Program Administrative Assistant

Job Description

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: To be considered for this position, you must submit a complete application with a resume and writing sample attached. If you’re unable to upload all of your application documents via Workday please send an email to recruiting@macf.com with the documents you were unable to attach; they will be uploaded on your behalf. Please ensure you still submit your general application information and resume via Workday.

An active US secret clearance or above is required to qualify for this position.

Macfadden, now part of PAE, is seeking a Program Administrative Assistant to support USAID’s Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA). The Program Administrative Assistant will provide additional administrative and program support to USAID/ASHA. The Administrative Assistants will provide support to the ASHA Director and Deputy Director and provide office wide administrative support. Day to day work assignments and oversight will be provided by the Project Manager.

Essential Functions:

Duties may include but are not limited to:

Administrative:

• Assisting with onboarding of new staff of various hiring mechanisms.
• Liaising with USAID to process memos and other requests to AMS Officers.
• Assisting ASHA staff with general office support including but not limited to badge forms.
• Backstopping the Administrative Assistant in support of the ASHA Director and Deputy Director.

General:

• Coordinating the routing of various documents/memos through the approval chain, following up on pending details, and ensuring deadlines are met.
• Assisting in maintaining trackers, responding to general questions through ASHA mailboxes and consistently monitoring data quality control.
• Attending and providing coverage at various USAID meetings and public events, as assigned.
• Managing calendar invitations, phone bridge lines, video conference calls (if available), agendas, room reservations, logistics, and note taking for various meetings.
• Researching and obtaining information for routine reports and data requests.
• Serving as a timekeeper for ASHA personnel in WebTA, USAID’s time and attendance system.
• Assisting ASHA personnel with various staffing memos including premium pay memos, travel compensation (comp) time memos, comp time calculators, overtime memos.
• Assisting with listerv creation and management.

Education/Experience: Bachelor’s degree required with 1-4 plus years’ of professional/office experience, including internships.

Skills: Candidates must have excellent writing, editing, and communication skills. Applicants must be able to meet deadlines and multitask, have strong attention to detail, and work well with others in a fast-paced and demanding environment. Working knowledge of MS Office Suite is required.

Work schedule: Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This position has limited potential to work from home (Telework).

PAE is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

About the Organization

PAE is a leading provider of enduring support for the essential missions of the U.S. Government, its allied partners and international organizations. As it enters its 60th year of business, PAE’s current portfolio includes capabilities in critical facility infrastructure, aviation, logistics, training, range operations and national security solutions, to support some of the most meaningful and exciting missions in the world.

Today, the approximately 20,000 members of our global workforce perform with excellence and dedication in roughly 60 countries, on all seven continents, in some of the world's most challenging regions. We attribute our success to the quality of our work and the integrity and high ethical standards that define our business operations. PAE is headquartered in Arlington, Va.