Senior Executive Assistant

Description

SAIC is hiring a Senior Executive Assistant to provide executive level support to senior Department of Defense (DoD) official. 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, and international partners to achieve mission goals and outcomes. The Senior Executive Assistant will assist our customer in managing schedules across the highest levels of the Department and requires excellent attention to detail, the ability to think strategically in a fast-paced environment, and strong organizational skills.

This position is on site in Arlington, VA.

Job Description:

• Manage executive schedule in close coordination with government and military staff and assist with de-conflicting events
• Brief executive schedules to government and military staff and track changes, requests, and priorities of the executive's calendar
• Manage senior-level executive correspondence within OSD and across the DoD
• Gather information; articulate, analyze, and solve problems; visualize and present information; and provide decision support to achieve mission outcomes

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• 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.

Required Clearance:

• Active TS/SCI required.
• US Citizenship required.

Required Skills:

• 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

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.