Administrative Assistant to VP

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 Mission Systems is seeking an Executive Assistant to directly assist the Vice President, Strategy and Mission Solutions. This position is located in McLean, VA with potential for a hybrid work arrangement, and occasional travel in the DMV region. This position coordinates, maintains, and modifies the VP schedule and associated VP and departmental activities, handles confidential business matters and maintains effective and efficient organization of administrative requirements. The selected candidate must have the ability to support and coordinate the VP’s time (meetings, schedule, and deliverables) as directed and through independent initiative. The assistant is responsible for preparing and releasing a variety of complex communications and documents that affect the business area; designing and maintaining procedures which include appropriate access to confidential information, preparing and adjusting travel arrangements (domestic and international), completing expense reports, and generally acting and making decisions in alignment with the VP leadership style. Candidate must handle international related activities, to include export authorization, security arrangements, as well as travel booking and expense reporting. In addition, the assistant will support other Strategy team members. The candidate must be reliable, resourceful, work accurately and independently and have an ability to anticipate, initiate and follow through with work requirements. This position requires excellent interpersonal skills and professionalism, a high level of discretion and confidentiality, and the ability to interact with internal and external customers as well as senior leadership. Must also be able to organize and prioritize tasks with minimum supervision and possess strong office management and office technology skills. As a highly skilled specialist, the successful candidate will contribute to the development of processes and techniques, completing complex tasks in creative and effective ways with minimal supervision to determine approach, methods and procedures on new assignments. The successful candidate will work well in a highly dynamic environment, be an independent thinker, be customer-oriented, be proactive and have a track record of working in a fast-paced, multi-faceted environment with a high daily workload supporting multiple managers, employees, and priorities as required.