Program Assistant

Duties

The duties described are for the full-performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity.

The duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Collaborates with field personnel to insure appropriate data is maintained and resolves non-hardware, non-software problems in data collection.
• Oversees office activities related to emergency response; e.g., communicates with state, federal, industry, academic, and private responders.
• Enters data on suspects, reactors, infected herd tests and follow-up supplemental tests into computer database.
• Maintains inventory of all official identification ear tags with numbers conforming to policy, enters identification data into the national database and changes the information to keep it up-to-date.
• Identifying resource needs, resource costs, and available funds to meet procurement priorities, procuring supplies, equipment, and/or services.
• Assists with ensuring that sampling agreements, informal contracts, formal contracts and fee basis agreements are properly negotiated, executed and paid.
• Compiles, organizes, and maintains documentation in an electronic document management system to include correspondence, software development and documentation, etc.
• Enters data into financial systems, collects data for input, prepares the estimated obligations report, maintains a salary and benefits spreadsheet and reviews the fund report.