Secretary (OA)

This position is located in the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Field Organization, Pacific West Area (PWA), Location Support Staff located in Pullman, WA.

In this position, you will support the supervisor and the staff by performing various administrative and clerical duties that support the organization's primary mission.

• Responds to routine and nontechnical requests for information available from the files or other office records.
• Prepares and transmits Time and Attendance records and reports for office staff.
• Maintains calendar and schedules appointments for the supervisor with authority to commit supervisor's time based on a knowledge of his/her interests, commitments, and work schedule.
• Establishes and maintains the office filing system(s) to meet program needs for information storage and retrieval.
• Arranges travel for staff, including scheduling transportation, making room reservations, preparing travel authorizations and itineraries, and preparing travel vouchers.
• Assists supervisor's subordinates in the procedural aspects of expediting the work of the office, including distributing the workload of clerical help to take care of fluctuating workloads.