Main Purpose of Job:

The FVEY Air Force Interoperability Council (AFIC) is an organisation mandated to maximise interoperability between the Air Forces of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.  The Management Committee (MC), made up of military representatives of each of the member nations, implements the AFIC programme, oversees the AFIC Steering Group (SG), Working Groups (WG) and associated Project Groups (PG), and manages the publication library of five-nation agreements.

The Executive Assistant to the AFIC MC provides Administrative and Secretarial Support as specified below under “Main Duties and Responsibilities” to the AFIC MC, based in the Pentagon, Arlington, VA.

Duties involve extensive use of office software tools and knowledge management skills to facilitate and run a number of interoperability Working Groups (WG) as directed by the governing board of National Directors. Central to the team the role incumbent will assist the MC in running the AFIC porfolio of meetings and assisting with the development and management of publications within the All-Partners Access Network (APAN) SharePoint site and the US DoD Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNet).

• Information management experience preferably Microsoft (MS) SharePoint
• Experience of meeting management and reporting
• Skilled in use of MS Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Teams and SharePoint
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills, including strong editorial and note-taking skills
• Strong organisational skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision (due to MC travel)
• As access to the majority of AFIC information is restricted to members of the AFIC Nations, applicant must meet criteria of being a National of AU, CA, NZ, UK, or US.
• Secret level clearance. Applicants must be able to pass the appropriate UK-issued clearance level prior to taking up the role if not already in receipt.