DASW MR Analyst/Strategic Communicator - Clearance Required

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior leaders and subject-matter experts to understand key policy priorities, narratives, and objectives
• Serve as client’s go-to advisor on daily operations, managing tasks, and ensuring alignment with organization’s goals and strategic objectives
• Lead coordination of responses to queries and CATMS taskers with department counterparts and international partners
• Manage tracking from beginning to end of CATMS taskers, GAO audits, congressional and IG inquiries, etc.
• Assist senior leadership in the preparation of high-level briefings, meetings, and major international engagements
• Monitor progress on organization’s key efforts on a regular basis and incorporate these updates into policy products briefed to executive-level officials and international leaders
• Assist in the development of clear and concise talking points tailored to specific audiences and occasions
• Ensure talking points are consistent with senior leadership priorities and style
• Stay informed about trends, emerging issues, and geopolitical developments relevant to portfolio
• Collaborate with department stakeholders to coordinate the delivery of talking points and other policy deliverables
• Participate in department-wide, interagency, and international meetings on defense cooperation and collaboration
• Take general guidance on intent, target audience, and venue to build draft products with significant technical content for briefings or papers that effectively deliver the desired message and remain consistent with the organization’s objectives and priorities
• Demonstrate a strong grasp of the larger science, technology, acquisition, and sustainment efforts in the Department, understand the organizational elements across the enterprise, and have the ability to liaison and coordinate with the technical communities in each of the Services
• Support client in the planning and logistics of annual defense symposium

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a discipline related to communication, journalism, literature, political science, international relations, history, or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferable
• Intermediate or better level of knowledge and operations of CATMS
• Prior policy and strategy writing a plus
• Professional experience in national security or defense, preferably supporting OSW organizations in the Pentagon
• Excellent research skills
• Experience analyzing quantitative and qualitative data
• Experience working with senior leadership in the national security and defense sector
• Strong, demonstrated problem solving experience, communication skills, and writing skills
• Ability to manage multiple groups and tasks, and work independently or in a group
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite of tools, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project, and Visio
• A current SECRET DoW clearance is required