Serve as the official timekeeper for the Engineering Services Group (Technical Services, Engineering Support, and Engineering Design) using E-TAS.Process travel requests and review travel vouchers for others within the Engineering Services Group using Concur.Maintain multiple calendars to schedule meetings, leave, travel and other commitments.Produce and review correspondence, technical reports, and other data in rough draft and final form through electronic mail and handwritten notes. This includes proofreading and reviewing correspondence and other material prepared by other group staff.Other clerical duties that include directing callers to appropriate staff, receiving and distributing mail, and various filing or organization.

Served as the primary point of contact for callers by directing calls and providing information to the public.Provide administrative support through managing mail services, keeping minutes of meetings, distributing information to park staff as needed, and assisting in troubleshooting office equipment.Assisted in financial management including running budget reports, reallocating charges and expenses, and preparing deposits and bills. All of these tasks require knowledge and execution of DOI’s FBMS and AFS systems.Acted as liaison for human resources. This included preparing for new hires to onboard by initiating new hire paperwork before the employee starts, completing 1st day workflow on USAStaffing, answering any questions they may have about benefits, and assisting in entering payroll. This required proficient use and knowledge of DOI’s FPPS, USAStaffing, and Quicktime systems.Worked with seasonal staff during the on-boarding process by submitting paperwork for background checks and PIV cards and assigning keys and badges. Then again during the off-boarding process by checking back in items, submitting end of season paperwork to HR, and suspending PIV cards.Assisted staff with travel arrangements including preparing travel authorizations and vouchers within Concur.As a purchase card holder, duties included purchase of office equipment and supplies, maintained receipts and records, and monthly reconciliation of purchases.Superfund responsibilities included updating an old database in preparation to transfer to Access and creating a photo log of project photos from the last year.Other duties included assisting with tasks on the ranch as needed such as moving cattle, weighing and vaccinating pregnant cows, and feeding both horses and cows.

Conducted point-count surveys and line transect surveys for dusky grouse. Other grouse species noted were spruce and ruffed grouse. Surveys included collection weather data from a kestrel, playing calls and listening for responses, and determining location distances with a range finder. Coordinate with other surveyors around the state to distribute survey materials and plan survey schedules and locations.

Continued to fill in at the front desk (see job below)Assisted the Wildlife Biologist and Wildlife Technician with managing data collected over previous summers and ongoing project organization.

Hired to fill in for the current administrative support assistant while they were away on a detail.Front line duties involve receiving visitors and maintaining positive in-person interactions and handling calls of routine nature, directing phone calls to appropriate personnel, and selling Christmas tree and firewood permits.

Lead and assisted 3 Range technicians to collect detailed vegetation data at sage-grouse nests and random points within grazing treatments across the study area. Vegetation surveys included daubenmire frames, belt transects, line-intercept, and robel pole surveys. Organization of the crew and data on a daily basis. This included creating survey maps in ArcGIS, planning survey schedules based on nest hatch dates, and data entry and proofing. Communicated and worked with grouse technicians in order to successfully plan and execute a survey schedule within the project protocol.Assisted the grouse technicians in locating hens and capturing and holding chicks for marking. Other duties included ordering or purchasing supplies as needed to maintain operations, kept up with and submitted any receipts associated with the project on a monthly basis, maintained vehicle inspections, and assisted the Conservation Technician with other tasks as needed.

Provide hunting information to the general public over the phone and on a walk-in basis.Facilitate a reservation system between hunters and private landowners.Create and distribute maps displaying private hunting boundaries and Block Management Areas.Assess and collect harvest information for mountain lion and bobcat furbearer harvests as required by Montana FWP.

Conducted Old Growth surveys within the Lewis and Clark National Forest which includes determining the age of the habitat, habitat type, as well as the habitat condition.Conducted Lynx Habitat surveys using vegetation cover boards.Assisted other organizations in avian point count surveys and mountain goat surveys. Participated in Lynx Hair Snare surveys. This includes collecting any hair that may be left behind to be processed to determine species and re-baiting snares. Entered Northern Goshawk data into the NRM database.Created survey maps using designated treatment areas with ArcGISPerformed other tasks as needed such as mending fences, spraying weeds, and hunter patrol during hunting season.Fill in at the front desk as needed. Responsibilities include answering and directing phone calls, distributing mail, and engaging with the public when visiting the ranger station.

• Manage a complex communication system for clients, doctors, and staff.• Front line duties involve generating and maintaining positive in-person client relations, managing internal and external requests, creating efficient schedules for clients and doctors, and handling all aspects of a client’s reception and departure.• Provide daily care and medication for sick and injured pets.• Draw blood, run lab work, and take digital radiographs.• Maintain the boarding facility by providing dogs with multiple walks per day, play time with other dogs, and feeding and medicating.• Clean and maintain hospital grounds, including properly disinfecting against communicable parasites and illnesses.

• Facilitate communication with Forest Service scientists to develop nationwide science education products based on Forest Service science.• Created a wildlife scientist trading card series that is being distributed to classrooms nationwide.• Edit editions of Natural Inquirer articles, journals, and other products. Natural Inquirer is a nationwide science education program conducted by the Forest Service and the Cradle of Forestry in America Interpretive Association.• Maintain the Natural Inquirer Website by creating new Web pages and uploading Web content.• Distribute free educational materials to people and schools across the country.

• Organized, labeled, and shelved fish donated by other museums to be added to the GMNH collection.• Cataloged and labeled reptiles and amphibians for accession.• Cataloged and labeled minke whale skeletons.