Millennium Challenge Corporation
Special Assistant. MC-301-4B
Washington, DC
Nov 20, 2024
$88,100 - $135,470 a year
Full Job Description

Summary

This position is located in the Office of the Chief Executive Officer (OCEO), Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). OCEO provides overall leadership, guidance and coordination to MCC staff and operations.

Although the position is advertised equivalent to GS-12, MCC uses a pay banded system to compensate employees. This position is pay band 4B which is generally equal to GS-12.

Duties

  • Performs (and may lead) a variety of confidential and special assignments, which may require considerable research and contact work; coordinates administrative and clerical work.
  • Maintains electronic calendar and contact database; prepares daily briefing books; schedules appointments, meetings, and conferences for senior staff.
  • Responds to or initiates executive communications, drafts documentation for signature and agency reporting; prepares reports to monitor scheduling and communications.
  • Interacts with members of the staff, organization, and individuals outside of the corporation ranging from other government agencies to U.S. and foreign dignitaries, to the general public.
  • Assists in planning executive travel, including itinerary development, administrative and logistical items (visas, hotel booking, etc.), scheduling briefings, assembling briefing materials, and interagency and intergovernmental coordination. When necessary, supports the senior staff on official travel, foreign and domestic; provides senior timekeeper functions.
  • Monitors the assessment and planning of executive engagements and meetings, including advising the senior staff on relevant issues and working closely with senior staff to oversee preparation, and ensure consistency and quality of, briefing and related items for the senior staff, including background materials for specific meetings, conferences, or other events/opportunities.
  • Handles potential issues as appropriate and ensures that only items that warrant the senior staff time and involvement are escalated to them for action.
  • Receives phone calls and visitors and refers them to an appropriate individual. Serves as the office liaison for groups associated with the organization.
  • Works in conjunction with the Executive Secretariat (Exec Sec), by assisting with the processing of incoming and outgoing materials such as mail, correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other forms of written communication. Serves as back-up to Exec Sec in their absence. Receives and helps coordinate responses to requests for information and materials concerning senior staff and agency programs and initiatives.
  • Prepares administrative reports and correspondence on own initiative, based on knowledge of the supervisor's views and desires.
  • Serves as buffer between the supervisor and organization staff by providing accurate and timely advice on procedures, reports, requirements, and other matters necessary to implement agency policies, directives, and instructions. Ensures compliance with agency policies and procedures.
  • Works with senior staff to develop presentation materials for internal and external briefings.
  • Performs related duties as assigned.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a federal security clearance
  • Relocation expenses will not be paid
  • More than 1 job may be filled if additional vacancies occur within 120 days
  • Some domestic and international travel may be required

Qualifications

To qualify for pay band 4B applicants must meet the following:

Qualifying experience for Pay Band 4B includes one year of specialized experience (comparable to the Pay Band 4C or GS-11 or equivalent non-federal experience), which is directly related to the work of this position, and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. For this position, examples of specialized experience are: performing confidential and special assignments for the senior staff; preparing briefings, background materials and related items for meetings, conferences, or other events/opportunities for senior; planning executive travel, including itinerary development, administrative and logistical items (visas, hotel booking, etc.), scheduling interagency and intergovernmental coordination; maintaining electronic calendar and contact database; preparing daily briefing books; scheduling appointments, meetings, and conferences for the senior staff; and responding to, initiating and editing executive communications, reports and documents for the senior staff approval. Note: This experience MUST be well documented within your resume or application.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit may be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. To receive credit you must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours worked per week.

A new hire's direct and overall experience are critical factors in determining a salary offer. It is important that your resume fully reflects all of your directly-related work experience. Salary offers include three key factors:
  • The selectee's directly related experience at the same level as the position.
  • The selectee's overall experience in a particular area.
  • The salaries of employees in similar positions and with similar levels of experience.
MCC also takes the selectee's skill set into account. Applicants should note that salary offers seldom fall near the upper end of the salary range listed in the vacancy announcement. Salary may be set from the minimum to the midpoint of the salary range of the pay band. In some instances, based on a selectee's extensive experience directly related to the position, salary may be set at or above the mid-point up to the maximum salary for that pay band. See information on MCC base pay ranges and salary structure ().

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

A review of your application and supporting documents will be made and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for the position and to ensure that you have been placed in the appropriate quality category. The HR Office and/or Subject Matter Expert (SME) will evaluate each applicant who meets the basic qualifications on the competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities related to the position such as:

  • Oral Communication
  • Organizational Awareness
  • Technical Competence
  • Writing


You will be evaluated based on Category Rating procedures. Based on the information you provided in your application package, you will be placed in one of three quality categories - Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified. Those applicants who are determined to be best qualified will be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration and may be called for an interview.

If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience your category can and will be adjusted to more reflect your abilities, and you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

Applicants must include their own documented examples of the required experience in their resume. Applicants who copy the duties section of this announcement into their resume as their current experience will be disqualified.

Application of veteran's Preference: Category rating and selection procedures place those with veteran's preference above non-preference eligible within each category. Veterans who meet the eligibility and qualification requirements and who have compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent are listed in highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-09 grade level or higher. http://

Required Documents

The following documents must be received by the closing date of this announcement:

  • Applicants are encouraged to include information included in the USAJOBS-formatted Resume Builder (
  • If you are displaced Federal employee, you may be entitled to receive special priority consideration under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) or Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP). View information about ICTAP eligibility on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. See To be considered eligible under ICTAP or CTAP, you must be placed in the "well-qualified" category for this position, as described above.
  • Veterans Preference documentation (DD-214 - member 4 copy or other copies that indicate character of discharge or equivalent, SF-15 and VA Letter as appropriate) to validate your claim. For more information regarding eligibility requirements, see:
  • If you are eligible for Special Appointment eligibility (e.g., 30% compensable veteran, individuals with disabilities, former Peace Corps or other noncompetitive eligibility candidates.) requires submission of supporting documentation. For more information visit: http://www.opm.gov/employ/students/fedhire.asp#authorities,
  • If you are a current or former political appointee (Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or presidential appointee employee), you must submit a copy of a your SF-50, along with a statement that provides the following information regarding your most recent appointment (position title, type of appointment (Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES, or Presidential Appointee, agency, beginning and ending dates of appointment, etc.).

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from .

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

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Special Assistant. MC-301-4B
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