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Northrop Grumman partners with you so you can be your best, both inside and outside of the workplace. We know it’s important to maintain a healthy balance between your personal and professional life, which is why we not only offer but encourage time away from work. Resources like our back-up child and elder care programs demonstrate our commitment to supporting you and your family through all stages and experiences. When it comes to career journeys, we understand everyone’s path is different. Our diverse roles, experiences and learning opportunities can help expand your expertise, feed your curiosity and fuel your passions.

At Northrop Grumman, your career is one with purpose where you can make the impossible, possible. With our career development resources and education assistance programs, there's no limit to the professional growth opportunities available to you.

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Career Development

We mean it when we say anything is possible at Northrop Grumman. No matter where you are in your career journey, the Career Development Hub, our all-in-one platform for career planning, networking and professional development, is here to support you.

Partner with your manager for career guidance while exploring these resources and tools:

Career planning: Plan your career journey to reflect your interests, passions and professional goals with the help of a series of easy, actionable steps you can use and reuse, including ways to partner with your manager for productive career conversations.
Learning and Skill Development: Explore a variety of opportunities to learn and grow professionally including technical, leadership and functional development programs, access to platforms such as Global Learning Exchange, Blue Ocean Brain, Workday, and sector and enterprise resources, and more.
Quarterly Connections That Count: Discover resources to help you highlight your accomplishments and contributions, discuss career goals and aspirations, and get feedback and coaching on development areas.
Networking: Connect and build professional relationships within and across our organization. Explore mentorships, Employee Resources Groups and communities of practice.
Job Experiences: Leverage Workday to showcase your skills, education, goals and contributions and search for new roles all from one location.
Employee Career Development for Managers: Understand the benefits of employee movement and explore tools, resources and ideas to support employee retention, career planning, performance coaching and more.

Education Assistance

At Northrop Grumman, delivering cutting-edge technology and products is what we do and we understand the need to continue evolving our workforce to meet the needs of our customers. That's why we encourage you to pursue continued education and offer education assistance through EdAssist. This program provides:

Free Education Advice: speak with an experienced advisor who can tailor an educational program to meet your career goals and needs, call 855-222-2398.
Tuition Savings at Accredited Schools: Access reduced tuition costs and waived fees at a network of accredited schools in a variety of locations including online.

For more information, visit the EdAssist website, where you can access on the Northrop Grumman network or off the Northrop Grumman network.

Student Loan Program

In choosing to pursue educational opportunities, we know you may hold or take on student loans. We partner with vendors to offer student loan refinancing options including:

Beneplace, Northrop Grumman's Employee Discount store. Search "student loans" to view what's available.
Northrop Grumman Federal Credit Union (NGFCU), an employee banking institution with exclusive deals. To apply call 800-633-2848 ext. 1725 or visit the website. Additionally, 1:1 student loan counseling is available through NGFCU’s financial well-being partner BALANCE at 888-456-2227.

Employee Recognition Program

BRAVO to our Stars is an enterprise-wide recognition program that reinforces the company's commitment to motivating and rewarding our talented workforce. Through BRAVO to our Stars, you'll find multiple ways to recognize your peers.

eRecognition– Recognize accomplishments, share appreciation and celebrate the success and career milestone achievements of your teammates with customized eCards.

Monetary Recognition - Managers are empowered to recognize employees with cash awards paid through payroll.

Service Awards- BRAVO to our Stars celebrates an employee’s first year anniversary with a printed yearbook featuring congratulations from co-workers and more. Then, for every five-year milestone anniversary, an employee will receive a printed yearbook and instructions on how to order a milestone award.

Retirement Awards - Within six to eight weeks after an employee’s official retirement date, BRAVO to our Stars will automatically generate a commemorative booklet and mail it directly to the employee. The booklet acknowledges and thanks the employee for their years of service with Northrop Grumman. The commemorative booklet will also include a catalog of award options.

*Eligibility for the BRAVO to our Stars Program varies.

Workplace Accommodations

Extraordinary work comes from extraordinary people. Northrop Grumman is committed to ensuring all employees are comfortable and confident bringing their full selves to work. Employees can submit a workplace accommodations request through the Employee Services portal to receive a job or work environment adjustment to support their individual needs. Requests may include accessibility due to a disability, childbirth, pregnancy or related condition, religious or LGBTQ+/transition assistance.