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Personnel Vetting Coordinator

Carry candidates and staff through the vetting process without letting anyone fall into a gap. The role is administrative in mechanism and consequential in effect — a lost form is somebody's career held up for months.

Location
Arlington, VA
Level
Early career
Clearance
Secret
Reference
ON-PE-9902
Division
People
Site
Office · secure areas
Region
Americas
Engagement
Full-time · On site
Travel
None
Reports to
Manager, Personnel Security
— The work

What the role is responsible for.

  • Coordinate clearance applications, renewals, and transfers end to end.
  • Maintain accurate personnel security records to audit standard.
  • Keep applicants informed of status at a defined cadence, including when there is nothing to report.
  • Liaise with investigating authorities and internal sponsors.
  • Support onboarding for cleared staff and their access arrangements.
— Required

What we need you to bring.

  • Administrative or coordination experience in a setting where accuracy carried consequences.
  • Meticulous record-keeping and comfort with formal process.
  • Clear, calm written communication with people under stress.
  • Absolute discretion with personal information.
  • Eligibility for sponsored Secret vetting.
— Preferred

Useful, not essential.

  • Prior personnel security or human resources compliance experience.
  • Familiarity with clearance adjudication processes.
  • Experience supporting candidates through a long administrative process.

We read the preferred list as a description of a useful background, not a checklist. Candidates who meet the required list and none of the preferred are regularly hired.

— The team

Who you would be joining.

Personnel Security is part of the People division and works alongside Talent. The team's standing commitment is that no applicant is left without a status.

— Conditions

What to know before you apply.

Structured progression into personnel security specialist and facility security roles is available and documented at offer.

All candidates undergo comprehensive vetting. Reasonable accommodation is available at any stage — say so in your first note and it will be arranged. We do not use unverified third-party recruiters, and we never ask a candidate for a fee.