The Travel Administrator is responsible for administering, coordinating, and managing NOIRLab's travel programs. The Travel Administrator will research, schedule, and coordinate travel and services for employees, committee members, guests, and contractors. They will ensure that reservations for air travel, car rentals, and overnight accommodations are accurate and communicated in a timely manner to the traveler.

Essential Functions
- Provide support to NOIRLab staff members, committee members, guests, and contractors to provide mutually agreeable, cost-effective, compliant travel arrangements, including airfare, hotel bookings, and car rentals
- Provide continuing support to the traveler throughout the travel arrangement process
- Ensure compliance with federal travel regulations outlined in OMB Uniform Guidance and terms and conditions as applicable to NOIRLab travelers and as required by AURA Policies, and the NSF
- Develop, maintain, and provide reports on all items related to travel, including flight costs, arrival and departure times, lodging, and other reports as requested.




- Draft, maintain, and update standard operating procedures for flight and lodging processes, including travel expense reports and guidelines.
- Update the NOIRLab Travel Resources web pages as needed to maintain current information, including current security-related travel guidelines as necessary
- Assist staff with travel advance requests
- Thoroughly review all Travel Expense Reports
- Collaborate with colleagues, internal and external agencies, and all NOIRLab locations in service improvement initiatives
- Ensure that services are provided in a consistent, high-quality manner by responding to questions and concerns raised via email and instant messaging platforms.
- All AURA employees are responsible for the proper management and control of all AURA property within their work area, whether assigned to them or someone else. This responsibility includes reporting any known missing, stol

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