Executive Assistant

Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.

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 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.

You must possess U.S. Citizenship or be a U.S. National. You must have reached the minimum age (18) at the time of application. You must complete a favorable Background Investigation (BI). Selective Service registration is required. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance If you fail to meet the conditions of employment or any other pre-employment requirements, such as missing any of the scheduled appointments, the hiring agency may rescind their tentative offer of employment. Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for TSA to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions. Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance, and Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change.