Administrative Support Assistant

U.S.-Fish-; Marquette (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S.-Fish- is seeking an Administrative Support Assistant for Region 3, Marquette Biological Station in Marquette, Michigan. You will provide essential administrative support and coordinate payroll, travel, procurement, and budget-related tasks.

Applicants should have experience with payroll regulations, personnel actions, and budget reconciliation. Proper work hours must be stated on resumes to ensure credit for experience.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience required in advanced administrative tasks.
• One year of experience at GS-05 level or equivalent.
• Hours per week must be specified on the resume for credit.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate payroll and personnel actions.
• Arrange travel and coordinate procurement.
• Track and reconcile budgets and prepare reports.

Skills

Payroll coordination

Travel arrangements

Procurement support

Budget tracking

Job description

You will serve as a Administrative Support Assistant working in Marquette, Michigan for the Region 3, Marquette Biological Station.

Qualifications:

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/25/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications:

To qualify for this position at the GS-06 grade level:

Specialized Experience Requirement:

you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: performing a wide variety of advanced administrative functions such as coordinating payroll, preparing and entering personnel actions, coordinating travel arrangements, managing a procurement system, and preparing, tracking, and reconciling an organization's budget. You must include hours per week worked.

To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level:

Specialized Experience Requirement:

you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: performing a wide variety of advanced administrative functions such as advising employees on payroll regulations and serving as payroll coordinator; serving as liaison with Human Resources by preparing and entering personnel actions, and processing employee paperwork; serving as the technical advisor for travel processes and regulations; advising on procurement; and performing budget and financial management by collecting data for a budget, making recommendations, tracking expenditures, creating budgetary reports, and reconciling an organization's budget.You must include hours per week worked.

Volunteer Experience:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.