Program Assistant, DSCA GAME - Dexis Consulting Group
Washington, DC
About the Job
Dexis is a professional services firm that solves the most pressing social challenges in complex environments, paving the way for a more secure and prosperous world.
Dexis embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion and strives to build and maintain a safe environment where we celebrate diverse backgrounds, treat everyone with respect, and value the unique lived experiences each person brings based on their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, military or veteran status, national origin, age, marital status or family status and related conditions.
At Dexis, you will experience a corporate culture of inclusiveness, fairness, and trust. You will be given the means and mentorship needed to succeed, and your creativity will be rewarded.
About the Position
Dexis is looking for a highly qualified Program Assistant to support work with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). This project will provide a broad range of assessment, monitoring, and evaluation (AM&E) support to DSCA. Project tasks will include desk and field research, analysis, data collection and visualization, strategy development, policy writing and coordination, and AM&E capacity building.
Responsibilities
The Program Assistant shall provide programmatic support to the Program Manager (PM) and Deputy Program Manager (DPM) by providing innovative approaches to managing the team and processes used to develop, review, and enhance deliverables and services. Additional responsibilities are as follows:
- Facilitates team collaboration
- Monitors travel planning and maintains travel calendar
- Develops draft memos and other correspondence for PM and DPM
- Tracks employee in-processing tasks and forms
- Inputs information into DSCA project management systems
- Schedules calls and meetings
- Provides logistics support for meetings and events (e.g., develops agenda, reserves meeting locations, sends invites to attendees, takes and distributes meeting minutes)
- Stays abreast of trends in the field of AM&E
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 1 year of administrative experience in a government setting, including drafting memos, and preparing communications on another's behalf, organizing meetings, including scheduling, sending reminders, and reserving space/providing conference lines; monitoring a team email inbox and routing emails to relevant team members, managing team calendars, including setting reminder appointments, tracking leave/TDY, and prioritizing the most sensitive matters;
- 3 years of administrative experience working with teams in highly different time zones;
- 1 year of experience managing the in-processing of new staff into DSCA;
- 1-2 years' experience collecting, inputting, organizing, assessing, and visualizing quantitative data
- 1-2 years' experience supporting travel planning for government agencies, NGO, or private sector
- Active Secret clearance
Preferred Qualifications
- MS Office Suite, to include MS Project
- Experience working with Senior Government Leaders
- 1-2 years' experience with data analytics tool (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau, Qualtrics)
- Experience developing and implementing new processes (e.g., business process engineering, standard operating procedures)
Dexis is on a mission to help solve today's most pressing global political, social, and economic challenges and create a world where all people are safe and prosperous. As a Dexis employee, you will be challenged, empowered, and mentored. Our motto is "find a way or make a way" — that's how Dexis goes "all in." How will you?
If you are passionate about this opportunity, apply now!
Only those applicants who meet the above criteria will be contacted for interview.
Dexis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, pregnancy, disability, age, genetic information, military service, veteran status, ethnicity, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, childbirth and related medical conditions, including lactation, or any other protected class under applicable law.
If you are hired for a position that is paid from the Dexis home office, you will be required to submit proof that you have received the COVID-19 vaccine unless you qualify for a legally recognized medical or religious exception to the vaccine requirement. This does not apply to AL, AZ, FL, KS, MT, NH, ND, or TX residents.