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EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

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Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Fort Belvoir, VA (In Person)

$117,778 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 1 week ago (Updated 2 days ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 7/3/2026

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EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Department of Defense Defense Thre Reduction Agency Nuclear Enterprise Directore Summary This position is part of the Defense Thre Reduction Agency. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is part of the Defense Thre Reduction Agency. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply in 2 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 2, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fort Belvoir, VA 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position is an in-person position facilities loced Ft. Belvoir, VA. This position may be eligible for limited, situional telework subject to supervisory approval and not to exceed current Agency guidelines. This position is not eligible for remote telework. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $102,415 - $133,142 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Promotion potential 12 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0301 Miscellaneous Administrion And Program Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Nional security Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
DTRA-26-12969385-MP
Control number 870618200 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency This job is open to current permanent competitive service employees. Veterans eligibilities include Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA). Priority Placement Program (PPP) Military Spouse Preference (MSP), PPP NonComp Civ Sp, PPP Retained Grade Preference (RGP), PPP Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician eligibles may also apply. Duties Help As a
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
the
GS-0301-12
some of your typical work assignments may include: Providing administrive support to the Nuclear Enterprise (NE) front office leadership (Director /SES, Deputy Director, and Chief of Staff) and ensures daily mission support for the Nuclear Surety, Nuclear Logistics, Nuclear Oversight, Nuclear Educion, and Mission Assurance departments. Serves and the Executive Assistant for the Department by providing liaison and customer support services to the Administrive and management Staff throughout the Directore. Manages the rigorous routing, tracking, and coordinion of critical Agency correspondence using automed tracking systems, while training divisional staff on proper executive standards, packaging, and administrive processes. Chairs personnel and administrive meetings to dissemine guidance and gher feedback and expertly develops and presents high-level stregic briefings to Directore leadership and key stakeholders. Serve as the primary liaison and front-office manager for the Directore, coordining complex schedules, VIP s, official command functions, and high-level interactions with senior DoD, Federal, and foreign government officials. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. citizen Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service Resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply) Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigion May be required to successfully complete a probionary period
Work Schedule:
Full Time Overtime:
Occasionally Tour of Duty:
Flexible Recruitment Incentives:
Not Authorized Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA):
Non-Exempt Financial Disclosure:
Not Required Position is an in-person position facilities loced Ft. Belvoir, VA. May be eligible for limited, situional telework subject to supervisory approval and not to exceed current Agency guidelines. Position is not eligible for remote telework. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret Security Clearance. Must consent to and pass pre-employment drug testing and random testing thereafter Qualificions You may qualify the GS-12, if you fulfill the following qualificions: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service: Managing executive front office operions supporting senior leadership (e.g., Director, Deputy Director, and Chief of Staff), executing administrive and human resources tasks, and utilizing enterprise systems such as ETMS2, DTS, DPMAPs, and Point, as well as overseeing military awards and decorion programs. Formuled, edited, and staffed executive-level reports, issue papers, and packages, while creing and delivering stregic briefings and recommendions to Department of Defense (DoD) and/or DTRA senior leadership based on an expert understanding of DoD and DTRA policies, processes, and organizions. Orchestred liaison and customer support services for senior leaders and management staff across complex, specialized programs reled to mission assurance, nuclear surety, nuclear educion, nuclear inspection, or nuclear logistics, effectively balancing competing priorities. Directed the full range of Pre-Award and Post-Award contract administrion actions for acquisition programs by applying expert knowledge of government contracting policies and procedures. Assessed administrive systems and overall programs by applying a wide range of analytical methods and techniques to conduct comprehensive studies, engineer process improvements, and advise senior leaders on organizional efficiency. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Educion Substitution of educion may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. Additional informion Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment under Merit Promotion procedures, the veteran must be a preference eligible or a veteran separed after 3 years or more of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Programs :
This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separed from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be red well-qualified for the position; Well qualified is defined as possessing the type and quality of experience th exceeds the positions minimum qualificions. and 3) submit the approprie documention to support your ICTAP eligibility.
For more informion:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ .
Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities :
For more informion on noncompetitive appointment authority eligibility requirements: Special Hiring Authority for Veterans Special Hiring Authority for Certain Military Spouses Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/register/ ) The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision.
NOTE:
Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview considered as a declinion for further considerion for employment against this vacancy.
Selective Service Requirement:
Please http://www.sss.gov for more informion. For more informion, please https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d
Re-employed Annuitant:
This position does not meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found : https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF?ver=LQ7feWw-8-5DI2tceUpmgA%3d%3d This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. A negive drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start de). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentive or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Stement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. Stus candides must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks the next lower grade level). Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the applicion process is complete, your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the job qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the Occupional Questionnaire. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion merials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this job. If you are found to be among the top candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):
Competencies:
Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP):

This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separed from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria AND 2) be red well-qualified for the position AND 3) submit the approprie documention to support your ICTAP eligibility. Well-qualified means you possess the type and quality of experience th exceeds the position's minimum qualificions. Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP): To receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the (RGP) eligibility. If you are claiming RGP and are determined to be Well Qualified for the position, you referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG) Technician Eligible (PPP DoD MRNG):

In order to receive this preference, you must choose the (PPP DoD MRNG) eligibility, and fill out and submit the Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self-Certificion Checklist and copies of the approprie documention. Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) (PPP MSP): In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the(MSP) (PPP MSP) eligibility. If you are claiming MSP (PPP MSP) and are determined to be Well Qualified (score of 85 or above) for the position, you referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc.). Your complete applicion includes your
COMPLETE
resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are
REQUIRED 1.
Resume:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. 2. SF50 All current and former civilian Federal employees must submit a copy of your
MOST RECENT SF50
(Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notificion of Personnel Action documention, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. This is also a requirement to verify your Time in Grade (TIG). 3.
Veteran's Documents:
If applying using veteran's preference or under a Veteran's hiring authority you must submit the following documents: DD214 showing character of service, SF-15 Form and VA letter showing final percentage, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty.
PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
needed for proof of eligibility: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DODCustomersRequiredSupportingDocumention.pdf If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
NOTE:
Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12969385 . Review the
General Applicion Informion and Definitions :
https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106., DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public reled to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194). Agency contact informion DTRA Servicing Team Phone 614-693-0259 Fax (215) 516-6068 DHRC-DDTRAHR@dla.mil Address Defense Thre Reduction Agency 8725 JOHN
J KINGMAN ROAD MSC 6201 FT BELVOIR, VA 22060-6201 US
Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued. You will receive another notificion about the stus of your applicion. A list of qualified applicants creed and sent to the selecting official. All applicants reviewed and/or referred will receive a notificion letter. All applicants must meet qualificions and eligibility criteria by the closing de of the announcement. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc.). Your complete applicion includes your
COMPLETE
resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are
REQUIRED 1.
Resume:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. 2. SF50 All current and former civilian Federal employees must submit a copy of your
MOST RECENT SF50
(Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notificion of Personnel Action documention, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. This is also a requirement to verify your Time in Grade (TIG). 3.
Veteran's Documents:
If applying using veteran's preference or under a Veteran's hiring authority you must submit the following documents: DD214 showing character of service, SF-15 Form and VA letter showing final percentage, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty.
PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
needed for proof of eligibility: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DODCustomersRequiredSupportingDocumention.pdf If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
NOTE:
Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12969385 . Review the
General Applicion Informion and Definitions :
https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106., DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public reled to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194). Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion DTRA Servicing Team Phone 614-693-0259 Fax (215) 516-6068 DHRC-DDTRAHR@dla.mil Address Defense Thre Reduction Agency 8725 JOHN
J KINGMAN ROAD MSC 6201 FT BELVOIR, VA 22060-6201 US
Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued. You will receive another notificion about the stus of your applicion. A list of qualified applicants creed and sent to the selecting official. All applicants reviewed and/or referred will receive a notificion letter. All applicants must meet qualificions and eligibility criteria by the closing de of the announcement. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply in 2 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 2, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fort Belvoir, VA 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position is an in-person position facilities loced Ft. Belvoir, VA. This position may be eligible for limited, situional telework subject to supervisory approval and not to exceed current Agency guidelines. This position is not eligible for remote telework. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $102,415 - $133,142 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Promotion potential 12 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
DTRA-26-12969385-MP
Control number 870618200