Management Support Specialist

The Management Support Specialist will serve as an administrative contact and is expected to provide a range of office requests in support of center operations. These requests include programmatic support, procurement, financial reconciliations and oversight, logistics, property management, travel orders, record keeping, initiating HR actions and other operational needs associated with a unit and/or program.

Salary: $68,405 - $88,926 per year

**Please note, this job will close when we have received 100 applications which may be sooner than the July 24th closing date**

In this position, you will:

  • Assist Senior Management Support Specialists to develop, analyze, evaluate, and maintain internal cuff record systems, file organization, information, and documentation systems.
  • Procure goods and services by preparing contracts, using a purchase card, and/or creating a purchase order then verifying product or services are accounted for, received, and vendor is paid.
  • Manage multiple complex domestic and foreign travel orders concurrently by preparing travel authorizations/vouchers in Smithsonian's travel system.
  • Provide administrative support to the center/program staff and to senior management to include, point of contact for center, timekeeping in WebTA, may serve as a Property Custodian for high value or sensitive items.