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Job Ref:	FS81191
Employer:	URS.
City:	Washington
State/Province:	District of Columbia
Country:	United States
Type of Employment:	Full Time
Environmental Categories:	Other
Industries:	Management Consulting Services

Job Description:

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Public Affairs or a related field and 3 years of job related experience or equivalent. Experience in program management support is required. Familiarity with scientific/medical terminology is a huge plus.

Must have experience working in an office setting and possess strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
Good written communication skills; working knowledge of word-processing and integrated software applications; organizational skills and ability to perform detail-oriented work are required. Must be able to multi-task and prioritize assignments in accordance to program goals.

**Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Job Description:

URS Corporation is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The Company offers a full range of program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; information technology; and decommissioning and closure services. URS provides services for power, infrastructure, industrial, oil and gas, and federal projects and programs. Headquartered in San Francisco, URS Corporation has more than 57,000 employees in a network of offices in nearly 50 countries (www.urs.com).

We are seeking a Program Support Assistant for our Washington, DC office supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development.

Essential Job Functions:
1. Generate all program related correspondence, through VA Central Office including Congressional inquiries.
2. Compose issue briefs and executive summaries for the VA Office of Research and Development.
3. Maintain document-related spreadsheets and database.
4. Provide program management support to scientific program manager in the administrative elements of the Biomedical Laboratory/Clinical Science Research and Development Services BLRD/CSRD research portfolio.
5. Perform filing and archive functions for program material.
6. Execute appropriate audit controls to ensure program tracking system is consistent with program records.
7. Perform data entry and data extraction of program-related data used by scientific program manager's to make scientific, management and budgetary programmatic decisions.
8. Coordinate the in-take, validation, and review of all program submissions.
9. Support meeting management functions recording meeting minutes, and generating all pre and post meeting correspondence.
10. Effectively communicate program related non-scientific information to stakeholders.

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EOE M/F/D/V

Post Date:

06/27/2013

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