**STATEMENT OF WORK**

The mission of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal
and Skin Diseases is to support research into the causes, treatment, and
prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, the
training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research,
and the dissemination of information on research progress in these
diseases.

**The contractor shall provide support in an Intramural Research setting
to the following:**

-   Director, Trans-NIH and Molecular Immunology and Inflammation
    Branch, Molecular-Inflammation Section, IRP, NIAMS, NIH and their
    staff, including but not limited to, maintenance of personal
    calendars, scheduling and maintaining appointments, coordination of
    meetings with upper level management, and the screening and proper
    routing of office visitors and calls.

-   Head of the Autoimmunity Branch, Immunoregulation Unit, IRP, NIAMS,
    NIH and their staff.

-   Chief, Career Development Section, Office of the Scientific
    Director, IRP, NIAMS, NIH and their staff.

> **Job Description:**

-   Coordinates the scheduling of educational and training events for
    staff personnel (Scientist, Fellows, IRTAs).

-   Performs a wide variety of support functions in the area of the
    Fellowship Training Program, creating and maintaining a branch wide
    filing system, credentialing of medical staff, protocol management,
    individual and mass mailings, assembling of organizational packages
    and conducting library (bibliography) research.

-   Performs a variety of typing to include, but not limited to,
    letters, memorandums and any other assigned material, (reports,
    schedules, agendas, manuscripts, abstracts, protocols, etc.),
    obtains clearances as needed.

-   Provides support for the mandated NIAMS Community Representative on
    the Animal Care and Use Committee.

-   Proofreads and spell checks all documents (drafts and final forms)
    prior to submitting them for review and maintains a daily back-up
    copy on the appropriate media of all typed documents.

-   Processes travel for the Branch Chiefs, Section Chiefs, lab staff,
    office guests, including arranging flight, hotel, conference
    registration, ground transportation (if applicable), and other
    reservations. Retrieves airline tickets for staff members from the
    travel office when necessary. Maintains copies of all travel
    authorizations, vouchers and leave requests in the established
    office file. Composes travel letters of acknowledgement and memo's
    for travel exceptions.

-   Schedules and maintains an accurate tracking system for and prepare
    the required documents for travel, progress of all special
    volunteers, postdoctoral , post-baccalaureate, pre-doctoral and
    clinical fellows within the IRP, and FTE personnel, including all
    required documentation.

-   Provides additional support for the IRP website by entering data,
    tracking changes and making updates when applicable.

-   Provides communications via automation means (current e-mail system
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    **PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.\
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    **October 1, 2007 --through September 30, 2008.