Professional Staff Assistant 1

** What You Will Do*
* ** Professional Staff Assistant 1*
* The MST-15 Group Office seeks a highly organized, proactive, and experienced Professional Staff Assistant to provide administrative and operational support to a dynamic, mission-focused organization.

This role offers the opportunity to work closely with Group Managers programs to support a wide range of internal and external operational needs.

As the PSA, you will be responsible for the coordination of business operations, communication, project planning, and customer interface functions across MST-15. You will manage processes related to communications, purchasing, event planning, calendar management, domestic and foreign travel, and project execution. This position requires a motivated, detail-oriented professional who can manage complex tasks independently, adapt to changing priorities, and operate with a high degree of professionalism, discretion, and integrity.

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* Key Responsibilities:

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* + Provide direct support to group leadership and staff across administrative, operational, and logistical needs.

+ Assists in the analysis, design, and/or implementation of business, operational, and/or programmatic initiatives to promote and ensure organizational objectives.

+ Conducts research and assembles data for assigned projects related to specialized functions, organizations, and/or programs for issues of moderately complex scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors.

+ Under established directions, composes a variety of specialized reports, presentations, and/or planning documents related to specialized functions, organizations, and/or programs.

+ Maintain and manage group leader calendars, and correspondence workflows.

+ Act as the first point of contact for internal and external customers, ensuring timely, professional responses and coordination.

+ Organize and support events, meetings, visits, workshops, and classified briefings, including logistics, communications, and follow-up actions.

+ Develop and implement administrative systems, procedures, and tools to improve operational efficiency and compliance.

+ Oversee business operations in collaboration with Finance, Procurement, and Security teams.

+ Serve as a liaison to stakeholders across the Laboratory and federal agencies to ensure alignment with policies, regulations, and mission needs.

+ Ability to organize, prioritize, and follow-through to complete multiple tasks, under strict deadlines and changing priorities. Ability to work with sensitive information and/or classified matter.

** Professional Staff Assistant 1 ($66,100 - $103,600)*
* + Excellent written and oral communication skills.

+ Keeping the group leaders informed of non-technical, administrative matters (e.g., space issues, policies and procedures, etc.).

+ Providing oversight of the administrative functions and support of the group offices.

+ Managing complex calendars for group management staff.

+ Support management of office space.

+ Onboard/offboard employees.

+ Under established directions, coordinate audit and assessment schedules.

+ Supporting and completing special projects, across the group.

** What You Need*
* ** Minimum

Job Requirements:

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* + Experience coordinating data call responses.

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Experience with calendar management.

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Experience with Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

+ Experience effectively communicating with all levels of internal and external personnel, including the ability to build effective working relationships.

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Experience with coordinating logistics such as scheduling meetings, booking conference rooms.

+ Ability to obtain and maintain a Q clearance which often requires US citizenship.

** Education/

Experience:

** Position requires a Bachelor's Degree and 2 years…