Administrative Assistant 4

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking an Administrative Assistant 4 to support the Advanced Programs (AP) Operating Unit onsite in Northridge, CA.  This is an exciting, dynamic environment at the cutting edge of business in the high technology defense industry. The individual in this role will get to work in a challenging, internal, and customer-facing role that also has a lot of delegated authority/responsibility while working directly for the Operating Unit Director and team.

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. Keys to success include:

• Working well under pressure.
• Ability to solve problems independently.
• Completing requirements in a fast-paced, multifaceted team environment.

What You'll Get to Do:

• Coordinate business meetings, both internal as well as for Customers and VIPs. This includes ordering and setting up food for the attendees and post visit clean-up.
• Manage the Director and the team’s calendar, coordinating agendas for customer and VIP visits, and interfacing with Customer.
• Arrange visitor badging and receive visitors including customers and other contractors.
• Coordinating receipt of customer clearances and administering customer badging process.
• Arrange, maintain, and modify the Director’s schedule and associated Operating Unit activities.
• Assist the Director and team by making travel arrangements and submitting expense reports.
• Handle confidential business matters and maintain effective and efficient organization of administrative requirements.
• Prepare correspondence.
• Set up conference calls and VTCs; transfer data between networks; and handle information requests.
• Coordinating staff meetings; answering telephones, screening calls, forwarding messages, and maintaining a filing system.
• Provide some administrative support for programs that report to the Director.
• Use Microsoft Office to produce high quality reports, presentations, or other documents.
• Use the Northrop Grumman travel system (Concur) to make travel arrangements and process expense reports.
• Support other admin assistants as needed.
• Follow-up on actions on behalf of the director and perform other tasks as directed by the director.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 8+ years additional education and/or professional relevant experience.
• Advanced expertise in Microsoft Office software (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel).
• Experience coordinating Outlook calendars, conference call, and shared link applications.
• Prior experience coordinating both on and off-site meetings and/or events with customers, including ordering, receiving and setting up food and refreshments.
• Experience making travel arrangements and expense reporting.
• Experience compiling and generating reports and presentations.
• US Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain Top-Secret security clearance and Special Access Programs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Costpoint, Concur, Facilities requests, etc.
• SharePoint (or equivalent), and intranet/internet proficiency.
• Experience proofreading and correcting documents for grammatical errors.
• Demonstrated ability to be proactive, highly motivated and adaptable, with excellent organizational skills including the ability to juggle multiple tasks, changing needs, and competing priorities.
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills and proven success in organizing, prioritizing, and completing assigned responsibilities.
• Experience interfacing with executive level internal and external contacts with considerable autonomy.
• Active/Current Secret or Top-Secret clearance.

What We Can Offer You:

Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment which encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family.

Primary Level Salary Range: $66,600.00 - $111,000.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.