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Administrative Officer
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Posted today
About the Role
You will serve as a Administrative Officer within the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 4, Louisiana Ecological Services Field Office. The preferred duty location is the Louisiana Ecological Services Field Office in Lafayette, LA, however, the location may be negotiable. The selected applicant will be required to report to a Department of the Interior (DOI) office and the Agency will determine the specific duty station and workstation upon selection.
What You'll Do
- →Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Provide accurate and reliable advice and guidance on a wide range of administrative and business functions as they apply to Field Office operations.
- →Oversee a variety of administrative services, including payroll, travel, and property management, including providing guidance and assistance in preparing cooperative/grant agreements, inter-/intra-agency agreements, reimbursable agreements, etc.
- →Prepare, track, and manage documentation and budgets for reimbursable agreements for three separate programs.
- →Conduct or assist with personnel-related activities including preparation of personnel actions, position descriptions, award justifications, and other personnel related documents.
- →Ensure travel arrangements for program staff and cooperators are made in accordance with Federal Travel Regulations, Department and Service policy.
- →Monitor and track obligations and expenditures throughout the budget execution phase, verifying that obligations and expenditures occur on a timely basis in accordance with the financial plan and regulatory controls and are within available funds.
- →Provide professional and courteous customer service at duty station, to Regional Office, and to internal and external partners as needed.
- →Exhibit leadership to internal and external customers based on knowledge and experience.
- →Be willing to grow in areas of interest to further the mission of the organization Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.
Requirements
- ✓Must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen or National.
- ✓Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- ✓Direct Deposit participation required.
- ✓Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
- ✓To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest.
- ✓This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized.
- ✓In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.
- ✓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.
- ✓You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience.
Personality Fit
Job ID: f4d25ca7-252f-415b-b1d8-63feb72bd5b2
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