Analyst (Intermediate) - GC

About the role

SABG is hiring an Intermediate Strategic Planning Analyst to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) General Counsel’s Office (GC) in Huntsville, Alabama.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Review staff packages using the Task Management Tool (ETMS2) for proper formatting, grammar, approval, signature, and completeness.
• Track all actions to reflect the most accurate status of assigned actions, coordinate between GC and other MDA departments, and verify Agency responses, ensuring all documentation is attached in the ETMS2 system, then appropriately close the actions.
• Receive, review, and analyze correspondence, delegating actions and information to the appropriate principals.
• Aid GC with Strategic Planning activities to include short-, medium- and long-term planning and management of calendars and organizational events.
• Support ETMS2 Action Officer meetings to monitor actions.
• Knowing of Defense Travel System (DTS), Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI) timecard system and processing visitor access requests are a plus.

Supervision

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Capable of providing expertise in Strategic Planning, Programmatic and Communication techniques and processes to support stakeholder requirements.
• Has specialized relevant knowledge and works as a member of team and assists with solving complex problems.
• Mid-level working knowledge, skills and abilities using Microsoft Office and Adobe software suites is required.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to provide day to day office operations and mission planning associated with senior executive level leadership including serving as an advisor and assisting with detailed planning of complex management projects, issues, and initiatives.
• Must possess exceptionally strong analytical skills to conduct planning and analysis, and trend analysis.
• Be a self-starter, detail oriented, able to support multiple projects, possess excellent communication skills, work well within a team, interact with multiple levels of management, and be able to manage customer and contractor relationships.
• Possess exceptionally strong writing skills.
• MDA and ETMS2 knowledge and experience are significant pluses.
• Computer Skills: Skills in operating a personal computer and standard office equipment; Basic to Intermediate experience with MS Project is a plus.
• Must have proficiency in a variety of computer software applications in word processing, spreadsheets, and database (MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Competencies

• Problem Solving: Identifies and resolves problems promptly; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; establishes facts; draws valid conclusions; and uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.
• Written Communication: Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively; and able to read and interpret written information.
• Diversity: Shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences, and promotes a harassment-free environment.
• Ethics: Treats people with respect; keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others; works with integrity and ethically; and upholds organizational values.
• Planning/Organizing: Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; plans for additional resources; sets goals and objectives; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks if needed; and develops realistic action plans.
• Professionalism: Tactfully approaches others; reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; accepts responsibility for own actions; and follows through on commitments.

Languages Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to question activities and issues in all functional areas and make sound business decisions based on that data.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to write and type on a computer.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand; climb, or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.