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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

We are searching for a part-time Administrative Support Assistant to join our Facilities Department at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State University. ARL’s purpose is to research and develop innovative solutions to challenging scientific, engineering, and technology problems in support of the Navy, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Intel Community (IC).

ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.

You will:

• Greet customers/visitors, provide information and/or refer as appropriate; review and direct phone and mail communications; act on routine requests  

• Schedule and maintain calendar of appointments and meetings; schedule classrooms or conference rooms 

• May coordinate travel arrangements, make reservations, and process reimbursements 

• Compile and organize materials from different sources to draft e-mails and memos, prepare documents, meeting materials, and reports 

• Proofread materials to ensure proper grammar/formatting 

• Process and review routine payroll and/or human resources forms  

• Create and maintain work unit files and databases 

• Perform data entry; gather, assemble and format data to create simple reports 

• Update and make routine changes to web pages 

• Attend meetings; record, transcribe and distribute meeting minutes 

• Serve as resource to others on a variety of subjects including office equipment, software application usage, and information processing procedures 

• May maintain inventory and order/purchase office supplies; arrange for equipment maintenance; process work orders for facilities repairs/needs 

• Assist in arranging special events 

• Assist with planning and coordination of projects 

• May provide training and/or supervision of student and other support staff  

Preferred skills/experience:

• Active government security clearance

• Microsoft Office