Action Officer

Partner Forces • Arlington, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As a consultant at Partner Forces, you will serve as a trusted advisor to our clients’ day in and day out. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with your colleagues, our partners, and our clients to ideate, initiate and complete tasks, projects, and initiatives. You will work on mission-oriented projects, where you will bring forward actionable insights, solve complex problems, and thrive on delivering meaningful solutions.
Partner Forces is grounded in our core values of integrity, excellence, positivity, candor, determination, and teamwork. Our culture is a reflection of this, ensuring that we:
Apply solution-oriented thinking to challenges and opportunities.
Thrive by remaining agile and embracing change.
Work to create an environment where everyone feels welcome and valued as teammates and contributors.Bring out the best in others by applying sound judgment and exuding principled genuineness.
Embrace a continuous learning and growth mindset.
Encourage an open dialogue even when it is hard.
Continuously promoting teamwork and collaboration to achieve the best outcomes for our clients and teams
As an employee at Partner Forces, you’ll join a team of consultants who share a passion for prioritizing collaboration, crafting solutions to mitigate risk, protecting critical infrastructure and helping our national security and industry partner tackle their most pressing challenges. At Partner Forces, we take our employees’ well-being and growth as seriously as we do our mission. You will be challenged every day, but we know that business and individual growth go hand-in-hand, so we offer a wide array of benefits that support the well-being and personal and professional development of our employees.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent professional experience
• 3+ years of experience supporting executive operations, front office coordination, program management, or leadership support functions in a government or professional services environment
• Strong organizational, analytical, and coordination skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in fast-paced environments
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate across diverse stakeholder groups
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
• Ability to work onsite daily in a professional front office environment
• Active DHS suitability or ability to obtain/maintain required clearance/access

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting DHS or other federal executive/front office environments
• Familiarity with task management processes, executive correspondence workflows, or front office operations
• Experience supporting executive communications, strategic planning efforts, or operational coordination initiatives
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion, and professionalism in sensitive environment

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and track leadership taskers, action items, deliverables, and suspense deadlines across multiple stakeholders
• Support front office operations through proactive coordination, follow-through, and communication management
• Assist leadership in prioritizing and managing competing operational and strategic demands
• Support planning, execution, and follow-up activities for leadership meetings, working groups, and executive engagements
• Develop and maintain tracking tools, status reports, and operational dashboards to support leadership visibility and decision-making
• Help identify operational gaps and recommend process improvements to enhance front office efficiency
• Draft, review, and coordinate executive-level communications, briefing materials, talking points, reports, and status updates
• Coordinate responses to internal and external requests for information and leadership taskers
• Prepare meeting materials, agendas, summaries, and executive read-aheads as needed
• Ensure leadership communications and deliverables are accurate, timely, and professionally presented
• Serve as a key coordination point between leadership, staff, government stakeholders, and contractor teams
• Build strong working relationships across teams to facilitate communication and mission execution
• Support cross-functional collaboration efforts and assist in aligning teams around front office priorities
• Communicate clearly and professionally in high-visibility and fast-paced environments
• Support strategic initiatives and special projects on behalf of front office leadership
• Assist with researching, organizing, and synthesizing information to support decision-making and planning efforts
• Contribute to operational improvement efforts and evolving front office priorities as needed

Benefits

• support the well-being and personal and professional development of our employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level