Impact Analyst

Position Summary

Help UDRI and the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office measure, communicate, and amplify the mission impact of sustainment initiatives that support Air Force readiness. The Impact Analyst works alongside the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO) to identify, measure, and communicate the value, outcomes, and mission impact of RSO programs, directly supporting the RSO Communications Plan's goal of promoting understanding of the value and impact of RSO initiatives on Air Force readiness and sustainment.

About the Role

Embedded with the RSO team, the Impact Analyst participates in day-to-day program meetings to understand ongoing work, priorities, and target audiences, and works with RSO leadership to focus analysis on the most important messages and stakeholder needs. The position gathers, compiles, and validates the data and metrics that substantiate RSO messaging—collaborating with RSO program managers, subject matter experts, and UDRI's cost analysis and metrics team—and develops and maintains impact-tracking methods that measure outcomes and adoption over time.

Responsibilities

• Gathers, compiles, and validates data and metrics that substantiate RSO messaging
• Develops and maintains impact-tracking methods that measure outcomes and adoption over time
• Translates activities and results into clear, evidence-based impact statements, value narratives, vignettes, and success stories
• Collaborates with the strategic communications team and content writer to finalize and polish content for publication
• Develops and streamlines internal processes and standards for impact analysis, measurement, and reporting
• Supports additional UDRI customers and initiatives as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in business analytics, data analytics, communications, marketing, economics, or a related field
• Minimum 3 years of experience in data analysis, metrics/measurement, or program analysis, including translating results into written findings or reports
• Demonstrated ability to identify, analyze, and interpret performance metrics and outcomes to determine value and mission impact
• Demonstrated ability to independently translate quantitative and qualitative information into clear, well-structured written drafts—including impact statements, value narratives, vignettes, and success stories—developed to a near-final, ready-to-edit stage
• Strong writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to produce accurate, on-message content with minimal drafting support from others
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office software – Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Qualifications

• Self-motivated with the ability to work under minimal supervision
• Availability to travel between UDRI locations, base, and other mission locations to support communications work as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 or more years of experience in analysis, metrics, or impact/outcome reporting
• Demonstrated experience developing impact statements, value narratives, vignettes, success stories/case studies, or return-on-investment summaries
• Demonstrated experience drafting communications products (e.g., articles, briefings, one-pagers, reports) to a publication-ready or near-publication-ready standard
• Experience establishing measurement/evaluation approaches or reporting processes and standards (e.g., KPIs, dashboards, or a recurring reporting cadence)
• Demonstrated proficiency with data visualization or analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Excel dashboards)
• Experience working with technical subject matter experts to gather and interpret program information
• Familiarity with US Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Sustainment Center, and Air Logistics Complexes
• Familiarity with US military offices and acronyms
• Familiarity with strategic communications, marketing, or stakeholder engagement
• Familiarity with SharePoint

Benefits

Due to the requirements of our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates must be a U.S. citizen. Availability to travel between UDRI locations, base, and other mission locations to support communications work as needed.

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Closing Statement

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