Staff Officer - Mid

Pherson; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental & vision

LTD/STD & life insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

401k

Job summary

Pherson in Springfield, VA seeks a Staff Officer - Mid to provide administrative and operational support for program coordination, meetings, travel, and reporting. The role requires TS/SCI with CI poly and onsite work with standard hours, Monday–Friday.

Start date anticipated Aug 1, 2026, with a full-time commitment. Responsibilities include coordinating conferences, documenting meeting notes, managing tasking, and ensuring compliant records management.

Qualifications

• Experience managing and maintaining records in line with NARA requirements.
• Experience writing staff summaries and reports.
• Experience creating and refining briefings of complex topics using PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and plan HDN activities and meetings.
• Maintain and post HDN calendar and manage tasking processes.
• Prepare program reports, briefings, and summaries for leadership.
• Coordinate travel, meetings, and event logistics; staff support.
• Provide editorial support for documents to NGA standards.

Skills

Record keeping

Staff summaries/reports

PowerPoint briefings

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview:

Pherson is seeking a Staff Officer – Mid to provide administrative and operational support to ensure effective coordination of programs, events, and daily office activities. This role manages taskings, schedules, communications, and reporting processes while supporting meetings, travel, and correspondence. The position requires strong organizational, coordination, and communication skills to assist leadership, streamline processes, and ensure mission requirements are met. This position is contingent upon contract award with an anticipated start date of August 1st, 2026.

Job Title: Staff Officer - Mid

LCAT: Office Management/Staff Officer – Level 3

Location: Springfield, VA

Operating Hours and Expectations: This position anticipates onsite work with standard work hours, Monday-Friday

Security Clearance: TS/SCI required w/ eligibility for a CI Poly

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary Range: $90,000-105,000

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in coordination and planning of HDN activities and major conferences, including but not limited to Quarterly meetings, Board meetings, Competitive Panels, monthly and weekly meetings.
• Coordinate with the HDN Communications Program Office and HDN staff to develop communications (e.g., programs, poster, publications, and Splash page announcements).
• Coordinate logistics of event and travel management.
• Effectively manage and respond to internal HDN tasking procedures to ensure effective and efficient coordination and administration of Agency correspondence.
• Process, coordinate, and monitor HDN staff requests for training, presentations, and consultations.
• Maintain calendar of HDN activities (e.g., presentations, training, and meetings) and ensure that activities are appropriately posted on the HDN shared calendar.
• Respond to routine program inquiries and questions, providing an explanation of processes and policies, track incoming calls, and referral questions to HDN subject matter experts.
• Assist staff in preparing program related reports and briefings.
• Perform limited fact-finding such as researching office files and records or standard library or office references to obtain information on a program related topic.
• Develop and maintain administrative policies, procedures, and standards to support the objectives.
• Participate in meetings and draft meeting summaries/minutes.
• Arrange conferences, meetings, and training sessions by contacting agency points of contact and participants, explain meeting purpose, arrange VTCs, meeting rooms / space / facilities and other logistics.
• Enter and track data in PeopleSoft.
• Respond to customer inquiries, process time and attendance, prepare general correspondence, file maintenance, assisting the staff with travel arrangements, and processing personnel actions. Understand and monitor tasking processes and procedures for routine correspondence, and accountability.
• Promote knowledge sharing via proper submitting, reviewing, and releasing of HDN information.
• Provide support to the Career Service Manager and staff by preparing, submitting, and delivering decision memos, read-aheads, reports and other information to support meetings.
• Problem resolution regarding NCERTS and administrative process and tracking of documentation.
• Provide editorial services for grammar, format, content, and style consistent with applicable NGA style manuals and intended audience.
• Respond to and provide basic information related to assignments, promotions, and career development processes into clear, readable documents for non-technical personnel.
• Capture and prepare board and panel meeting notes/summaries.
• May provide other administrative duties listed to include but not limited to, scheduling and coordinating meetings, calendars, and events; gathering, inputting, and retrieving electronic data; maintaining files and folders; researching and analyzing information and data to prepare reports, presentations, and papers; prepares routine correspondence in accordance with NGA standards; maintaining office supplies, initiating equipment trouble tickets or replacement, and coordinating office moves.
• Customer-specified daily work hours are anticipated to be 0730 - 1630 but may change based on office administrative support requirements, as dictated by the mission.
• Provide research, analysis and making recommendations on administrative, management and procedural practices.
• Write logical, comprehensive, concise reports, staff summaries, and correspondence.
• Apply a broad range of expertise to lead projects and programs, implement change management initiatives, and recommend process improvements.
• Direct staff tasks, oversee staff coordination, and ensure efficient and prompt staff actions.
• Manage office actions, coordination, and records management to meet compliance requirements.

Qualifications:

Required Skills:

• At least 12 months demonstrated experience managing and maintaining records in compliance with National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requirements.
• At least 12 months demonstrated experience writing staff summaries and reports
• At least 12 months demonstrated experience creating and refining briefings of complex topics using PowerPoint

Desired Skills:

• At least 24 months demonstrated experience working within the Intelligence Community

About Pherson: Pherson was founded in response to requests for analytic, instructional, and management support from the IntelligenceCommunity. We are a dynamic team of driven, supportive, and highly skilled professionals dedicated to providing top quality consulting,leadership development, and training services to the US Government and commercial clients. To learn more about us and the importantwork we do with our clients, visit our website at www.pherson.org.

Benefits: Health, dental & vision; LTD/STD & life insurance; PTO, sick leave & holidays; 401k.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected class.