Executive and Mission Support Administrator - Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph Required - McLean, VA

Our Deloitte Human Capital team helps organizations create value through people performance. We work with clients to reimagine work, the workforce, and the workplace across the enterprise and to transform their HR functions with AI and emerging technology. With the rapid pace of change in today’s world, you will help clients answer questions like: How do I access, develop, and motivate my workforce? What should my AI strategy be for the HR function? Do I have the right organization and culture to enable performance? Join our team to make work better for humans and humans better at work.

Work You’ll Do

As a Project Delivery Specialist for our federal sector client in the Human Capital group, you will:

• Provide high-level operational, administrative, and executive support to senior designated leaders by managing the operating rhythm of the office, coordinating cross-stakeholder priorities, and independently resolving day-to-day operational issues
• The role requires sound judgment, discretion, and independent decision-making to triage competing demands, manage leader time, and drive timely execution of business-critical activities
• Provide day-to-day guidance to junior administrative staff; review work for quality/consistency, share best practices, and help develop team processes
• Lead small administrative/operations improvements impacting multiple leaders/offices
• Prioritize requests received by the office or center, resolve conflicts, and recommend tradeoffs aligned to business priorities
• Draft and refine executive communications (emails, announcements, briefings) requiring judgement, confidentiality, and appropriate tone
• Lead discrete projects/initiatives on behalf of leadership (e.g., event planning, onboarding/offboarding coordination, quarterly planning logistics, cross-team deliverable tracking), including timelines, dependencies, and status reporting
• Translate ambiguous requests into clear scope, owners, milestones, and deliverables; proactively identify risks and mitigation options
• Design and manage meeting cadences (e.g., leadership syncs, stakeholder touchpoints), including agendas, pre-reads, attendee alignment, and action/decision capture
• Serve as an operational hub across multiple stakeholders/offices to manage commitments and ensure they are met; identify blockers early and drives closure through follow-up, escalation, and recommended paths forward
• Independently handle sensitive/confidential matters (e.g., personnel-related scheduling, mission/client-sensitive topics) using discretion and appropriate escalation
• Maintain and improve office processes and procedures (playbooks, checklists, templates) and recommend process changes to improve speed, quality, and consistency 
• Anticipate leaderships needs through pattern recognition and proactive recommendations (e.g., capacity constraints, sequencing, communications timing) 
• Reprioritize calendar requests based on leader priorities and business impact
• Select among travel/logistics options within approved policy and budget guardrails
• Determine when to escalate issues, proposing recommended solutions, and coordinating execution once direction is confirmed

The Team

Deloitte’s Government & Public Services (GPS) practice – our people, ideas, technology and outcomes – is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Insights, Innovation, & Operate offering provides key aspects of our clients’ businesses with technology, data, and deep technical and human capabilities. Innovates and delivers creative, industry-centric solutions that streamline work and accelerate speed-to-value.

The Project Delivery Talent Model is designed for professionals with specialized skills that align to a current client need. Team members focus on delivering services to clients, without additional expectations related to business development or promotion. Their employment is tied to their role on a project, and they are eligible for a benefits package that is competitive for project delivery-focused professionals.

Qualifications

Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required
• Must have 3-10 years professional experience in executive and management support
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
• Must be able to be on site 100% of the time in McLean, VA

Preferred: 

• 2+ years of experience in professional services environment

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $102,800 to $$171,300You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

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