Staff Assistant

The Staff Assistant position is in the Office of the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (R). The R Front Office serves the Under Secretary and provides vision and guidance to the practitioners in the field, as well as the R family bureaus and components of the regional bureaus in Washington. As the Staff Assistant, you will be responsible for coordinating and assisting in the accomplishment of complex administrative and operational issues, processes and business needs.

Manages all operational support to the organization and develops operating procedures and best practices to facilitate the coordination of operational efforts, program and operational studies, logistical studies and recordkeeping.

Develops processes and procedures to conduct and coordinate all management issues including personnel, travel, general services, training, procurement, communication and correspondence issues, space management, records, and scheduling.

Creates work processes for scheduling, logistical, and planning support for inter organizational groups/meetings. Engages bureaus to facilitate meetings and organize inter organizational groups, and establish a process to formalize relationships.

Review important matters requiring the attention of the Under Secretary and members of staff; analyzes proposals and policy recommendations, office correspondence, reports and other highly classified documents for clearance and endorsements

Undertakes special projects, as assigned, by the Under Secretary, Chief of Staff, Senior Advisor or other leadership staff.

Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.