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Staff Assistant - Security

$20 - $32 per hour

Apex Systems

We are hiring a Staff Assistant!

Role: Staff Assistant


Supporting: Large Financial Services Client


Location: Merrifield, VA (Hybrid)


Assignment Type: Contract Only


Duration: ~6 months


Role Overview:

This is a highimpact opportunity for an experienced executive support professional who thrives in dynamic environments and enjoys being at the center of critical operations. As a Staff Assistant, you'll provide direct administrative and operational support to a senior executive, playing a key role in keeping priorities aligned, initiatives moving, and leadership equipped with the information needed to make effective decisions.


If you enjoy variety, ownership, and working closely with executive leadership, this role offers meaningful exposure, responsibility, and the chance to make a real impact. Apply today to take the next step in your career!


Key Responsibilities:
  • Manage and prioritize an executivelevel calendar, including complex scheduling
  • Coordinate across multiple teams and stakeholders to support key initiatives
  • Prepare executive briefing materials, presentations, and correspondence
  • Collect, organize, and synthesize program, budget, and project updates
  • Track action items and ensure timely followups
  • Provide highquality operational and administrative support in a fastpaced setting
  • Handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and professionalism

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Communications, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 5+ years of experience supporting senior executives or leadership teams
  • Strong organizational, prioritization, and problemsolving skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executivelevel correspondence
  • Proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint)
  • Experience with briefing materials, presentations, and executive reporting
  • Ability to manage competing priorities with attention to detail
  • Experience in corporate, government, or technology environments preferred

Compensation and Benefits: The pay rate for this position is between $20.00 and $32.00 per hour. Please note that the final rate may be contingent on experience and other factors.


This employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.


Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details.


If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or View phone number on click.appcast.io.


Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or View phone number on click.appcast.io. Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.

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