Travel Specialist

The Opportunity:

To achieve an organization's mission, leaders need strong team members who can facilitate travel management, provide guidance on travel policies and procedures, comply with federal travel regulations, utilize and assist others in travel management systems, identify travel violations and discrepancies, and communicate travel requirements with internal stakeholders. Whether it be helping clients book travel, processing vouchers, or tracking client travel reimbursements, our clients need someone who can help process travel while also staying updated on any travel policies and federal regulations. That is why we need an experienced travel specialist like you who can support client travel, educate clients on travel policies, guidelines, and regulations, and proficiently administer travel management systems and ensure a smooth travel process.

As part of our team, you'll serve as a strategic technical specialist to the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), helping conceptualize, create, and execute advanced government-funded research and development (R&D) programs to accelerate better health outcomes for everyone. You'll work with world-class scientists and engineers to support the development of high-impact solutions to society's most challenging health problems.

You'll serve as a Travel Specialist, helping clients book travel, processing vouchers and travel expenses, and ensuring compliance with federal travel regulations. You will be responsible for utilizing travel management systems, educating clients on travel processes, identifying travel violations and discrepancies, and ensuring client vouchers and expenses are processed in a timely manner. Your attention to detail, flexibility, communication skills, understanding of the client's mission, and problem-solving will enable the mission's success.

What You'll Work On:

• Provide guidance and educate stakeholders on federal travel policies, procedures, regulations, and compliance.
• Assist federal staff with booking travel and travel arrangements.
• Utilize the agency's travel management systems and aid stakeholders on how to navigate the system.
• Assist with the completion and processing of vouchers and ensuring all required information and documentation are included.
• Identify and resolve any travel-related issues, errors, discrepancies, or policy violations and work with stakeholders to correct these issues.
• Ensure travel expenses are reimbursed to stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Stay informed on any new federal travel policies and communicate any changes to stakeholders.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• 3+ years of experience facilitating federal travel
• Experience with Concur Government Edition or GO.gov federal travel management systems
• Experience providing administrative leadership support
• Experience with travel coordination for U.S. government federal staff
• Experience with coordination of stakeholder travel bookings, vouchers, and expense reimbursement
• Experience interacting and communicating with internal stakeholders
• Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have:

• Experience supporting HHS travel
• Experience operating in an R&D environment
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Ability to be well-organized, detail-oriented, and adept at multitasking and prioritizing responsibilities to meet deadlines
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.