Payroll and Travel Administrative Assistant - VMG

Payroll and Travel Administrative Assistant - VMG

The Payroll and Travel Administrative Assistant coordinates travel logistics for employees, including booking commercial flights, hotels, and car rentals, ensuring adherence to travel policies and managing expense reporting for travel events. Key responsibilities include planning large and complex travel itineraries, coordinating with vendors, ensuring compliance with government regulations, and resolving issues during travel detachments. The role requires strong organizational, communication, and problem‑solving skills, as well as familiarity with travel booking systems and relevant regulations such as Department of Defense (DoD) travel policies.

Additional duties include ordering office supplies and materials, preparing and maintaining spreadsheets, databases, or other software files, answering and directing incoming telephone calls, organizing and maintaining departmental personnel files, preparing and shipping outgoing mail, and assisting with weekly payroll processing for accurate reporting and other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Five years of travel administration job‑related experience or equivalent
• Advanced capability operating application software, including word‑processing and spreadsheet programs
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Government Clearance (U.S. citizenship required)
• Prior military personnel must present a DD‑214 with an honorable character of service discharge
• Payroll experience is preferred
• Must have a valid driver’s license

Office environment: aboard a military installation within an aircraft hangar. Occasional lifting to 20 pounds required. Must possess planning/organizational skills and be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security, and sustainability. Our people apply undaunted curiosity, relentless ambition, and boundless imagination to challenge convention and drive progress. Our commitment s are underpinned by safety, collaboration, and well‑being. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, we have approximately 50,000 employees in more than 70 countries across all 7 continents.

HIRING HOURLY Rate of Pay: $28.85 (Hourly rate set by SCA)

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, ancestry, U.S. military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low‑income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

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Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Administrative

Defense and Space Manufacturing

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