Administrative Officer

This position is located within the USDA, Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit. In this position, you will serve as an Administrative Officer, providing administrative and operational support in financial management, human resources, and facilities management. USDA employees: Please refer to the Next Steps section. Major duties: Provides management advisory services and formulates and implements administrative management policies, procedures, operations, goals, and objectives. Provides advice and assistance to management officials on budget, accounting, and financial management matters. Serves as the primary liaison with the Human Resources Division and other appropriate staff offices. Assigns or coordinates work and establishes priorities and deadlines. Explains administrative polices, procedures, regulations, and requirements to managers and employees. 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/. The U.S. Government utilizes Trusted Workforce 2.0 to implement Continuous Vetting (CV) as a-whole-of government approach to personnel security. If selected for this position, you will be subject to continuous automated record checks of criminal, financial, and public record databases throughout your period of eligibility or employment, replacing traditional periodic reinvestigations. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period depending on your appointment type, unless previous federal service is creditable. During this time your employment will be evaluated, and 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 or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.