**Description** Interested in growing with an Employee-Owned Company offering great benefits? The Applied Electromagnetics Division (https://www.ara.com/electromagnetics/) of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (https://www.ara.com/) in Lafayette, CO needs a Full-Time Administrator! Responsibilities include Purchasing for Government Contracts, Accounts Payable, Vendor Certification, various other administrative tasks. Work in a team environment in our office at Lafayette, CO; M-F 8:00-5:00pm. Come join a great team! **Local applicants only, no relocation available** . **Salary range is $25-$35 dependent upon level of experience and education.** **Employees working 30+ have FT benefits! Such as:** + Medical - Traditional or Consumer (High-Deductible) PPO + Dental + Vision + (401(k) - Roth and/or Traditional + Employee Stock Ownership Plan + Personal Leave + Paid Holidays + FMLA​​ + Short- and Long-Term Disability + Life Insurance and AD&D Plus, other ancillary benefits. Apply to find out more! **What you’ll do as an Administrative Assistant:** + Purchase Critical Manufacturing Materials + Reconcile PCard Purchases + Process Accounts Payable + Manage Vendor Certification + Stock Office Supplies + Assist in Planning Meetings and Social Events + Assist Associate Division Manager + Assist Division HR Administrator with Various Onboarding Tasks. **Requirements for the Administrative Assistant:** + Comfortable working time sensitive tasks in a fast-paced office environment. + Flexible and able to quickly pivot with last-minute changes and taskings. + Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle sensitive information. + Work well under pressure to meet critical accounting and supply chain deadlines. + Able to take direction well and work professionally with others + Strong written and verbal communication skills. + Proficient in navigating vendor websites and call lines. + Able to understand and work within budgets. + Willing to learn new tasks, skills, and office tools. **Administrative Assistant Preferences:** + Associate’s degree or technical training in business, office management, or a related field + Strong accounting and spreadsheet skills + Experience with Excel, Costpoint and SharePoint + Experience purchasing for government contracts **Employees working 30+ at ARA have FT benefits! Such as:** + Medical - Traditional or Consumer (High-Deductible) PPO + Dental + Vision + (401(k) - Roth and/or Traditional + Employee Stock Ownership Plan + Personal Leave + Paid Holidays + FMLA​​ + Short- and Long-Term Disability + Life Insurance and AD&D Plus, other benefits. Apply to find out more! **COMPANY INFORMATION** Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2,300 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics. At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns’ greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. **ARA offers competitive benefits that address our employees needs now and in the future. Learn more about each of our benefits at** **https://www.ara.com/benefits/** **.** The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com . **Applicants interested in this Administrative Assistant’s position, must apply at careers.ara.com; Job Code: ADMIN008778.** **Qualifications** **Behaviors** **Required** + **Detail Oriented:** Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well + **Team Player:** Works well as a member of a group **Motivations** **Required** + **Flexibility:** Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals + **Self-Starter:** Inspired to perform without outside help **Education** **Preferred** + Associates or better in Business **Experience** **Required** + 1-2 year: Experience with Accounts Payable + 3-4 years: Work in an office environment Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)