Program Support Assistant (Dawson/Lexington)
- Location
- Dawson, Georgia, United States
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Category
- Operations & Management
- Industry
- Operations & Management
- Salary
- $45,409 – $65,599 / year
- Openings
- 1
- Apply by
- 12 Nov 2026
About the role
The Agricultural Research Service is hiring a Program Support Assistant to serve as personal and administrative assistant to a Research Leader and other professional staff. This full-time, permanent role at grades GS-6 to GS-7, with promotion potential to GS-7, pays from $45,409 to $65,599 per year and carries one vacancy across Dawson, Georgia and Lexington, Kentucky, with the location determined upon selection. Duties include programme-planning and research-project coordination support, travel documentation, serving as the unit's primary administrative business-process contact, preparing graphics and tables from statistical data, and coordinating and editing manuscripts and reports. Applicants must be United States citizens or nationals able to type 40 words per minute. Applications close on 12 November 2026 through USAJOBS.
Requirements
Applicants apply through USAJOBS and must be United States citizens or nationals able to type 40 words per minute, with specialised experience at GS-6 or GS-7 level as defined in the announcement.
How to apply
- Select Apply now.
- You are taken to Agricultural Research Service’s own application page to send your application.
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