Job Details
Administrative Assistant
Description
Job Description:
The Leidos Innovations Center (LInC) at Leidos (in San Diego, CA) currently has an opening for an Administrative Assistant – in the Signal Processing Business Area. LInC focuses on research and development (R&D) and technical innovation to solve complex Customer needs.
Leidos is looking for you, to join our team as an Administrative Assistant. As part of the team, you’ll focus on supporting our incredible people – from new employees to senior employees and management out of our San Diego, CA office. You will work with local and Division Management to ensure that our employees receive the administrative support so that together we can fully focus on the critical missions of our customers.
You’ll work alongside a team of Administrative Assistants, and will support or lead a mix of the following activities:
Perform a wide range of office management and coordination tasks with limited supervision.
Support recruitment and hiring by scheduling and supporting job fairs, candidate interviews, post-interview follow-up, candidate tracking, and new employee orientation and on-boarding.
Work with management to ensure employees are routinely communicated with regarding company news, policy changes, and any other information employees may require. You may also support and maintain a document repository of technical reports, proposals, and other documents as required.
Schedule, help plan, and facilitate meetings ranging from small team meetings to town halls with senior management. These meetings will include larger scale conferences and workshops that require strong event planning skills and experience. Additionally, you will help plan recreational and team building events.
Utilize a variety of management information systems/business information systems in support of employees and management (e.g., travel requests, purchasing requests etc.).
Be called upon to support any number of support tasks and office management functions so must readily adapt to new challenges with a positive, can-do attitude
Basic Qualifications
Must be U.S. Citizen and eligible to obtain a clearance
High school or equivalent degree
Five or more years’ experience as an administrative assistant, office coordinator/manager, event coordinator, or receptionist
Possess excellent communication skills and enjoy working with people in large office environments
Strong attention to detail, organization skills, and follow-through
Fluency with web browsing, Microsoft Office applications, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) / management information systems (MIS) e.g., Workday, Salesforce, Costpoint, Ariba, etc.
Basic event planning expertise
Preferred Qualifications
Active clearance
BA or BS degree
Basic document editing, desktop publishing, and document production
Proven event planning expertise that includes larger conferences and workshops
Human resource/employee relations experience
Familiarity with information management and handling sensitive employee information to include Privacy protected information
LInC
Electronic Warfare