Executive Assistant

The Executive Assistant will support a variety of Agency offices and requires highly experienced administrative support. An Executive Assistant is expected to offer a combination of proven experience and expertise to independently support a customer office with a broad range of administrative activities. The Executive Assistant independently accomplishes demanding and challenging administrative tasks that are routine and involve high levels of complexity. The Executive Assistant is expected to independently handle multiple tasks with competing priorities.

Security Requirement:

• Must have an active Top Secret/SCI clearance to apply
  

 Minimum Required Skills and Qualifications

•  Proven experience as an administrative assistant supporting administrative requirements at the mid- to upper management levels of an office.
• Independently anticipate and provide responsive administrative support to facilitate completion of all organizational mission requirements. This will require executing a broad range of administrative responsibilities with some tasks occurring routinely and/or on an “ad hoc” basis per real-time needs of the office.  
• Provide the office with a centralized source of administrative expertise and guidance, which ultimately affects the success of the mission.
• Independently apply mature and objective judgment to determine best approach and course of action to take in both routine and non-routine administrative situations. This will require accurately interpreting and adapting guidelines, policies, precedents and practices that are not always completely applicable to a changing situation.
• Support office discussions regarding the organization’s administrative business rhythms and contribute recommendations as necessary. Specifically advise office leadership and management on the administrative implications of additions, deletions, or changes to the varied functions of the organization.
• Prepare special or one-time reports, summaries, or replies to inquiries, selecting relevant information from a variety of sources such as reports, documents, correspondence and other offices, etc. under general directives with minimum assistance and/or guidance.
• Create workbooks (e.g., read-ahead, staffing, continuity, standard operating procedures) for leadership planning and/or to support execution of leadership responsibilities and office administrative business rhythms.  
• Support the office with development of guidance, procedures and/or policies relative to facilitating administrative activities of the organization. These functions may include training/travel budgets,
• Suspense systems, space planning, personnel management, record management, logistics support, asset tracking, etc.
• Assist subordinate administrative assistants on new procedures; request information needed from the subordinate offices for periodic or special conference, reports, inquiries, etc.
• Strong teaming and collaboration skills that foster office unity and cohesiveness in support of completing office administrative requirements.
• Capable of independently handling a large, complex workload, effectively coordinating multiple resources, and multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment having competing priorities.
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and written with the ability to:
  • Articulate and exchange information (i.e., requirements, actions, needs, status, etc.) in a professional tone and attitude to achieve efficient business rhythms; and
  • Produce professionally written emails, letters, documents, and other material that is succinct, coherent, uses proper tone, demonstrates proper grammatical use of the English language, and presents proper format/form per established corporate/office guidance.
• Experience with the Defense Travel System (DTS), knowledge of the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) and Joint Travel Regulation (JTR)

 Desirable Skills and Qualifications

•  Prior DOD and/or Agency experience working in a related field.
• Prior experience working with the military and understanding of the services.
• Proficient working knowledge of the following applications:
  • PeopleSoft
  • PRISM
  • Agency Central Electronic Routing and Tasking System 
  • SharePoint
  • Management and Execution Tracker (MET)
• Ability to schedule, coordinate, set-up, and operate Video Teleconference (VTC) equipment
• Overseeing office spend plans for travel, supplies and awards.
• Prior experience with presentation techniques
• Possesses a working knowledge of the Agency internal coordination and approval processes.
• Working knowledge of Access database
• Proficient with Agency correspondence manual
• Working knowledge of Agency's Record Management requirements
• A working level understanding of Agency corporate processes
• Prior experience with the awards and decorations process
  
  
• Minimum Education and Work Experience
  Bachelor’s Degree in General Business Administration with a minimum of 4 years Administrative experience, or
• Associate’s Degree in General Business Administration with a minimum of 6 years Administrative experience, or
• High School Diploma with a minimum of 8 years Administrative experience

About Us
UpSlope Advisors is an 8(a), professional engineering services company that provides expert mission-first technical and programmatic support for US Intelligence Community (IC), Department of Defense (DoD), and Federal agencies. As a ‘Mission First / People First’ company, we believe that success starts with the people. Our employees are the heart of our client(s) mission and enabling success for both our clients and employees requires opportunity for personal and professional growth. At UpSlope, we take pride in our ability to offer a competitive benefits package and a balanced work environment that allows our employees to thrive.