US Forest Service
A career with the Forest Service will challenge you to manage and care for more than 193 million acres of our nation's most magnificent lands, conduct research through a network of forest and range experiment stations and the Forest Products Laboratory, and provide assistance to State and private forestry agencies.
It's an awesome responsibility - but the rewards are as limitless as the views.
This position is located at the Hilo, Hawaii field office of the Pacific Southwest Research Station. The incumbent of this position serves as a personal assistant to the Program Manager and other professional staff, coordinating a wide variety of administrative and clerical tasks essential to the program administration of the Research Program.
For more information please contact Ricardo Lopez at 808-854-2601 or rdlopez@fs.fed.us.
PLEASE NOTE: This vacancy is limited to the first 50 applications received and will close at 11:59pm ET on the closing date or at 11:59pm ET on the day we receive the 50th application, whichever comes first.
Serves as the primary administrative business process point of contact for the Program. Responsible for the administrative oversight of various business processes, which may include processing financial, procurement, property, and other administrative instruments for the Program. Maintains tracking logs, action items, manages administrative suspense items and transaction records. Develops and implements new systems or administrative processes to meet Unit needs (e.g., Administrative Office Procedures Handbook, manuscript/abstract action tracking system, files maintenance, etc.). Identifies, restructures, and recommends ways of eliminating, combining, simplifying or improving administrative and clerical office procedures and processes. Maintains control records and follow-up measures on incoming correspondence and action documents to ensure prompt handling. Independently prepares responses to inquiries on routine matters. Reviews all formal outgoing correspondence for proper format, grammar, punctuation, etc., in accordance with Agency correspondence guidelines. Screens calls and visitors, answering most questions on established policy or routine matters. When calls are referred to the Program Manager, the incumbent furnishes readily obtainable information to aid in the discussion. Schedules conferences and meetings, including arranging logistics, preparing agendas, and notifying participants. Establishes, maintains and revises the office filing system.
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