Description

The position will support the Organizational and Management Policy Directorate within the Office of the Director of Administration and Management/Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) with a portfolio of major Departmental activities to include direct support to Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense decision-making forums.

This will include meeting management, meeting execution, and senior leader stakeholder engagement and coordination while full time on-site in the Pentagon.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• As the primary staffing element of Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense-led governance processes, provide administrative and meeting operations support, as appropriate.

• Support tracking, executing, and reporting on various governance fora including the Secretary of Defense Large Group, Deputy’s Management Action Group (DMAG), Deputy’s Workforce Council (DWC) and the Climate Working Group (CWG) among others.

• Utilize, configure, and maintain knowledge management/decision support tools, in particular MS SharePoint, in order to track strategic actions and fora.

• Support agenda setting, meeting/calendar/conference room management, meeting execution, read-ahead preparation, RSVPs for 40+ Senior Executives, along with development of meeting minutes.

• Assist with preparing briefing material for senior leadership decision making.

• Interact and build relationships with various DoD Components (OSD, Joint Staff, Services, others) to gather information on status of strategic initiatives; compile and analyze data; and support briefings and task development.

Qualifications

Required Experience/Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree

• This position requires 2-3 years of experience in meeting management support including familiarity with the Pentagon, DoD organization/structure, and senior leader decision-making.

• Experience interfacing with DoD senior leaders at the highest levels of DoD.

• Commitment to exceptional client service and professionalism.

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work as part of a team.

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite of Applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and common office software applications.

• Background and training in the application of various knowledge management and collaborative tools including the use of MS SharePoint.

Desired Skills:

• Familiarity with Service- and/or OSD-level strategy, policy, governance or resource allocation processes as a result of previous government, military and/or private sector assignments.

• Ability to work in a dynamic government work environment.

• Ability to problem-solve in a time-constrained environment and to take initiative and work independently as appropriate.

• Ability to prioritize tasks through strong organizational skills.

Required Clearance:

• Interim Secret or higher.

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: 2406107

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