In this vital role, you will serve as a central administrative pillar for the office coordinating critical day to day operations and facilitating communication between agency leadership and key stakeholders. The ideal candidate possesses exceptional organizational skills, strong communication and the discretion necessary to handle sensitive and time critical information in a highly dynamic environment.
This Staff Assistant position is located in the Legislative Affairs Office, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to: Manages congressional correspondence and administrative records, including filing, maintenance, archiving, and retrieval through systems such as Salesforce, Excel, GovTA, SharePoint, and PowerApps.
Coordinates correspondence and tasks to ensure appropriate routing, review, approval, and timely processing in accordance with TSA policy and management directives. Provides administrative support for all program management functions including payroll, travel, metric development, report development and training. Also assist in coordinating all congressional engagements.
Prepares and reviews responses to congressional inquiries and manages associated legal and administrative records in accordance with established procedures. The major duties described reflect the full performance level of this position. Typically, the lower pay band F performs the same duties but will receive more guidance and training; and/or projects/work assignments may be less complex.
For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses from an accredited college or university, which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume.
The information must be provided with the application by the closing date of the announcement. If selected, the applicant must supply a transcript or certification of degree.
DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including: health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays.
Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; situational telework may be permitted in accordance with departmental policy telework; tuition reimbursement; transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers. DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities.
For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any Federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
Employees who transfer to TSA from an agency that allows employees to maintain an annual leave balance higher than the maximum accumulation for the appointed position will have their leave ceiling set to the maximum accumulation for the appointed position (e.g., United States duty location - 240 hours, foreign duty location - 360 hours, or TSES position - 720 hours). TSA will not make a monetary payment for any leave forfeited under these circumstances.
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This position is with Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security.
The posted pay range is $70623 – $91815/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Secret security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-16.
This position is open under the 'Fed Excepted' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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