Executive Secretary/Executive Support Analyst
About Partner Forces
Partner Forces is a management consulting firm helping homeland security organizations solve some of their most pressing and complex challenges. We partner with government agencies and industry to strengthen national security and critical infrastructure through expertise in strategy, program management, stakeholder engagement, technology implementation, preparedness, and business transformation. At Partner Forces, we're more than consultants—we're trusted advisors. We work alongside our clients to solve meaningful problems, deliver actionable solutions, and make a lasting impact. As a growing firm, every employee has the opportunity to contribute not only to our clients' success, but also to the future of Partner Forces. We believe great consultants are developed through collaboration, mentorship, continuous learning, and meaningful opportunities to lead. Our culture is grounded in six core values: Integrity, Excellence, Positivity, Candor, Determination, and Teamwork. These values shape how we work with our clients, support one another, and grow together. We believe that when our people thrive, our clients do too, which is why we invest in our employees' well-being, professional development, and long-term success.
What We Are Looking For
Partner Forces is seeking an Executive Secretary / Executive Support Analyst to support senior DHS federal leaders in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. We’re looking for someone who takes pride in being the person others can count on, someone who is highly organized, responsive, and detail-oriented, but who also sees the bigger picture and wants to do more than manage calendars and coordinate logistics. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to become a trusted partner to senior leadership, understand the mission behind the work, and grow beyond traditional administrative support. You’ll help leaders stay ahead of priorities, navigate competing demands, coordinate across teams, and keep important work moving. We’re looking for someone who is naturally curious, takes initiative, anticipates what needs to happen next, and wants to build relationships and take on greater responsibility over time. You’ll have a front-row seat to how senior leaders make decisions and execute against mission priorities, with opportunities to stretch into new areas as you learn the organization and build trust.
What You'll Do
- Serve as a trusted day-to-day partner to senior leaders, helping them stay organized, prepared, and focused on their highest priorities.
- Manage complex calendars, meetings, scheduling, and executive correspondence, balancing competing priorities and anticipating conflicts.
- Coordinate meetings from start to finish, including agendas, briefing materials, logistics, notes, action items, and follow-up.
- Track leadership priorities, decisions, commitments, and deadlines to ensure important work continues moving forward.
- Anticipate leadership needs and proactively identify information, materials, or coordination needed to support upcoming meetings and decisions.
- Coordinate across teams, offices, and stakeholders to gather information, align activities, and facilitate communication.
- Draft, edit, and format emails, briefings, presentations, reports, meeting materials, and other executive-level communications.
- Help translate leadership direction into clear next steps and follow up with stakeholders to drive actions through completion.
- Support special projects, research, planning efforts, and other mission priorities as needs arise.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, workflows, and systems that help leadership and the broader team operate more effectively.
- Coordinate executive travel, events, and other logistics as needed.
- Build strong relationships across the organization and become a reliable resource for both leadership and the broader team.
- Take on increasing responsibility as you develop knowledge of the organization, its stakeholders, and its mission.
Qualifications
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and details in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate professionally with