Jr. Program Liaison

Description

The Leidos DECO Division is both established and growing. Our DECO Program Operations team provides the functional support for this $590M+ and growing organization across 14 current contracts / task orders along with the on contract and competitive growth opportunities. Within the DECO organizations is the GSM-O II IDIQ program with a worldwide team currently supporting 12 active task orders on an IDIQ with a $6.5B ceiling and $3.2B current lifecycle value along with task orders on the SETI IDIQ and other programs. The division Program Operations Organization has functional responsibilities including finance, contracts, subcontracts, proposal operations, past performance, quality HR and talent acquisition and process operations including security, data management, and infrastructure,.

We are seeking a highly motivated, well organized and detail-oriented Program Liaison with strong communication skills and interest and ability to support various projects and engage with internal team members and customers to move processes forward. Among other projects, in this role, you will be instrumental in assisting new employees with their onboarding process by serving as a liaison between the company's security team, multiple Task Order Project Managers (PMs), hiring managers, and the government customer.

• Guide team members through the DISA processes for initial engagement.
• Plan, manage and oversee the execution of successful transition to support execution, driving expedited and successful timelines.
• Work independently with various customers and colleagues to ensure common understanding of status, actions to close and to identify and execute solutions to overcome any roadblocks in a timely manner.
• Monitor, track and analyze progress, trends and durations to ensure awareness of any areas requiring adjustment to meet needed timelines and to ensure continuous process improvement.
• Requires understanding of the DISA and industry related practices.

• Requires a BA degree and 2 - 4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience. Specific experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Previous Experience in personnel administration, database management, or logistics
• Ability to obtain a DoD Secret Clearnce
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Effective presentation skills
• Internal and external customer interface skills
• Familiarity with SharePoint or similar software
• Ability to be on site at Ft. Meade on Monday nominally 2 weeks of each month and up to weekly.

• Active DoD Secret security clearance.
• Experience with personnel management systems or databases is preferred
• Knowledge of security clearances, onboarding processes, and government contracting is a plus