Job Details

Administrative Officer

This position is located at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. Responsibilities include serving as an Administrative Officer at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. The incumbent performs a wide range of budgetary program oversight, procurement, and personnel management functions in administering the facilities operational programs. An objective of the position is to assess the productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency of the program operations at these sites and to recommend resolution of problems in a full range of administrative activities. Incumbent's primary duty at these sites is to support management in meeting the goals and objectives of the National Cemetery Administration and the Pacific District Office. The primary qualification requirements are analytical ability, substantive knowledge of programs as they effect the operation of a large cemetery and knowledge of pertinent statistical, accounting, budget and economic principles and techniques. Incumbent also performs administrative work concerned with establishing and maintaining employer/employee relationships that contribute to satisfactory productivity, motivation, morale, and discipline. The incumbent is the principal advisor to both the Cemetery Director and the Assistant Cemetery Director in accomplishing a variety of administrative functions. Performs public outreach as needed.

Work schedule: Required to work Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. May include occasional weekends. Due to the mission of the National Cemetery, the cemetery cannot be closed for more than 2 consecutive days at any given time. Additionally, when a federal holiday falls on a Monday or Friday, staff may be required to work on that holiday or a Saturday. All staff is required to work Memorial Day and Veteran's Day each year. Staff will be required to work overtime, weekends and holidays when necessary to meet the needs of the cemetery. Occasionally staff may be called back to the facility to perform emergency overtime work.

Position Description Title/PD#: Administrative Officer / PD137780 The full performance level of this position is GS-12. Relocation Expenses: Not Authorized Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Maybe Authorized

Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/05/2025. You may qualify based on your education, as described below:

Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: experience with personnel management, budget management, and office administration providing advice and assistance to managers and staff personnel process and procedures; assisting in staffing needs, recommending appropriate actions or suggesting alternatives; performing financial management work; managing procurement; tracking management of services and activities of work operations in a program or program support setting; preparing recurring and non-recurring statistical reports; conducts studies to collect data.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

Administration and Management

Physical Requirements: The position requires occasional travel (approximately 5-10% of the time) to other National Cemeteries, network offices, training sites, communities within the cemetery service region, and other locations. Occasional overnight travel is required.

Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

There is no educational substitution at this grade level. Additional Information The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation and be found well-qualified for this vacancy.