Total 3 Junior Executive level Art / Design / Entertainment job vacancies in Des Moines, Washington

• • Perform administrative duties and serve as the records control clerk for the Forestry ranger station.
• • Maintain office automation correspondence tracking systems.
• • Provide input and review all correspondence and documents to ensure that position, policies, and direction is accurately stated, and all information is properly coordinated.
• • Receive and process all incoming in-coming and out-going correspondence and data.
• • Responsible for all financial documents such as travel, training, purchase orders, print orders, and supplies.
• • Ensure that incoming mail is properly received and routed, retaining that which can be answered personally by reference to policies, precedents, or knowledge of office practices.
• • Responsible for the preparation of a variety of correspondence and documents, such as letters, requisitions, purchase orders, travel authorizations, and reports.
• • Perform or assist with a variety of assignments involving gathering data, analysis, and development of responses to inquiries.

The individual selected for this position will:

• Assist with administrative and technical supervisory functions, assign duties and evaluate performance. Develop the organizational unit’s budget and assists with the daily workload. 
• Resolve complaints and grievances as delegated by higher level supervisor. 
• Provide for employee skills enrichment through job related coaching, mentoring and training.
• Serve as the day-to-day operational supervisor of staff and monitor compliance related to goals cited in strategic plans and operational programs for the Office Services Division.
• Provide expertise and insight into programmatic applications, including procurement of administrative supplies and equipment, printing, reproduction, property management, space management, records management, mail service, facilities and equipment maintenance, and transportation.
• Assign work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, prepare schedules for completion of work and approve leave in WEB/TA in the absence of division chief.
• Manage the workload that requires complicated administrative controls involving the purchase of supplies and equipment, inventory management, property accountability, vehicle utilization and maintenance, lease agreements for vehicles and property, parking management and responsiveness to priorities of AOC top management officials.
• Analyze and evaluate, on a quantitative or qualitative basis, the effectiveness of programs or operations in meeting established goals and objectives and analyzes program performance data to identify issues and make recommendations for improvement.
• Proposes improvements to administrative polices, office procedures, practices and correspondence consistent with the goals of the AOC Strategic Plan.
• Create new methods to enhance and streamline operations. Review and prepares reports and papers. Develop new ways to resolve problems in meeting established goals and objectives for program effectiveness. Identify issues, gather and analyze information to develop advice and guidance to resolve substantive problems impacting the effectiveness and efficiency of work operations.
• Assist with training coordination for the Chief Administrative Officer, Communications and Congressional Relations organizations.
• Ensure that program materials conform to AOC brand standards, guidelines, objectivity, style, and presentation.
• Assists in Emergency Action Response Planning in the event of emergencies and or closures at the AOC.
• Write reports and communication documents related to areas of responsibility.
• Prepare and deliver oral presentations to a variety of audiences within the AOC.
• Serve as alternate Records Management and PII Liaison for the CAO to develop and update file plans and procedures for paper and electronic records so that records are organized.

The operational needs of the Capitol Visitor Center require that as a Visitor Assistant, you will need to work on Saturdays and holidays, and may be expected to work Sundays and/or evenings in support of special events. As a Visitor Assistant you will be required to walk, talk and stand for hours, up to an entire shift, as well as walk up and down steps. In addition, you will be required to lift items which may weigh up to 20 pounds, such as stanchions and boxes. While your work would be primarily indoors, you will need to work outdoors, in a variety of weather conditions, to facilitate visitors entering the buildings or to provide support for special events.

As a Visitor Assistant you will:

• Provide visitor services assistance in support of tour operations in the CVC and the Capitol. You will gather the group to explain the procedures to be followed and any safety and conduct measures required; assist and provide order with managing extremely large groups with unfamiliar surroundings where there may be safety concerns. Collaborate with co-workers, specifically, visitor assistants and guides, on daily and routine tasks and adjusts, as necessary, to ensure visitor flow is maintained and tours and programs operate as scheduled. Use hand-held radios to talk with co-workers and/or supervisor regarding new information or assignments or if in need of additional personnel within the CVC.
• Work with visitors in a variety of ways, in support of tours and programs (e.g., greeting visitors at tour and program staging areas, assisting with reservations, providing information on times and content, loading and unloading theaters, operating audio-visual equipment, collecting data, distributing listening devices, dividing larger groups into smaller groups per tour limitations, arranging for accessibility services). You will also have to consider safety and security factors when coordinating tour operations. And you will use the advance reservation automated system to verify reservations for visitors or tour groups.
• Confirm or set up a new reservation with in-coming visitors in the automated reservation system and issues tickets.
• Work with visitors to resolve late or early arrivals or adjustments to the reserved time. You may be required to lift twenty pound boxes of tickets restock printers for the automated reservation system.
• Occasionally be required to provide brief, informal talks on the history presented in the Exhibition Hall and the CVC and inform visitors about the historical significance of exhibits and artifacts.
• Receive guidance from the U.S. Capitol Police with regard to safety and security issues such as addressing prohibited items, directing crowds and assisting visitors in the event of an emergency in the CVC or Capitol, and maintaining personal safety. If any safety and security concerns should arise, you will report them to supervisors and US Capitol Police.
• Be expected to work Saturdays and holidays, and may be expected to work Sundays and/or evenings in support of special events, due to the operational needs of the Visitor Center.

*** Please Note: This position is temporary in nature and will not exceed 13 months.  This is strictly a temporary appointment where there is no permanent need or permanent funding available for the work involved and that the temporary appointment is limited in duration. The duration of this temporary appointment may be shorter or longer, depending on the duration of the work or project. The temporary position may also be terminated at any time due to lack of work and/or lack of funds without any advance notice. As a non-permanent employee, you may also be separated for failure to meet management’s expectations, with no advance notice.