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Secretary (OA)
Agricultural Research Service · Posted 13 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), USDA, located in Manhattan, Kansas. The position is located in the NBAF Director's office and you will serve as a personal assistant to the NBAF Director. You will coordinate work with Research units, the Area Director's office, other ARS Research Centers and the Office of National Programs (ONP).
What You'll Do
- →Serves as confidential assistant and provides procedural, clerical, program and coordination support to the NBAF Director.
- →Reviews all incoming directives, regulations, correspondence, and publications in the Director’s office; and determines those that can be acted upon personally and tasks necessary action.
- →Recommends changes to existing procedures or to develop new ideas to enhance or streamline procedures.
- →Receives and reviews all incoming mail and phone calls for the Director, and uses independent judgment in handling important business and high profile visitors/phone calls or directs them to the attention of the Director.
- →Maintains the Director’s daily calendar, scheduling appointments/arranging conferences/meetings without specific prior approval and based on personal knowledge of the Director’s workload and current issues of importance.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a US Citizen or US National.
- ✓Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
- ✓Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
- ✓Direct Deposit - Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
- ✓Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
- ✓To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may 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.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 6cc6c19e-d3ae-4047-828f-19729d4e9f94
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