Program Support Assistant

This position is located in the Commodity Protection & Quality Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Pacific West Area in Parlier, CA.

In this position, you will be responsible for various secretarial/administrative and program support duties that are essential to the smooth operation of the laboratory's administrative office and research programs.

• Participates in program planning support work such as research project coordination, travel documentation, budget coordination/tracking, agreements, and human resources administration.
• Advises on procedural and documentation requirements for research plans, annual progress reports, international travel proposals, and cooperative agreements, grants, and trusts.
• Schedules conferences and meetings, including arranging logistics, preparing agendas, and notifying participants.
• Provides training and advisory services to the RL and professional staff in all program administrative procedures ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Serves as the primary administrative business process point of contact for the unit.
• Reviews all formal outgoing correspondence for proper format, grammar, punctuation, etc., in accordance with Agency correspondence guidelines.
• Maintains tracking logs, action items, manages administrative suspense items and transaction records.