Administrative Support Assistant

Make a difference for American agriculture and natural resources as an Administrative Support Assistant with USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service! 

This role will primarily provide assistance in clerical and administrative activities pertaining to correspondence, budget, purchasing, human resources management, timekeeping, travel, and related administrative areas for Customer Service teams within the Kansas State NRCS office. 

Duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Serves as purchase card holder, purchasing supplies, equipment and services within delegated authority using mandatory or open market sources, ensuring proper and timely documentation and reconciling.
• Schedules meetings, prepares agendas, makes arrangements for meeting facilities and notifies participants of schedule changes; prepares materials to be used in presentations or training conducted by the supervisor and staff.
• Assists in review of vehicular accidents involving government vehicles in the area, ensuring proper forms are completed and forwarded to appropriate action personnel in accordance with agency policies and procedures.
• Receives and reviews incoming correspondence, ensuring necessary background material is attached when sending forward; and determines whether items can be personally addressed or need to be forwarded to the supervisor or other appropriate staff.
• Establishes, organizes and maintains a filing system of official material and records, disposing materials in accordance with prescribed procedures and maintaining an up-to-date inventory of technical material for field offices.
• Assists in preparing the Area operating budget for the fiscal year and ensures compliance with agency and state budget requirements.

Please review the full job announcement on USAJOBS for eligibility and qualification information, as well as instructions to apply.

We're hiring to fill (3) vacancies throughout Kansas, but these jobs will close once we reach 40 applicants, so don't hesitate to apply!