Student Trainee (Administration and Analysis)

Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 7, 2026

This job will close when we have received 100 applications which may be sooner than the closing date.

Salary: $46,610 - $60,593 per year

Location

2 vacancies in the following location: Washington, DC

Multiple Schedules - Positions may be filled either Full time or Part-time based on agency needs. Part-time will be up to 32 hours per week.

Duties

The student trainee will work with higher graded technical and professional staff in support of office programs and activities to gain practical work experience that augments training in an academic course of study. Assignments are designed to provide orientation, training, and familiarization with the work processes of OSHA.

• Uses personal computers with office applications to perform operations or prepare documents and uses on-line resources to obtain information from the Internet.
• Drafts, proofreads, and edits documents, spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations.
• Performs basic evaluation, computations, calculations, and statistical analyses on management data.
• Attends meetings and takes notes, records minutes, and tracks milestones, and deadlines.
• Tracks and monitors incoming digital correspondence and telephone inquiries.
• Monitors supplies for the Agency employees (takes basic supply inventory, receives requests, places orders, distributes supplies, and maintains records).
• Supports stakeholder engagement event planning (e.g. conducts preliminary research for selection of event location; is responsible for logistical arrangements; obtaining interagency clearances, etc.)

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be at least 16 years old and a U.S. Citizen.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• The entire duration of the Post-Secondary Student appointment constitutes a trial period.
• Must maintain enrollment as a student pursuing a baccalaureate or graduate degree on at least a half-time basis.
• Upon completion of requirements for graduation and successful completion of the PSS program requirements, you may be eligible for non-competitive conversion, at the agency's discretion, to a career or career-conditional appointment.
• There is no promotion potential while in the Post Secondary Student Trainee program. If converted to a career/career-conditional appointment, the full performance level is GS-12.

Qualifications

To qualify for Student Trainee (Administration and Analysis) at the GS-05 grade level, applicants must possess the following experience and/or education:

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level, in the Federal Service. Examples of specialized experience:

• Providing administrative support to others, such as: proofreading correspondence for format and grammar, tracking action items, reviewing forms for completeness, and responding to telephone inquiries.
• Using Microsoft Outlook to compose and send emails, create, and manage appointments for self and others.
• Using Microsoft PowerPoint to create and edit presentations, creating slides by adding bullets and text, placing graphics, inserting charts, reordering slides, etc.
• Using Microsoft Excel to create spreadsheets and possess the ability to imbed basic mathematical formulas and functions in order to calculate, sort, manipulate and reformat data.
• Conducting research over the internet to obtain information.

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Education: Four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university.

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Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages.

Post Secondary Students are TERM appointments NTE 4 years in the competitive service. Upon successful completion of all program requirements and at the agency's discretion, the student may be eligible for non-competitive conversion to a career/career-conditional appointment. See Additional Information section for more details.