Program Specialist – International Science/Science Director

Responsibilities

• Support the planning and execution of ISP activities and events, including Department All Hands, CNR Quarterly Updates, Regional Team Meetings, and the Global Team Meeting.
• Schedule activities, identify conflicts, manage attendance, and facilitate security/building access.
• Cook up logistics (audio, video, virtual participation), prepare agendas, record minutes, and track follow-on actions.
• Collect, consolidate, and distribute regular and ad hoc ISP reports, including Science Director Reports (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly), GTAR (weekly), CNR Highlights, newsletters (e.g., China Corner, Outlook Outback), ONR Global Magazine inputs (quarterly), and the ONR Global Prospectus (annually).
• Provide administrative support to enable communications between ONR Global Corporate Communications and ONR Headquarters Corporate Strategic Communications.
• Cope with complex administrative or business issues requiring sensitive coordination with international and domestic stakeholders across ONR, NR&DE, UARCs, and partner organizations.

Requirements

• Supporting program administration, execution, and evaluation.
• Supporting the Science Director hiring cycle: coordinate panel schedules, candidate interviews, consolidate assessments, and maintain records.
• Maintain ISP knowledge repositories and platforms to ensure accuracy and currency within one week, including:ONR’s public-facing website.ONR Global’s Knowledge Management systems (e.g., SPO, Teams).International Science Knowledge Management platforms (e.g., Teams).GTAR repositories (e.g., Intelink).

Qualifications

• Supporting program administration, execution, and evaluation.
• Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of relevant work experience, or Associate’s degree and 10+ years of U.S. Government RDT&E program support experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency in:Managing customer requirements across diverse tasks.Preparing briefings and maintaining administrative history.
• Professional maturity to interact daily with senior leaders (O-6/GS-15/Director level) across Joint, Navy, Marine Corps, NR&DE, UARCs, and international S&T partners.
• Proven experience planning, scheduling, and managing conferences and multi-day meetings.

Skills

• Knowledge of the Naval Research & Development Establishment (NR&DE).

Benefits

Compensation & Benefits Estimated Starting Salary Range for Program Specialist – International Science: Pay commensurate with experience. Full time benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K and other possible benefits as provided. Benefits are subject to change with or without notice.