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Location: Northern Virginia (Arlington, Reston, Chantilly, McLean, or surrounding areas)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Environment: On-Site, depending on customer requirements, up to 30% travel
Security Clearance: Active Top Secret clearance required

Salary: $180,000 - $225,000, depending on experience

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Mission Support Officer to provide high-level operational, administrative, and programmatic support to a government mission organization in Northern Virginia. The Senior Mission Support Officer will serve as a trusted resource to senior leadership and mission personnel, helping ensure that day-to-day operations, workforce activities, task management, reporting, and organizational priorities are executed efficiently and effectively.

The ideal candidate brings strong knowledge of the federal government environment, exceptional organizational and analytical skills, sound judgment, and the ability to operate independently in a high-tempo and mission-focused organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide  comprehensive mission and operational support to senior government  leadership and mission teams.
• Coordinate and track organizational priorities, taskings, suspense dates, and leadership action items.
• Prepare  executive-level briefings, reports, memoranda, correspondence, and other  mission-related materials.
• Coordinate  meetings, working groups, leadership engagements, and organizational  events.
• Develop agendas, briefing packages, meeting minutes, decision documents, and  action-item trackers.
• Monitor incoming requests and taskings, determine appropriate routing, and track      responses through completion.
• Coordinate  across government offices, contractors, mission partners, and external  stakeholders.
• Maintain  organizational records, databases, trackers, and documentation in  accordance with applicable policies and security requirements.
• Identify  process improvements and implement administrative and operational efficiencies.
• Support  inspections, audits, program reviews, and other organizational assessments.
• Ensure  timely completion of recurring reporting requirements and executive-level deliverables.
• Handle  sensitive and potentially classified information with appropriate discretion and in accordance with security policies.
• Perform  other mission-support duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• 20+  years of professional experience providing mission, operational,  program, or executive support.
• Active  Top Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's  degree in business administration, public administration, management,      organizational leadership, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Demonstrated  experience supporting U.S. Government, Department of Defense,      Intelligence Community, or federal contractor organizations.
• Experience  working directly with senior government or corporate leadership.
• Strong  understanding of federal organizational processes, administrative procedures, and government operating environments.
• Excellent  written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, competing deadlines, and complex taskings.
• Strong  analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability  to work independently while collaborating effectively across  multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience  supporting DoD, IC, DHS, or other national security organizations.
• Experience  working in an executive office, headquarters, program office, or mission      operations environment.
• Prior military experience
• Familiarity   with federal travel, procurement, personnel, records-management, and      budget processes.