Job Description

Position Summary

Alion is looking for an Administrative Assistant to join the team in China Lake, CA and contribute to "Many Moves Ahead". This is an SCA position.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of activities in support of functional areas such as finance, purchasing, or human resources or for a specific project/business/technical unit.
• Performs normal office functions such as setting up and maintaining files; interviewing callers and making proper referrals; arranging meetings and conferences; and receiving, referring, or answering mail.
• Reviews drafts and finished documents for appropriate grammatical usage; answers questions relating to office operations and established policies and procedures.
• Gathers, compiles and reports on information relevant to supervisor's assignment.
• Gathers, collects, records, tracks and verifies data and information from multiple sources.
• Compiles, reviews and analyzes data. Uses software for functional area, to compile and generate reports, statistics, timelines, tables, graphs, correspondence and presentations.
• Provides data and information to others on functional unit processes and procedures.
• May be assigned leadership responsibility over less experienced Administrative Assistants and Clerks.

• High school degree with some college or technical training in a related discipline and at least 2 -5 years related experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Will have excellent grammar, punctuation, spelling and proofreading skills.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft applications like Word and Excel.
• An active Secret security clearance is required.