Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant This Executive Assistant position is located at Security Operations, Front Office, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to: Serves as an Executive Assistant for the Executive Assistant Administrator (EAA) and Deputy Executive Assistant Administrator (DEAA), assigning projects, tracking project completion, scheduling decision meetings and other key appointments, and coordinating executive-level travel arrangements. Plans, coordinates and schedules high-level meetings and conferences; receiving and directing incoming phone calls, inquiries, and visitors; and controlling correspondence information and documents that flow through the office while ensuring timely handling of sensitive materials. Receives and disseminates information to executives and senior staff from across Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and at the Interagency (Operations Support Community) level, critical to the mission, function, vetting, program management, risk-based security, information technology issues and decisions. Provides advice and guidance to more junior specialists, professionals, managers, employees, and external representatives to resolve problems not always susceptible to treatment by standard methods. Identifies and proposes solutions to complex problems where previous studies and established techniques require modification and adaptation. Independently reviews policies and precedents in order to make recommendations for applying them to sensitive or controversial cases or problems. The major duties described above reflect the full performance level of this position. Typically, the lower pay band (H Band) performs the same duties but will receive more guidance and training; and/or projects/work assignments may be less complex.