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Summary This position is located in USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Foreign Disease Weed Science Research Unit in Frederick, MD. In this position, you will serve as a personal assistant to the Research Leader (RL) and other professional staff, coordinating a wide variety of administrative and clerical tasks essential to the program administration of the Management Unit. Duties Prepares travel requests and vouchers for foreign and domestic travel. Maintains a detailed knowledge of travel policies and regulations in order to …
Summary This position is located in the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. The selectee is not required to report to a government office, however, the option to work in one of the Agency offices may be available. In this position, you will be responsible for supporting the NAL’s Animal Welfare Information Center with library-related tasks such as supporting evidence-based reviews, developing bibliographies and contributing to collections and the thesaurus. Duties Provide literature searching and evidence-based review support …
Workplace Culture At USDA, we are recommitting ourselves to the values of equity and inclusion rooted in justice and equal opportunity for our employees and those we serve. Job Description Duties include: 1. Develop a style guide for data visualization, including best practices for color palettes, graphics, and chart types. 2. Build a dashboard/data visualization as a final internship project. 3. Support monthly data visualization hours for the agency with content development, and presentations where appropriate. 4. Participate in team …
Workplace Culture At USDA, we are recommitting ourselves to the values of equity and inclusion rooted in justice and equal opportunity for our employees and those we serve. Job Description Strong work ethic, excellent communication skills and personal motivation and responsibility for your work. Takes personal responsibility for work and time, and contacts supervisor or team mentor for additional work if needed. Willingness to ask questions if something is not understood or is unclear. Willingness to share your own ideas …
Help with daily lab and greenhouse duties (e.g. tissue culture/media/solutions; transfer cultures); data collection/entry; flow cytometry; DNA extraction; microscopy; hybridization). Computer skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel). Must be able to follow directions and safety guidelines; willing to learn; willing to work in group and independently; dependable. About USDA and HACU For the past 27 years, USDA has partnered with HACU to provide internship opportunities for hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students. These internships provide valuable professional experience for students while also …
Job Description: Duties include: • Participates in conducting and evaluating research using various sources to learn the technical aspect of trade compliance and enforcement and to be able to gain an understanding in addition to addressing questions from stakeholders. • Assists in general administrative support, including responding to routine inquiries, special projects, and preparing and/or editing correspondence. • Assists in developing briefings, issue papers, presentations, and conference materials. • Participates and contribute in scheduled meetings and conferences. Assembles and analyzes …
Job Description: Duties include: •Communicates with various administrative management divisions in the preparation of personnel requests, training forms, time and attendance reports. • Prepares and maintains the necessary control mechanisms of requisition requests in procuring a variety of supplies and office equipment. • Makes domestic and/or international travel arrangements. Coordinates schedules of visits, transportation and hotel reservations. • Makes arrangements for meetings and conferences, including gathering background materials, notifying participants. • Establishes and maintains office records, procedures, reference materials and …
Job Description: Conducts market research for simplified acquisitions. Assists customers with identifying requirements documents to be submitted with a purchase request. Assists Contracting Officer with developing requests for quotes and evaluating quotes to support vendor selection. Assists with administering contracts for simplified acquisitions. Assists with contract closeout About USDA and HACU For the past 27 years, USDA has partnered with HACU to provide internship opportunities for hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students. These internships provide valuable professional experience for students …
Job Description: Prepares reports and analyzes data from various web-based acquisition systems. Prepares presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint. Reviews acquisition transaction records for compliance using established checklists. Maintains records for various acquisition programs. About USDA and HACU For the past 27 years, USDA has partnered with HACU to provide internship opportunities for hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students. These internships provide valuable professional experience for students while also exposing students to the important work that is done at USDA. The students …
