Special Assistant

The Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA) requires an Administrative Assistant IV (Senior Executive) to support the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Preservation and Global Platforms. Support includes, but is not limited to, all functional roles of an Administrative Assistant, from daily scheduling, drafting memos, coordinating taskers, to travel, budget, and project management, as well as other functions that directly assist the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preservation and Global Platforms, as well as the offices under the ECA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preservation and Global Platforms.  Support to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, and others in the ECA Front Office will also be required.  Note that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Preservation and Global Platforms may also occasionally serve as the Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary. Exceptional critical thinking, writing and organizational skills is required, as well as the ability to prepare senior principals for a vast array of meetings, engagements, and events.

• Provides support directly to Deputy Assistant Secretary level and above.
• Conducts research, drafts, and edits written materials such as correspondence, memoranda, speeches, reports, newsletters, and briefing papers.
• Facilitates briefing checklists, briefing papers, and briefing books in preparation for an array of meetings and