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Cherokee Federal · 2 hours ago

Program Specialist – International Science/Science Director

Virginia, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Cherokee Nation System Solutions (CNSS) is part of Cherokee Federal, focused on serving federal clients. They are seeking a Program Specialist to provide administrative and operational support for the International Science Program, ensuring that program requirements are met and facilitating various logistics and communications.

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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

Coordinate 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

Coordinate with ONR Global Business Operations teams (Operations, HR, Strategic Comms, BFM) to meet ISP needs

Support the Science Director hiring cycle: coordinate panel schedules, candidate interviews, consolidate assessments, and maintain records

Support resolution of complex administrative or business issues requiring sensitive coordination with international and domestic stakeholders across ONR, NR&DE, UARCs, and partner organizations

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)

Qualification

Program administrationEvent planningKnowledge managementCustomer requirements managementConference managementProfessional maturityCommunication skills

Required

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

Demonstrated proficiency in preparing briefings and maintaining administrative history

Demonstrated proficiency in supporting program administration, execution, and evaluation

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

Preferred

Working knowledge of the Naval Research & Development Establishment (NR&DE)

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K

Company

Cherokee Federal

Cherokee Federal, a division of Cherokee Nation Businesses, is a trusted team of government contracting professionals who can rapidly build innovative solutions.

Founded in 1969

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

5001-10000 employees