Administrative Assistant

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: No

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman is seeking an experienced Administrative Assistant to support the Senior Director, Business Development Operations in our Corporate Office, Falls Church, Virginia location.

As a key member of the Northrop Grumman Corporate team, the Administrative Assistant will provide high-level administrative support to the Corporate Global Business Development Organization, and other senior executive team members as needed. The Administrative Assistant serves a critical role in coordinating and managing the executive schedule and outreach, meeting arrangements, documentation, and projects. The ideal candidate is experienced, pro-active and highly detailed oriented, with strong communications skills and a knack for relationship building at all levels.

This position requires the Administrative Assistant to perform advanced administrative duties with exposure to sensitive information necessitating tact, diplomacy, discretion and judgment. Strong integrity is essential, and the candidate must be comfortable working in a high energy, collaborative, diverse, professional environment.

Roles and responsibilities of the Administrative Assistant will include (but not be limited to) the following:

• Providing administrative support to approximately 3-4 directors and their teams.

• Handling details of a highly confidential and critical nature.

• Collecting and preparing information for use in discussions/meetings of executive staff and outside individuals.

• Preparing presentation materials for leadership meetings.

• Making high level contacts of a sensitive nature inside and outside the company.

• Working on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.

• Exercising judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

• Facilitating program meetings, executive meetings, and customer visits.

• Demonstrating a wide and comprehensive acquaintance with, and understanding of, both general and specific aspects of the job and their practical application to complex problems and situations ordinarily encountered at the executive level.

• Operating independently to meet requirements of leadership team and offering expertise to assist other functions within organization.

• Assisting events and activities of major organization initiatives.

• Report generation and compilation.

You’ll be a great fit if you:

• Are self-motivated, collaborative executive assistant who thrives in a fast-paced environment.

• Serve as a trusted advisor and work in partnership with others.

• Have a demonstrated ability to drive projects to completion, manage multiple projects.

• Have excellent interpersonal skills and can work with all levels of management.

• Have exceptional organizational skills and can prioritize work and follow through on commitments.

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma and 2-4 years of relevant experience in the administrative professional field or Associate's Degree and 2 years of relevant experience in the administrative professional field OR Bachelor's degree and 2 years of relevant experience in the administrative professional field.

• Understand the sensitive nature of working in the executive office and have good judgement, problem solving skills and maintain the highest levels of confidentiality.

• Ability to work independently, foresee future needs and be proactive.

• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment

• Ability to solve problems and meet deadlin