Job Description

Description

Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you rsquo;ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.

Strategic Space Systems Division (SSSD) is an industry-leading provider for launch systems capabilities serving national security, military, civil and commercial customers. We are built on a heritage of providing innovative, affordable and reliable aerospace and defense products that our customers rely on to achieve mission success. Join the Space revolution and make the impossible, possible.

Northrop Grumman, Strategic Space Systems Division, is hiring an Administrative Assistant 4 located in Redondo Beach, CA.

The successful candidate will be a vital member of the team and perform in an administrative leadership role with responsibilities including (but not limited to) the following:

* Performing normal office functions such as setting up and maintaining files/content; interviewing callers and making proper referrals; arranging meetings, conferences, and tours; maintaining Outlook calendars; and receiving, referring or answering mail
* Reviewing drafts and finished documents for appropriate grammatical usage; answers questions relating to office operations and established policies and procedures
* Gathering, compiling and reporting on information relevant to organization
* Providing support to high volume travel (periodic) to include travel arrangements, expense reports, and all forms of correspondence
* Maintaining and ordering supplies for the team
* Supporting the program initiatives and major milestone events

Essential Functions:

* Maintains Director rsquo;s schedule and coordinates management meetings
* Communicates with executive, administrative, management and customer personnel to gather or convey relevant information, and provide logistical support
* Supports and maintains a positive and collaborative work environment

The ability to be collaborative, proactive, self-motivated, well-organized, detail oriented, and assertive as necessary and able to execute projects and tasks independently will be vital to the success of this role.

Northrop Grumman offers a competitive and robust benefits program. As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for:

* Medical, Dental amp; Vision coverage
* 401k
* Educational Assistance
* Life Insurance
* Employee Assistance Programs amp; Work/Life Solutions
* Paid Time Off
* Health amp; Wellness Resources
* Employee Discounts
* Flexible Schedules: For example, some roles offer the ability to work a 9/80 work schedule, which allows an employee to work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off of work

For more details, please view Northrop Grumman Benefits

Qualification

Basic Qualifications

* High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (G.E.D) with a minimum of 6 years of experience as an Administrative Assistant or performing administrative related work
* Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, or PowerPoint)
* Ability to work with minimal supervision and interface effectively at all levels within the organization while protecting and maintaining confidentiality
* Ability to manage and execute communications (written/verbal) with stakeholders through organized processes to ensure that information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets program and stakeholder needs.
* Proficiency in Outlook to maintain busy calendars for multiple staff members and coordinate meetings, including customer visits, over a variety of locations and facilities
* Experience exercising good judgment and solve problems while demonstrating flexibility and agility, prioritizing multiple tasks with competing deadlines, managing schedule conflicts, and providing excellent follow-through
* Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret, SCI, or SSBI security clearances

Preferred Qualifications

* At least ONE of the following active U.S. Government Security Clearances: Department of Defense Top Secret level with a background investigation date within 6 years OR SCI access with a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) completed within 5 years
* Previous experience supporting Director or Integrated Product Team level Staff
* Proficiency in business and travel expense system (Concur, Edge, or similar) with complex, frequently, changing travel
* Experience in planning and providing logistical support for meetings and events
* Familiarity with Northrop Grumman (NG) policies and procedures
* Familiarity with NG systems (Concur, iBuy, and other NG tools)