
HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT (MIL/OA)
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The Human Resources Assistant will support Navy officer commissioning programs, including the Officer Candidate Course and Platoon Leaders Class. The role administers applicant and officer records, assists the Officer Selection Officer with calendars, meetings, and travel, reviews medical forms, and prepares official correspondence and related documents. The announcement may be used to fill positions at various Department of the Navy commands.
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Summary This vacancy announcement may be used to fill positions at various Department of the Navy Commands, including but not limited to Marine Corps and Commander, Navy Installations. Responsibilities You will manage the administration and functions associated with the officer commissioning programs Officer Candidate Course (OCC) and Platoon Leaders Class (PLC). You will monitor and provide administrative action on applicants, officer candidates, and commissioned officers for Officer Programs. You will serve as administrative assistant to the Officer Selection Officer (OSO) and coordinate his/her academic calendar, schedules meetings and coordinates travel arrangements for applicant/candidate travel. You will review and screen applicant medical forms, ensuring forms are current, complete and accurate. You will develop and prepare all Officer Selection Team (OST) official correspondence, lists, vouchers, medical documents, reports and memoranda. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-06 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: providing clerical support such as administering background screening, reviewing documents, and/or processing applicant packages for commissioning programs (e.g. Marine Corps Officer Programs - the Platoon Leaders Class (PLC), the Officer Candidates Class (OCC), or similar programs). Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National 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 that translates directly to paid employment. Education Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,767 open Administrative Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$66–86K/yr20 salary ranges
- California median$23–27/hr53 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 98 open Administrative Assistant jobs in California and 1,767 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Administrative Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (901 postings).
- Education
- 119 of the 1,767 open Administrative Assistant jobs (7%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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