Job Description
SECRETARY
Department of the Navy Office of Naval Research Naval Research Laborory Summary You will serve as a Secretary within the Naval Research Laborory. This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticiped vacancies. Applicions will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer. Learn more about this agency Summary You will serve as a Secretary within the Naval Research Laborory. This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticiped vacancies. Applicions will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply in 2 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 10, 2026 Locion Many vacancies in the following locion: Bay Saint Louis, MS No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position is eligible for ad-hoc/situional telework the discretion of management. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $40,277 - $67,135 per year Pay scale & grade NC 2 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0318 Secretary Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number DE-12976512-26-AA
Control number 871519800 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency U.S Citizens Duties Help You will provide direct administrive support for the branches. You will provide backup assistance to the division secretary and other branch secretaries when needed. You will receive ors and phone calls, ascertain nure of request and directing callers to approprie staff. You will type rough drafts, notes, oral instructions, various correspondence, forms reports and specificions utilizing a wide variety of technical terminology. You will input all transactions da into financial dabases. You will prepare paperwork for issuance and/or renewal of contractor badges and CAC cards for contractors. You will work with office automion equipment and software. You will organize the flow of administrive processes in an office. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a US Citizen. Must be determined suitable for federal employment. Must participe in the direct deposit pay program. New employees to the Department of the Navy required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, e-verify.gov Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediely following retirement de to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United Stes Code 3326. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. You required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal. Qualificions This position requires the ability to type least 40 words per minute. Your response to the typing skill question on the Occupional Questionnaire used in your qualificion determinion. Your resume must demonstre least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-01/04) or pay band (NC-01) in the federal service or equivalent experience in the prive or public sector performing most or all of the following duties: (1) Utilizing office automion equipment and processes; (2) Performing administrive and clerical duties i.e filing, answering phone calls, making appointments; (3) Genering reports, typing and ensuring grammical correctness of correspondence and ensuring proper routing procedures are followed; (4) Providing assistance to others through customer service in an office/business setting; (5) Maintaining calendars. Additional qualificion informion can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: http://www.opm.gov/qualificions/Standards/group-stds/gs-admin.asp . Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (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. Educion Successful completion of educion 4 years above the high school level in any field is creditable for this position; OR, A combinion of experience and educion as described above th eques to one year of experience. Additional informion This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Several vacancies may be filled. A tentive offer of employment rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Federal annuitant informion:
The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy informion may be found : http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf . Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you required to submit supporting documention with your applicion as described in the Required Documents section below. 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. In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or educion, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be Your resume is the key means we have for evaluing your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they rele to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. As vacancies occur, the Human Resources Office will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualificion requirements listed in this flyer. You red based on the informion provided in your resume, along with your supporting documention. If selected, you may be required to provide additional supporting documention. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documention, a determinion is made th you infled your qualificions and/or experience, you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring or considerion for employment. All qualificion requirements must be met before being considered for any vacancies. 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 A complete resume is required. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be Your resume must show relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Your resume must show complete informion for each job entry to support minimum qualificions. The following informion should be provided in your resume: employer's name, starting and end des (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), and pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09
) for relevant federal experience. TIP:
A good way to ensure you include all essential informion is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to cree your resume. Are you claiming membership in any professional organizions, or possession of a license, certifice or credentials? Check the Conditions of Employment section above to see if any are required. If you claim membership, license, certificion, or credentials, you must submit a copy of said document in your applicion package. Are you using educion as a substitute for some or all of the experience requirement? Is there a basic educion requirement for this position? Check the Educion section above to see wh is allowed and wh is required. Any claims you make in your resume or assessment questionnaire regarding educion or degrees MUST be supported by submitting with your applicion official or unofficial transcripts or a list of courses, grades earned, completion des, and quarter and semester hours earned issued from your school. While unofficial transcripts are acceptable for initial applicion, an official transcript will ultimely be required if you are selected for the position. You may submit a copy your degree(s) if specific coursework does not have to be verified. Are you a veteran claiming 5-point veterans' preference or claiming sole survivorship preference? You must submit a copy of your lest DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (any copy th shows all des of service, as well as character of service [Honorable, General, etc.] is acceptable) OR a VA letter th shows des of service or service connected disability AND character of service. If you have more than one DD-214 for multiple periods of active duty service, submit a copy for each period of service. If you were issued a DD-215 to amend aforementioned informion on the DD-214 you must submit th too. If you are not sure of your preference eligibility, the Department of Labor's website: Veterans' Preference Advisor Are you a disabled veteran or claiming 10-point veterans' preference? If you are eligible to claim 10 point veterans preference you must submit a DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty as described above for 5-point preference. You must also provide the applicable supporting documention of your disability (e.g. disability letter from the VA) as described on Standard Form-15 (SF-15). http:
//www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf . Are you an active duty service member? Active Duty Service Members are required to submit a stement of service printed on command letterhead and signed by the command. The stement of service must provide the branch of service, re/rank, all des of service, the expected de of discharge and anticiped character of service (Honorable, General, etc.). Applicion documents, including supplemental ones, may be shared outside the Human Resources Office. Supplemental documents may contain your SSN, DOB, or personal informion of others (e.g., on military orders, marriage certifices). You may redact this informion before submitting; however, if selected, you mustprovide unredacted originals. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply, please send your applicion, to include your resume, transcripts and any supporting documention for qualificions Interested Applicants must submit resumes/applicion packages to: https://navalresearchlab.app.box.com/f/952bbe795df447e2a154e29326843689 For your applicion, please combine all files into one PDF with resume and supporting info labeled last name, first initial. Facsimile applicions will not be All resumes/applicions must be received no ler than the close de of this flyer. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th all informion in their resume and documents, are received, legible, and accure. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant. Failure to submit a complete applicion package will result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. Agency contact informion Michele Ashley Phone 240-299-9888 michele.p.ashley.civ@us.navy.mil Address NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CONUS
Stennis Space Center Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 US Next steps Qualified applicants referred to the hiring manager. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews. Our evaluion based on the informion you provide. You should expect th we will verify performance, suitability, and security informion and take th informion into account in making employment offers. 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 A complete resume is required. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be Your resume must show relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Your resume must show complete informion for each job entry to support minimum qualificions. The following informion should be provided in your resume: employer's name, starting and end des (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), and pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09
) for relevant federal experience. TIP:
A good way to ensure you include all essential informion is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to cree your resume. Are you claiming membership in any professional organizions, or possession of a license, certifice or credentials? Check the Conditions of Employment section above to see if any are required. If you claim membership, license, certificion, or credentials, you must submit a copy of said document in your applicion package. Are you using educion as a substitute for some or all of the experience requirement? Is there a basic educion requirement for this position? Check the Educion section above to see wh is allowed and wh is required. Any claims you make in your resume or assessment questionnaire regarding educion or degrees MUST be supported by submitting with your applicion official or unofficial transcripts or a list of courses, grades earned, completion des, and quarter and semester hours earned issued from your school. While unofficial transcripts are acceptable for initial applicion, an official transcript will ultimely be required if you are selected for the position. You may submit a copy your degree(s) if specific coursework does not have to be verified. Are you a veteran claiming 5-point veterans' preference or claiming sole survivorship preference? You must submit a copy of your lest DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (any copy th shows all des of service, as well as character of service [Honorable, General, etc.] is acceptable) OR a VA letter th shows des of service or service connected disability AND character of service. If you have more than one DD-214 for multiple periods of active duty service, submit a copy for each period of service. If you were issued a DD-215 to amend aforementioned informion on the DD-214 you must submit th too. If you are not sure of your preference eligibility, the Department of Labor's website: Veterans' Preference Advisor Are you a disabled veteran or claiming 10-point veterans' preference? If you are eligible to claim 10 point veterans preference you must submit a DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty as described above for 5-point preference. You must also provide the applicable supporting documention of your disability (e.g. disability letter from the VA) as described on Standard Form-15 (SF-15). http:
//www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf . Are you an active duty service member? Active Duty Service Members are required to submit a stement of service printed on command letterhead and signed by the command. The stement of service must provide the branch of service, re/rank, all des of service, the expected de of discharge and anticiped character of service (Honorable, General, etc.). Applicion documents, including supplemental ones, may be shared outside the Human Resources Office. Supplemental documents may contain your SSN, DOB, or personal informion of others (e.g., on military orders, marriage certifices). You may redact this informion before submitting; however, if selected, you mustprovide unredacted originals. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply, please send your applicion, to include your resume, transcripts and any supporting documention for qualificions Interested Applicants must submit resumes/applicion packages to: https://navalresearchlab.app.box.com/f/952bbe795df447e2a154e29326843689 For your applicion, please combine all files into one PDF with resume and supporting info labeled last name, first initial. Facsimile applicions will not be All resumes/applicions must be received no ler than the close de of this flyer. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th all informion in their resume and documents, are received, legible, and accure. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant. Failure to submit a complete applicion package will result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Michele Ashley Phone 240-299-9888 michele.p.ashley.civ@us.navy.mil Address NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CONUS
Stennis Space Center Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 US Next steps Qualified applicants referred to the hiring manager. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews. Our evaluion based on the informion you provide. You should expect th we will verify performance, suitability, and security informion and take th informion into account in making employment offers. 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 Posted today • Apply in 2 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 10, 2026 Locion Many vacancies in the following locion: Bay Saint Louis, MS No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position is eligible for ad-hoc/situional telework the discretion of management. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $40,277 - $67,135 per year Pay scale & grade NC 2 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not 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 Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number DE-12976512-26-AA
Control number 871519800