Appcast

Operations & Personnel Specialist - Secret

Appcast$74K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Management, or related field required.
  • 2+ years of experience in personnel tracking or business operations.
  • Strong organizational skills with a strict adherence to SOPs and checklists.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen with an active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with administrative workflow for recruiting and tracking personnel rosters.
  • Coordinate onboarding and offboarding processes for program staff.
  • Maintain version controls and consistency in operational documents.
  • Review travel estimation forms and monitor travel deployments.
  • Track training records and ensure compliance with government requirements.
  • Provide administrative support for scheduling and logistics of program meetings.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Paid time off and holidays.
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Flexible work schedules.
Full Job Description
Job Description:

Parsons is seeking an energetic and detail-oriented Operations & Personnel Specialist to join our Program Management Office (PMO) team in an entry-level capacity. In this role, you will provide critical support directly to our centralized Operations & Personnel Center of Excellence (CoE).

This is an excellent opportunity to build a career in defense program administration. Your mission will be to assist in absorbing workforce tracking, staffing, and personnel compliance burdens from our technical teams, helping to maintain data accuracy and execution efficiency across our program task orders. You will operate under the guidance of the CoE Lead and report functionally to the PMO Director.

What You'll Be Doing:
  • Personnel Processing: Assist with the administrative workflow for specialized recruiting, updating vacancy logs, and tracking contract personnel rosters
  • Onboarding & Offboarding: Coordinate the administrative lifecycle for program staff, routing mandatory onboarding and offboarding forms including NDAs, Access Requests, and Non-Duty Access Requests
  • Centralized Repository Management: Maintain strict version controls and file structure consistency across centralized operations documents
  • Travel Tracking Coordination: Review incoming travel estimation forms, monitor active deployments, and compile preliminary data for Trip Travel Reports
  • Compliance Monitoring: Track government-required training records, update file records, and help maintain the contract personnel records to ensure total personnel compliance.
  • Meeting Coordination: Provide administrative support for program milestones, including scheduling, logistics, and drafting baseline meeting minutes for major technical integration syncs or reviews


Required Clearance:
  • Must be a U.S Citizen
  • Must have an active Secret Clearance


What Required Skills You'll Bring:
  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Management, or a related professional discipline and 2+ years of related experience
  • Strong foundational understanding of basic personnel tracking, workforce data coordination, or business operations
  • High level of organization and a proven ability to follow structured Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and checklists rigidly
  • Proficiency with the Microsoft Office 365 suite, particularly Excel (data entry, basic sorting, formatting) and PowerPoint


What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
  • Prior internship or academic project experience working within a matrixed corporate team environment, human resources desk, or federal contracting space
  • Familiarity with tracking employee compliance, training matrices, or coordinating team workflows
  • Basic experience working with collaborative workspaces like Microsoft SharePoint or similar document management repositories


Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Secret security clearance is required for this position.

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

Salary Range: $74,800.00 - $130,900.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

About Appcast

Appcast is a global leader in programmatic recruitment advertising technology. More than just a job board, Appcast?s programmatic recruitment advertising exchange connects employers and job seekers through real-time bidding and automatic job ad optimization. Appcast?s proprietary technology and advanced data analysis tools enable employers to source and hire top talent quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively. Appcast is headquartered in Lebanon, New Hampshire, with offices in Boston, New York City, San Francisco, London, Manchester, and Budapest.
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Size
200 employees
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Founded
2014

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