Program Support Specialist

Subsidiary:                                  KIRA Information Solutions

Job Title:                                      Program Support Specialist 

Job Location:                              Remote Position working with Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH

Labor Category:                         Exempt    

Clearance Requirement:          Must be able to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance, if required

Travel Requirement:                 Limited; may be required to visit Wright-Patterson AFB

Pay:                                              $50,000-$75,000

Tlingit Haida Tribal Business Corporation (THTBC) is a family of 8(a), HUBZone, SDB, and other companies wholly- owned by the largest tribe in Alaska. Each of its wholly- owned 30 subsidiaries are uniquely qualified to deliver value to its customers and teaming partners. For over 30 years, THTBC has operated as a trusted US Federal contractor throughout the US and worldwide. As a Native Alaskan, Tribally- Owned business, THTBC has a competitive edge unique in the US Federal Government contracting space, including access to US Government directed sole source contracts. THTBC delivers outstanding service with innovative, low-cost contract solutions to all its public and private sector customers worldwide.  

Program Details:

This position is in support of sustainment and modification of the United States Air Force (USAF) Electronic Technical Information Management System (ETIMS) program.   ETIMS is the Air Force System of Record for Technical Order (TO) management and is the Air Force’s Enterprise Defense Business System (DBS) for managing TOs.  TOs are military orders containing the authoritative procedures and instructions for operating and maintaining all U.S. Department of the Air Force equipment and systems. 

ETIMS supports ~178,000 users at ~385 sites worldwide. It also supports ~60,000 eTOs, 54,000 ETIMS eTools, 14,000 paper TOs, and more than 13,000 TO libraries across the Air Force Enterprise.  

The Government Program Office is located at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.   The development and support team are geographically dispersed and teleworking our daily working protocol.    

Scope of work:

THTBC is seeking a customer-oriented Program Support Specialist with Government Contracting expertise to join our team.  The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who has considerable experience working independently as well as within a team and can work proactively and with limited supervision.  This program requires a highly qualified person who can successfully build trusted relationships with both internal stakeholders and external customers.  The ideal candidate is eager to learn and will thrive by using problem-solving skills to recommend and help implement innovative process improvement solutions to improve program execution. 

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Program Manager, teammates, and Government Customer/team to ensure contract lifecycle needs are met or exceeded
• Create and Maintain Integrated Management Schedule (IMS) using MS Project
• Produce technical and proposal documents 
• Take and distribute technical meeting minutes
• Review quality of technical and program documents
• Prepare slide presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint 
• Track, resolve and report on daily and formal program action items
• Track monthly program activity to communicate in MSRs and PMRs
• Maintain project metrics
• Create/Maintain/Update project administrative documents such as personnel lists, sign-in rosters, CAC lists, vacation schedules, etc.
• Assist with Test activities, as needed

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field of study.  Relevant Experience may be counted towards education.
• 2 years of experience with acquisition support
• 3-5 years of experience in an administrative, communication, and/or customer service-based role
• Ability to translate technical requirements into acquisition requirements and milestones
• Experience with MS Office Suite to include MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. 
• Experience with Microsoft Project and with creating and maintaining program Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
• Experience creating and formatting Figures and Tables, Graphs, Table of Contents, Appendices, etc.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with Department of Defense (DoD) programs and requirements 
• Knowledge of/experience with government acquisition environment 
• Knowledge of/experience with project life cycle and project management techniques 
• Knowledge of/experience with Agile Development/Scrum Processes
• Knowledge of/experience with utilizing Jira for Agile Development
• Knowledge of/experience with Agile Test Processes
• Knowledge of/experience with process improvement initiatives 

The ideal candidate will:

• Be proactive: anticipate challenges and utilize problem solving skills to identify recommended solutions
• Be responsive: provide information and timely updates to internal stakeholders and external customers
• Be effective: follow up on outstanding issues and track to resolution or escalate appropriately

Benefits:

THTBC offers eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Hospital Indemnity Plan
• Company paid Short Term Disability, basic life, & AD&D
• Employee paid Long Term Disability, voluntary life, and AD&D for dependents
• Accrued vacation and sick time
• 401(k) Retirement Plan

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform all the essential duties of the position satisfactorily.   The requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. May be required to obtain and maintain a security clearance, including successfully completing a thorough background investigation.

THTBC is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. 

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