Travel Assistant

**Duties**:
The incumbent is one of seven team members in the Embassy Paris Visit Support Unit (VSU). VSU supports 53 agencies with950 employees. They provide travel service support to 5,000 to 7,000 visitors per year including hotel reservations, visas process, procurement requests and hotel payment. During Presidential, Secretary of State, and other VIP visits, they work with other VSU members to support hotel reservations and transportation requests. Incumbent will be also responsible for helping E2 users by reviewing travel authorizations when necessary.

**Qualifications and Evaluations**:

- Requirements:
EXPERIENCE: Two years of post-secondary studies is required.

JOB KNOWLEDGE: Strong knowledge of hotel and transport reservation practices. Good knowledge of motorcade security practices.
- Education Requirements:
Two years of post-secondary studies is required.
- Evaluations:
LANGUAGE **(THESE WILL BE TESTED)**:

- English: Good working knowledge - Speaking, Reading & Writing is required
- French: Fluent - Speaking, Reading & Writing is required

SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Excellent skills in negotiation. Ability to work independently. Ability to plan complex events. Ability to prioritize multiple demands on time. Ability to work under pressure. Ability to work with figures and plan a budget. Ability to work long hours. Good organization skill. Ability to maintain high level contacts. Ability to resolve both professional and personal disputes among team members, contractors and visiting delegations on the spot and ability to quickly adjust large logístical plans as schedules shift.
- Qualifications:
All applicants under consideration will be required to pass medical and security certifications.

**Benefits and Other Info**:

- Benefits:

- Agency Benefits:
**SALARY**: The **annual gross salary includes**: the profit-sharing allowance, 13th-month bonus, the vacation allowance, the bonus allowance and the “Comité d’Entreprise” allowance.

**MEAL TICKETS**: Meal tickets have a face value of EUR 8.25/day. 60% of the daily amount is paid by the U.S. Government. An employee contribution of EUR 3.30 per ticket will be deducted in payroll. The number of meal tickets is limited to 202 workdays per year.

**TRANSPORTATION**:Employees are eligible for a reimbursement of 50% of the cost of public transportation passes purchased for commuting purposes.

**HOLIDAYS**: The U.S. Missions in France observe eleven U.S. holidays per year and up to ten French holidays.

**For EFMs**, benefits should be discussed with the Human Resources Office.

The pay plan is assigned at the time of the conditional offer letter by the HR Office.
- Other Information:
HIRING PREFERENCE ORDER:
1. AEFM / USEFM who is a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran*
2. AEFM / USEFM
3. FS on LWOP and CS with reemployment rights**
- IMPORTANT: Applicants who claim status as a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran must submit a copy of their most recent DD-214 (“Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty”), Letter from Veterans’ Affairs which indicates the present existence of a service-connected disability dated within the past six months, equivalent documentation, or certification. A “certification” is any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active-duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days after the certification is submitted by the applicant. The certification letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service. Acceptable documentation must be submitted in order for the preference to be given.

**This level of preference applies to all Foreign Service employees on LWOP and CS with re-employment rights back to their agency or bureau.