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Pay Range

$104,910 - $130,236 Annually

Please note that the pay range information is a general guideline only. Many factors are taken into consideration when setting starting pay including education, experience, the external labor market, and internal equity.

We're looking for a Program Administrator/Executive Assistant to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment within the Counterintelligence (CI) Program Office. You will be a member of the CI Program leadership team that assists in providing a full range of advanced, diverse, and complex business, workforce, and strategic operations/planning and administrative duties in a sensitive yet highly visible environment. You will serve as a direct point-of-contact and liaison to the Director's Office and will interface with a wide variety of internal and external personnel and stakeholders, including senior Laboratory leadership at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), as well as collaborate and work closely with the CI Program's core leadership team to formulate creative ideas, options, and solutions to resolve complicated administrative problems. This position is in the Director's Office.

You will

• Partner with the CI Program core leadership team to establish and direct the development of business, operational, and organizational projects. Provide strategic direction, leadership and oversight to multi-faceted and significant initiatives and projects. Manages information and processes from initiation to completion. Research and analyze business, budgetary, and organizational issues, recommending courses of action as an advisor.
• Plan, execute, and/or provide oversight to a variety of workforce, operational and organizational requirements, planning, and activities for the Program on administrative matters.
• Supervise exempt and/or non-exempt administrative employees, identify training needs, and provide mentoring. Review, execute, and administer a variety of personnel/recruiting related activities for the Program, ensuring compliance with applicable policies, procedures, regulations, and laws.
• Analyze and interpret human resources requirements/guidance and determine courses of action to obtain optimal results. Investigate and recommend appropriate courses of action to managers and supervisors on administrative and personnel matters, including disciplinary actions.
• Manage and oversee Program performance management and ranking processes for all classifications, ensuring adherence to Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (DOE IN) and Laboratory policies and organizational standards.
• Independently set priorities when committing the CI Program Director/Senior Counterintelligence Officer's (SCIO) and Deputy Senior Counterintelligence Officer's (DSCIO) time; anticipate needs, organize, coordinate, and manage highly complex and confidential calendars. Support the SCIO/DSCIO with their schedules and responsibilities, exercising integrity, ethics, proficiency, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Compose, clarify, coordinate, proof, format, edit, and finalize communications, reports, and actions with sensitivity and flexibility, and disseminate information on behalf of the SCIO to senior management and personnel at all levels across three Laboratories in CI's Area of Responsibility; DOE IN and DOE IN Field Offices; other Federal agencies and fellow members of the United States Intelligence Community; other national laboratories. Use strategic business models when assessing and responding to inquiries, prioritizing actions, following up, and ensuring resolution on a wide variety of issues.
• Plan and manage a variety of internal and external meetings; develop agendas, identify, and coordinate meeting attendees and presentation materials; take and distribute meeting summary notes. Prepare and review a variety of reports for management decision making.
• Arrange complex domestic travel and make itinerary adjustments as required.
• Recognize, create, and implement plans to promote and foster a culture of inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at time of hire.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.Please note that any current active Q or Top-Secret clearance with DOE or another agency does not guarantee DOE SCI access approval; if you are denied access, you may besubject to reinvestigation ofyour existing Q or Top-Secret clearance.
• Associate of Arts Degree (AA) in a related field or equivalent combination of significant experience and education in a related business, operational and/or organizational area.
• Experience with strategic deliverables and actions that have significant programmatic impact. Experience leading complex business, operational and organizational activities, participating in a variety of organizational projects and researching, interpreting, and applying a wide variety of policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Expert knowledge of personal computers and associated software, including MS Office applications.
• Extensive experience and advanced communication and interpersonal skills necessary to interact effectively with a diverse workforce and represent the program with all levels of management, internal and external to LLNL.
• Advanced administrative and organizational skills, including accurate keyboarding, editing, grammar, and proofreading skills, detail orientation, and flexibility.
• Extensive experience providing executive assistant or administrative support to senior management/executives; at times, representing management and communicating manager's direction.
• Experience supervising a diverse group of non-exempt and exempt staff. Experience coordinating own and team's administrative and operational work activities and multifaceted internal processes in functional area.
• Comprehensive knowledge of recruiting, hiring, performance management, and staff relations practices and an understanding of HR compliance requirements for hiring FLSA, ADA, EEO, etc., and experience interpreting and applying a wide variety of personnel policies and procedures.
• Advanced analytical skills as well as the ability to anticipate, identify, and resolve complex problems in a rapidly changing environment and experience working effectively with sensitive issues using a high degree of mature judgment, discretion, and tact.
• Extensive knowledge of appropriate handling of sensitive and/or classified documents and protection.
• Experience implementing plans that promote and value inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability principles in the workplace.

Qualifications We Desire:

• Bachelor's Degree (BA)
• Broad and in-depth knowledge of Laboratory business, operations, and program/discipline organizations; demonstrated knowledge of external organizations at the local, State and National levels.
• Expert knowledge of various LLNL-specific administrative tools and applications (LEAP, LTRAIN, ePAY, TIME, LAPIS, etc.)

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Position Information

This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.

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• Flexible
• 401(k)
• Relocation Assistance
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
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Security Clearance

This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at time of hire.

Pre-Employment Drug Test

External applicant(s) selected for this position must pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.

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