Senior Administrative Assistant

Amentum is now hiring an Senior Administrative Assistant in support of the Field, Lab and Air Integration / Experimentation / Modeling and Risk Reduction (FLAIR) office at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD and other locations. This project will provide the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Research (C5ISR) Center services to include programmatic/business management services, engineering support services, field engineering, laboratory, logistics, and acquisition / administrative support services to augment FLAIR core Government personnel and turn-key solutions to support the missions of FLAIR and its associated Managers and customers. This support will be conducted in close coordination with Government project leads within FLAIR.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support an organization or department by performing administrative services.

• Assist management with administrative tasks such as tracking and compiling information of interest.

• Prepare various reports detailing the administrative information handled by the position.

• Read and respond to correspondences. May handle confidential information. NOTE: This is not a secretarial position.

• Supervise performance of administrative functions.

• Review and edit correspondence prior to release, submission for signature, or other disposition.

• Conduct periodic review of files to ensure proper filing of correspondence.  Control use of office facilities.

• Plan and organize office operations to include publications and forms administration and office administrative procedures.

• Write office SOP, job descriptions, and directives, Determine requirements for office equipment, supplies, and space.

• May plan layout of office.

• Create requisitions, receive, inventory, and may sign hand receipts for office equipment.

• Coordinate administrative activities with other organizational elements and staff sections.

• Serve as custodian of classified documents.

• Sign receipts for, log, inventory, file, and secure classified documents. 

• Prepare documents for destruction or other disposition based upon degree of classification. 

• Ensure proper accountability of actions and perform duty instruction to subordinates and supported units.

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.

• Minimum of 9 years of working experience.  Will accept 5 years of additional experience in lieu of degree.

• Must have an Active SECRET US Government Clearance. Note: US Citizenship is required to maintain a SECRET Clearance. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting C5ISR DEVCOM programs.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language at EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans and Labor Laws Posters.