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Program Assistant
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Posted 58 days ago
Hybrid Sacramento, CA $41K – $59K Apply by Aug 11, 2026 Miscellaneous Clerk And Assistant ISFJISTJ OperationsHealthcare
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If selected as a Program Assistant, you will perform administrative support work associated with animal health field activities. Your work will contribute to the effectiveness of the Veterinary Services Field Operations, their District, other VS operations, actions of non-federal governments, and activities or economic well-being of various stakeholders outside the government.
What You'll Do
- →The duties described are for the full-performance level.
- →At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity.
- →The duties may include, but are not limited to: Collaborates with field personnel to insure appropriate data is maintained and resolves non-hardware, non-software problems in data collection.
- →Oversees office activities related to emergency response; e.g., communicates with state, federal, industry, academic, and private responders.
- →Enters data on suspects, reactors, infected herd tests and follow-up supplemental tests into computer database.
- →Maintains inventory of all official identification ear tags with numbers conforming to policy, enters identification data into the national database and changes the information to keep it up-to-date.
- →Identifying resource needs, resource costs, and available funds to meet procurement priorities, procuring supplies, equipment, and/or services.
- →Assists with ensuring that sampling agreements, informal contracts, formal contracts and fee basis agreements are properly negotiated, executed and paid.
- →Compiles, organizes, and maintains documentation in an electronic document management system to include correspondence, software development and documentation, etc.
- →Enters data into financial systems, collects data for input, prepares the estimated obligations report, maintains a salary and benefits spreadsheet and reviews the fund report.
Requirements
- ✓This position does not have an education qualification requirement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0dc69b13-925d-4fd1-b9d7-53e6b82233e3
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