Senior Staff Officer

ARMADA, Ltd.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ARMADA, Ltd. in McLean, VA seeks a Senior Staff Officer to provide strategic counsel and staff support to executives, enabling effective decision-making and advancement of priorities.

You will analyze complex information, prepare decision-ready recommendations, briefings, and executive documents while coordinating cross-functionally on high-visibility initiatives. Relentless focus on confidentiality and discretion, with ability to work independently and manage multiple high-priority tasks in a

Qualifications

• Must have demonstrated experience providing staff officer, executive support, or strategic planning.
• Experience supporting senior leadership or Government officials in a complex organization.
• Experience developing executive-level briefings, decision memoranda, issue papers, talking points, reports, or similar materials.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating complex projects, initiatives, or actions involving multiple stakeholders.
• Must possess excellent written communication, analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to manage sensitive information and exercise discretion when supporting senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic counsel and targeted staff support to executive leadership to enable effective decision-making and advancement of key priorities.
• Analyze and synthesize complex information to identify critical issues, risks, dependencies, and recommended courses of action.
• Develop decision-ready recommendations for executive and senior-level consideration.
• Prepare executive briefings, issue papers, options analyses, talking points, decision memoranda, and other senior-level correspondence and documentation.
• Navigate ambiguity, competing priorities, and changing mission requirements to appropriately sequence and advance high-priority initiatives.
• Translate executive priorities and strategic objectives into actionable workplans, milestones, governance routines, and accountability mechanisms.
• Develop and manage strategic engagement plans supporting senior stakeholders and priority initiatives.
• Lead and facilitate cross-functional coordination for complex, sensitive, high-visibility, or time-critical initiatives.
• Track strategic commitments, action items, dependencies, risks, decisions, and deliverables through resolution.
• Prepare executive leadership for high-level and high-stakes meetings by identifying objectives, stakeholder positions, potential risks, decision points, and recommended actions.
• Represent executive leadership in designated working groups, coordination meetings, or governance forums within approved authorities.
• Identify emerging issues and proactively recommend appropriate sequencing, escalation, mitigation, or resource actions.
• Coordinate with Government leadership, client representatives, internal stakeholders, and mission partners on matters requiring judgment, diplomacy, and influence.
• Provide executive counsel regarding priorities, organizational risks, decisions, competing demands, and mission requirements.
• Support internal efforts related to professional development, upskilling, training, knowledge sharing, and strategic client engagement.
• Provide surge support and specialized expertise to accelerate progress on sensitive, high-priority, or time-critical projects.
• Maintain appropriate discretion and confidentiality when handling sensitive information, executive communications, and organizational matters.
• Perform other staff officer and mission-support duties as assigned in support of Government requirements.

Skills

Analytical skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Executive briefing

Presentation development

Project management

Discretion and judgment

Independent work

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Key Details

• Type: Full Time
• Location: McLean, VA
• Overtime Exempt: Yes
• Reports To: ARMADA HQ
• Security Clearance Required: Top Secret SCI w/ CI Poly

Duties & Responsibilities

• The Senior Staff Officer will provide strategic counsel and targeted staff support to executive leadership to enable effective decision-making and advancement of key priorities.
• Analyze and synthesize complex information to identify critical issues, risks, dependencies, and recommended courses of action.
• Develop decision-ready recommendations for executive and senior-level consideration.
• The Senior Staff Officer will prepare executive briefings, issue papers, options analyses, talking points, decision memoranda, and other senior-level correspondence and documentation.
• Navigate ambiguity, competing priorities, and changing mission requirements to appropriately sequence and advance high-priority initiatives.
• Translate executive priorities and strategic objectives into actionable workplans, milestones, governance routines, and accountability mechanisms.
• Develop and manage strategic engagement plans supporting senior stakeholders and priority initiatives.
• The Senior Staff Officer will lead and facilitate cross-functional coordination for complex, sensitive, high-visibility, or time-critical initiatives.
• Track strategic commitments, action items, dependencies, risks, decisions, and deliverables through resolution.
• Prepare executive leadership for high-level and high-stakes meetings by identifying objectives, stakeholder positions, potential risks, decision points, and recommended actions.
• The Senior Staff Officer will represent executive leadership in designated working groups, coordination meetings, or governance forums within approved authorities.
• Identify emerging issues and proactively recommend appropriate sequencing, escalation, mitigation, or resource actions.
• The Senior Staff Officer will coordinate with Government leadership, client representatives, internal stakeholders, and mission partners on matters requiring judgment, diplomacy, and influence.
• Provide executive counsel regarding priorities, organizational risks, decisions, competing demands, and mission requirements.
• The Senior Staff Officer will support internal efforts related to professional development, upskilling, training, knowledge sharing, and strategic client engagement.
• Provide surge support and specialized expertise to accelerate progress on sensitive, high-priority, or time-critical projects.
• Maintain appropriate discretion and confidentiality when handling sensitive information, executive communications, and organizational matters.
• The Senior Staff Officer will perform other staff officer and mission-support duties as assigned in support of Government requirements.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities (KSAs)

• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with the ability to evaluate complex information and develop clear, actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in environments involving ambiguity, shifting priorities, and competing demands.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with senior and executive-level stakeholders.
• Strong executive briefing, writing, and presentation-development capabilities.
• Ability to prepare concise, accurate, and decision-focused briefing materials and executive correspondence.
• Strong organizational and project-management skills with the ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives simultaneously.
• Ability to identify risks, dependencies, decision points, and potential barriers before they impact mission execution.
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to build effective working relationships across functional and organizational boundaries.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion, diplomacy, and professionalism when supporting sensitive or high-visibility matters.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while maintaining accountability for assigned initiatives and deliverables.

Minimum/General Experience

• Demonstrated professional experience providing staff officer, executive support, strategic planning, program support, operations, or similar mission-focused support.
• Experience supporting senior-level leadership, executives, or Government officials in a complex organization.
• Experience developing executive-level briefings, decision memoranda, issue papers, talking points, reports, or similar materials.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating complex projects, initiatives, or actions involving multiple stakeholders.
• Must possess excellent written communication, analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to manage sensitive information and exercise discretion when supporting senior leadership.

Minimum Education

• High School Diploma, or equivalent

Disclaimer

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of the contractor assigned to this position.

Special Notes

Relocation is not available for these jobs.

ARMADA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. ARMADA complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Must be able to successfully pass a background check, and pre-employment drug testing. Job offers are contingent upon results of background check and drug testing.