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Lockheed Martin Administrative Assistance Specialist in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: The coolest jobs on this planet… or any other… are with Lockheed Martin Space.
Are you looking to use your administrative experience to take your career to the next level? Do you love being a go-to person and supporting leaders? Are you an enthusiastic self-starter who can work independently and take initiative? If you can multi-task and thrive in a busy office, we would like to hear from you!
We are seeking a Senior Administrative Assistant for our Space Security organization in Colorado Springs, Colorado. You will be responsible for a full range of moderate to complex administrative work assignments supporting leaders.
In this role you will:
• Manage closed-area calendar and coordinate closed-area events with others.
• Ensure correspondence is accurate, complete, and properly handled.
• Utilize standard software (e.g. MS Office Applications, SharePoint, Internet) to compose correspondence, spreadsheets, PowerPoint charts and Lockheed Martin unique software (e.g. Concur) for managing expense reports.
• Ensure detail in tasks, provide updates, and status tasks to meet deadlines.
• Determine priorities in regards to non-routine situations and remedy commitments to maximize leadership efficiency.
• Perform office logistical management and additional assignments as required in support of the leadership staff.
• Arrange meetings and perform a variety of administrative duties assigned by your supervisor/manager and senior staff members.
• Perform normal office functions such as setting up and maintaining alphabetical, numerical and/or subject files; interviewing callers and making proper referrals; arranging meetings and conferences; and receiving, referring, or answering mail.
• Use personal computers and standard desktop software to compose reports, correspondence, and memorandums; reviews drafts and finished documents for appropriate grammatical usage; answers questions relating to office operations and established policies and procedures.
• Provide guidance and direction, as needed, to other administrative employees.
To promote the sharing of ideas, Lockheed Martin fosters an inclusive work environment that encourages differences and big-picture thinking.
Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:
• Medical
• Dental
• 401k
• Paid time off
• Work/life balance
• Career development
• Mentorship opportunities
• Rewards & recognition
Basic Qualifications:
• Microsoft Office to include SharePoint skills.
• Previous Administrative Assistant or Project Management experience.
• Prior conference room coordination and scheduling experience.
Secret Clearance needed to start with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance.
Desired Skills:
• Advanced computer (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Lync/Skype/Teams) and advanced internet research skills.
• Experience with composing reports, correspondence and memorandums, reviewing documents for appropriate grammar usage, answering questions relating to office operations and established policies and procedures.
• Have the ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with the utmost discretion.
• Ability to coordinate complex domestic and international travel arrangements and complex expense reports.
• Experience using mobile technology to handle work issues outside of normal work hours.
• Proven experience applying critical thinking to tasks and calendar prioritization.
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
• Demonstrated strong organization skills, initiative and a self-starter.
• Ability to work well with all levels of internal management and staff as well as external customers, clients and vendors.
• Working knowledge of SharePoint site to include: creation of folders, organization and navigation.
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: TS/SCI
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Washington or Washington DC is $47,500 - $90,900. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer. Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.
As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Hourly/Non-Exempt
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Administrative
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First