by logging into your USAJOBS account. Within two weeks of the closing de, your applicion reviewed and red. Rings determined based on the documents and informion received by the closing de. The most highly qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for further considerion. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring manager will contact you directly. Once a hiring decision is made, we will notify all applicants of their final stus. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request

Required Documents Help RESUME:

In accordance with the OPM memorandum titled Merit Hiring Plan, ded May 29, 2025, resumes with a maximum of two (2) pages in length accepted as part of your applicion. These should be legible and in a readable font size. A determinion of your eligibility and/or qualificions based only on those two (2) pages. Your resume MUST contain specific informion th can be used to make a qualificion determinion , including employment beginning and ending des for each position, whether employment is Full-time or Part-time, or average number of hours worked per week, and position titles. If the position is/was in the Federal government, you will need to provide the position series and grade level. The resume should show relevant experience and educion, as well as support the required specialized experience.

TRANSCRIPTS

Transcripts are

REQUIRED

if you are substituting educion for experience. The transcripts need not be official, but must show th you meet the sted educion requirements, including specific major or class requirements.

FEDERAL APPLICANTS

You must submit SF-50(s) th verify your highest competitive grade, full performance level, and eligibility as a federal applicant. DO NOT submit an award SF-50 as these often do not verify grade or eligibility. For considerion for a promotion, Box 4 of the SF-50 must show a de th is least 52 weeks prior to the job announcement closing. We recommend submitting your last promotion SF-50 or within-grade increase SF-50. Pay adjustment raise SF-50s for the current year will not support the 52 weeks' time-in-grade requirements.

https:

//help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government/service/sf-50 PERFORMANCE

APPRAISALS/INCENTIVE AWARDS

If applicable, performance appraisals and/or Incentive award documention may be submitted and forwarded to the selecting official as support in considerion of your applicion in the evaluion process. To receive due weight, you must submit a recent performance appraisal (ded within 18 months) showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable (do not submit a performance plan) and/or incentive award documention ded within the last 18 months (i.e. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increases, etc.) If requesting considerion under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP): your most recent performance appraisal, the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade.

YOU MUST SUBMIT ALL 3

 documents and meet the well qualified standards for this vacancy (meeting minimum requirements for position and scoring least an 80) to be considered under CTAP. Displaced employees may be eligible for CTAP priority considerion. For more informion, please review the OPM Employee's Guide to Career Transition . Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing de of the vacancy will result in your removal from considerion for this position. Please review your applicion prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all approprie documents. Uploading documents to USAJobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your applicion to our system. How to Apply Help You must submit a complete applicion package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no ler than 11:59 (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. To begin, click the Apply Online button on the job announcement. Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire. You may review your saved applicion(s) https://help.usajobs.gov/ If you are having difficulty applying online, please contact the DOT Automed Staffing Office via email : Transjobs@dot.gov . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Automed Staffing Office Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 TRANSJOBS@dot.gov Address

DOT, MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

Submit Applicion and Documents Online 1200 New Jersey Ave

SE / HAHR - 50

Washington, District of Columbia 20590 United Stes Next steps You may check your applicion stus by logging into your USAJOBS account. Within two weeks of the closing de, your applicion reviewed and red. Rings determined based on the documents and informion received by the closing de. The most highly qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for further considerion. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring manager will contact you directly. Once a hiring decision is made, we will notify all applicants of their final stus. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Kings Point, NY No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position may be eligible for situional telework. Telework approval determined by your immedie supervisor or manager following the agency's telework policy and guidance. If participing in the telework program, you required to sign a telework agreement detailing agency telework policy requirements, working conditions, and expections for the position. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $88,005 - $114,413 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential 12 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time - Full Time Travel Required Not required - Some travel required. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

MARAD.MMA-2026-0056

Control number 886768300