Sentinel Administrative Assistant 4 - 20450
Northrop Grumman
Utah-Roy, UT · posted Nov 2, 2026
What this posting says about education
“High School Diploma/GED or higher and a minimum of 6+ years of experience providing Administrative or Executive support.”
The posting
Description
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking an Administrative Assistant 4 to support System Integration and Sustainment, and Specialty Engineering. This position is located in Roy, UT and supports the Sentinel program.
What You’ll Get To Do:
The successful candidate will be a vital member of the team and perform in an administrative leadership role. The Administrative Assistant will be performing normal office functions including, but not limited to:
- Providing support to Director’s team, including scheduling internal and external meetings.
- Manage a complex and dynamic executive calendar, strategically prioritizing competing demands, resolving conflicts.
- Coordinate travel, including itineraries, transportation, lodging, schedule changes, and timely expense reporting.
- Manage executive office information flow, ensuring time-sensitive emails, information, requests, decisions, and commitments are appropriately prioritized and addressed.
- Anticipate executive needs, identify emerging issues, and proactively resolve or elevate matters requiring executive attention.
- Office seating coordination with facilities.
- Maintaining various forms/files/folders/access lists.
- Facilitate meetings and conferences, coordinate content and logistics, share materials, capture and distribute appropriate notes, meeting minutes and action items.
- Escort cleaning personnel.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships, communicating with executive, administrative and management personnel to gather or convey relevant information.
- Answering questions related to office operations, established policies, procedures, and procedures.
- Independently prioritize and execute multiple concurrent assignments in a high-tempo environment while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
Position Benefits:
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts
Basic Qualifications:
- High School Diploma/GED or higher and a minimum of 6+ years of experience providing Administrative or Executive support.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a DoD Secret Security Clearance.
- Advanced Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrated outstanding verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills.
- Ability to be an exceptional team player, interface well at all levels in the organization.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Active DoD Secret Security Clearance.
- Proficiency in business and travel expense system Concur (or similar) with complex, frequently changing travel.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple administrative projects and initiatives.
- Strong interpersonal, organizational and problem solving skills.
- Ability to be collaborative, proactive, self-motivated, well-organized, detail oriented and assertive as necessary and able to execute projects and tasks independently.
- Ability to exercise good judgment while demonstrating flexibility and agility, prioritizing multiple tasks with competing deadlines, managing schedule conflicts, and providing excellent follow-through.
- Experience in planning and providing logistical support for meetings and events.
Reproduced from Northrop Grumman’s own posting, with formatting simplified and links removed. Read it in full on their site before applying.