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Chenega

Defense, intelligence, and federal staffing services

Senior Executive Scheduler

Scheduling & Travel CoordinationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeWashington, DC, USA$94k - $120k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • An associate’s degree in business administration, Management, Communications, Public Administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • At least five years of experience supporting C-suite, SES-level, or equivalent senior executives, including complex calendar management in high-volume, high-visibility environments.
  • A strong understanding of executive prioritization, time management, and confidentiality requirements in a federal or highly regulated environment.
  • Experience coordinating with Chiefs of Staff, senior advisors, government leaders, interagency partners, and external stakeholders.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft 365 tools, including advanced calendar management, scheduling coordination, and reporting.
  • Public Trust clearance, and willingness and ability to comply with PBGC fitness determination requirements, background checks, and required training.
  • Ability to exercise independent judgment, set priorities, and manage competing demands without close supervision.
  • Written and verbal communication skills sufficient to communicate professionally with senior leadership and represent the organization appropriately.
  • Discretion and demonstrated ability to handle sensitive, pre-decisional, and confidential information.
  • Ability to anticipate conflicts, identify risks early, and take proactive action to protect executive priorities and mission commitments.
  • Organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own executive scheduling services end-to-end, ensuring accountability for outcomes, follow-through, and resolution.
  • Actively manage tasks to completion with appropriate visibility, handoff, or leadership awareness.
  • Resolve routine scheduling and operational decisions independently without unnecessary executive intervention.
  • Manage and control the executive calendar, including scheduling, rescheduling, cancellations, and alignment with mission priorities.
  • Apply executive-approved prioritization principles to evaluate, accept, defer, decline, or redirect requests.
  • Protect strategic focus time and enforce calendar discipline.
  • Assess requests based on urgency, mission impact, readiness, decision authority, and appropriate executive involvement.
  • Ensure meetings are purposeful, properly staffed, and adequately prepared before confirmation.
  • Coordinate closely with executives, Chiefs of Staff, senior advisors, and internal and external stakeholders.
  • Anticipate conflicts and demand by maintaining awareness of executive priorities, key initiatives, and critical deadlines.
  • Recommend consolidation, delegation, sequencing changes, or alternate formats to improve efficiency.
  • Professionally challenge requests that do not meet prioritization standards.
  • Build buffers around high-impact or decision-critical engagements.
  • Handle sensitive and high-visibility matters with discretion and sound judgment.
  • Escalate issues only when executive direction or policy interpretation is required.
  • Track scheduling activity and trends, and provide insights to improve executive time utilization.
  • Review forward schedules and workload projections to identify risks, conflicts, or preparation gaps.
  • Take preventive action to resolve issues through resequencing, coordination, resource adjustments, or escalation as needed.
  • Build preparation time and operational buffers around high-visibility or decision-critical activities.
  • Promptly notify designated leadership when capacity constraints or performance risks are anticipated.
  • Safeguard confidential, pre-decisional, and privacy-sensitive information.
  • Resolve routine matters independently and elevate issues involving policy, legal, or reputational risk.
  • Communicate with professionalism, tact, and discretion when representing the organization.
  • Provide routine reporting to support transparency, executive awareness, and continuous improvement of time-management practices as part of regular program or management reporting.
  • Promptly alert supported executives or designated contacts to schedule risks, priority conflicts, preparedness gaps, or mission impacts.
  • Escalate issues when they may affect performance, staffing capacity, or operational risk.
  • Prepare a weekly snapshot: a two-week outlook highlighting conflicts, priority pressures, pending confirmations, preparation gaps, and items requiring leadership awareness.
  • Prepare a monthly performance report summarizing scheduling activity, trends impacting executive capacity, protected focus time, inefficiencies, and recommended adjustments.
  • Prepare a quarterly advisory analyzing calendar utilization, compression risks, and opportunities to improve alignment with mission priorities, including recommended process or structural improvements.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • A bachelor’s degree in business administration, Management, Communications, Public Administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

About the Company

Chenega

Defense, intelligence, and federal staffing services

Chenega is a government services contractor that supplies staffing and support services for defense, intelligence, and federal civilian customers, plus commercial clients. It operates across the United States, its territories, and several countries, tapping wide opportunities in government contracting. Its offerings center on staffing and mission support through various contracts, delivering qualified personnel and services to meet client needs. Unlike many industry players, Chenega is rooted in an Alaska Native village corporation, which shapes its ownership and community-focused approach while competing in a broad national market. The company’s goal is to help government and commercial customers execute their missions by providing reliable, professional personnel and services under contract.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Anchorage, AK
Founded
1974

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