Protocol / Events Specialist - ClearanceJobs : Job Details

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Your mission is ours.

The candidate will provide protocol, and event management support to the Lockheed Martin Space Protocol team. The candidate will act in both lead and support roles for VIP meetings, agency events, ceremonies, trade shows, and conferences, and launches.

This role will offer you the following daily challenges:

• Assistance in researching venues as well as event set-up, breakdown, and logistics.
• Position requires routine interaction with VIP internal and external executives, scheduling and receiving visitors courteously, coordinating and relaying logistics to participants, preparing name tags and table tents, clearing expense reports, and developing event registration websites.
• Candidate must coordinate with campus security and be comfortable driving VIPs on campus due to restricted access. Travel, after-hours, and weekend work is required.

Although this position does support some teleworking; the preferred candidate will be located near our Lockheed Martin Space facility in Denver, Colorado, and be expected to work in the office as needed and as appropriate.

To be effective, you will need to possess these basic qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or equivalent experience/combined education.
• 5+ years of professional experience in protocol and/or event management.
• Ability to travel within the United States and overseas and work evenings and weekends as needed.
• Demonstrated ability to lead events, and act in a supporting role when others are the lead.
• You will need to be a US Citizen, and be able to obtain and maintain a US DoD TOP SECRET clearance, to support this government contract, as well as successfully pass a drug and background check, in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Please note: No clearance is required to apply, nor prior to start.

To be effective, ideally, you should also have:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline (ideally, event management), or equivalent experience/combined education, with 6 years of professional experience; or 4 years of professional experience with a related Master's degree.
• Experience planning and coordinating official visits to include tours, and meeting room management.
• Possess a strong teamwork-minded approach to daily operations.
• Computer skills, including the use of Ipads and (but not limited to) Microsoft Office Suite and Cvent.
• Ability to provide and execute immediate contingency planning.
• Ability to work independently, as well as to ask for direction from management, as needed.
• Creative in event planning and gift selection.
• Fiscally responsible with budget management.
• Ability to perform with Operational Excellence in mind.
• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, ability to multi-task, and a positive, proactive team attitude.

By applying to this role, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities, within Lockheed Martin, where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Learn more about Lockheed Martin's competitive and comprehensive benefits package here.

Joining Lockheed Martin Space means becoming part of a global network of passionate professionals dedicated to safety and shaping the future of defense capabilities At Space we value your skills, training, and education. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and visionary thinking, everything is within our reach - and yours as a Lockheed Martin Space employee. ...just to name a few reasons to join Lockheed Martin Space, and experience your future!

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration. Clearance Level: Top Secret.

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.

Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Schedule for this position: 9x80 every other Friday off

The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $69,900 - $123,280. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year. This position is incentive plan eligible.

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.