Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Description

SAIC is hiring an Executive Assistan t to provide executive level management and analytical support to the Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)). This is an exciting position that requires close interaction with top department leadership within the Pentagon and across the DoD, including Components, industry partners, academia, international partners, and associations to achieve mission goals and outcomes. The Executive Assistant will assist our customers in solving complex problems; manage meetings and schedules; plan and track travel; and increase workforce productivity through process improvement.

This position is 100% on site in Arlington, VA.

Job Description:

• Manage executive schedules, coordinate visit requests, process visitor requests and de-conflict events.

• Manage senior-level executive correspondence within OSD and across the DoD.

• Assist government personnel with domestic and international travel to accomplish mission requirements efficiently using the Defense Travel System (DTS) in compliance with the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR).

• Gather information; articulate, analyze, and solve problems; visualize and present information; and provide decision support to achieve mission outcomes.

• Create and manage communications for the enterprise, group, and individuals including meeting agendas, briefings, action items and all executive correspondence.

Qualifications

Required Clearance:

• TS/SCI

• US citizenship

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors and ten (10) years of experience in a related technical field; Masters and eight (8) years of experience. Military or industry Executive Assistant experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.

• Strong problem identification and resolution skills, flexibility, and initiative.

• Ability to communicate and work with Senior Executives; particularly experience interfacing and communicating with Senior Executive leadership in government or industry.

• Experience writing and editing memos and correspondence.

• Excellent MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.

• Familiarity with Defense Travel System.

• Familiarity with correspondence control procedures.

• Familiarity organizing and conducting public engagements (meetings, conferences).

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2409084

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability