This week we’re highlighting an Administrative Assistant III/S position in the Department of Agricultural Food and Resource Economics (Posting #5593).  Some of the job duties for this position include serving as the manager of the Food Security Group (FSG) business office; supervising and managing the work flow of support staff within that office; assisting FSG co-directors and faculty with the coordination and financial administration of FSG project grants; assisting in developing policies and procedures for operational activities and administrative functions of FSG; participating in short- and long-term financial, personnel and procedural planning; preparing cost proposals for grant applications, as well as pipeline analyses for active awards to ensure adequate funding and support project extension requests; handling appointments, reappointments and salary redistributions; and assisting in monitoring account balances and burn rates, and in developing and obtaining approval for sub-contracts. For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.eduand select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.