Program Assistant (Temporary)
NOAA Fisheries Service
Washington, DC
I.M. Systems Group, Inc. (IMSG) (www.imsg.com), a Federal Government Contractor located in Rockville, Maryland is currently seeking to hire a Program Assistant to provide support services to NOAA and the NOAA Fisheries Service through support to the NOAA Ocean and Coastal Council (NOCC), Ocean Resource Management Interagency Policy Committee (ORM-IPC) of the National Ocean Council (NOC), and NOAA Office of Policy regarding the National Ocean Policy (NOP). The Program Assistant will work directly with NOAA’s Director of Policy and NOAA’s Senior Policy Advisor for the National Ocean Policy. This is a four month temporary position beginning Feb 14, 2012 through May 31, 2012.
Duties:
- Responsible for tasks associated with meeting organization and follow-up activities including organizing agendas, reserving meeting rooms, arranging for conference call lines, taking minutes of meetings, preparing and distributing drafts of minutes to meeting attendees, drafting talking points for meeting chairs, reviewing documents prior to meetings and briefing NOAA administrators/management on items to be covered in meetings, and noting any items of concern in documents or meeting agendas.
- Distributing and collating comments on documents to be reviewed including sending and/or posting documents on an FTP, SharePoint site, or other mechanism for making documents available to reviewers or meeting attendees, coordinating and collating reviewer comments and edits to draft documents, distributing collated comments/edits to reviewers, facilitating discussions on material in the documents, assisting with drafting, revising and editing documents, and responding to meeting attendees/reviewers questions and/or concerns who are engaged in the document review process.
Qualifications:
- 5 years’ experience providing similar services, or one fewer year for each year of college education
- Excellent writing and grammar skills
- Strong knowledge of Word, Excel, and Adobe,
- Strong organizational skills, records maintenance, familiarity with electronic calendars and email
- An interest in environment and natural resources is desirable
To Apply:
Please submit your resume, the contact information for three (3) references, your salary requirements and a cover letter explaining how your qualifications meet the requirements of the position to jobs@imsg.com with the following subject line: NOA12003 – Program Assistant. Your application will not be considered unless it is sent to the above mentioned email.
IMSG offers an outstanding benefits package including company paid medical benefits and three weeks paid time off. The salary range for this position is 40-45k.
IMSG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Veteran friendly.