Monitoring and Metrics Specialist- Lorton, VA

About the role

This position will function as the Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) Monitoring and Metrics Specialist for the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program within the Global Threat Reduction Directorate (GT) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). CTR strengthens the capabilities of partner nations and the international community to prevent, detect, interdict, and deter weapons of mass destruction proliferation and use.

The Monitoring and Metrics Specialist provides interdisciplinary technical expertise and coordination to support the data collection, evaluation, and outputs relevant to measuring progress in the capacity building efforts across three geographic Departments within the GT Directorate.

Responsibilities

The Monitoring and Metrics Specialist works with CTR stakeholders to promote awareness, develop training materials, support metrics implementation, and support collation of metrics scores, with an emphasis on leveraging them to inform future project planning and high-level messaging of CTR’s impact.

• Supports implementation of a new metrics framework across three geographic Departments that encompass biological, chemical, and nuclear threat reduction and WMD interdiction activities.
• Interfaces with the Knowledge Management Team to develop and improve the data entry application (Metrics App) and data visualization tool (Metrics Dashboard).
• Supports routine metrics analyses and processes.
• Strategizes and/or develops frameworks and procedures to augment CTR’s monitoring and evaluation processes.
• Serves as a primary knowledge source for metrics best practices and processes.
• Prepares analyses and summaries independently, on schedule, and with exemplary quality.
• Identifies and applies best practices, innovation, and process improvement.
• Provides technical expertise on metrics as they apply to new country assessments, gap analyses, program planning, implementation oversight, and sustainability.
• Provides high-quality technical products to inform decision making and administer CTR’s metrics efforts.
• Reviews technical deliverables and coordinates with project teams to provide comments that inform project execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific or technical field, including statistics and applied mathematics
• 3+ years of relevant experience in public health, social science, biology, international development, public administration or other related field
• Combination of education and/or experience in the area of monitoring and evaluation
• Active Secret level clearance (minimum)
• US Citizenship is required
• Excellent organizational and written/oral communication skills
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office tool suites
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently
• Ability to work on multiple projects, including resourcing, tracking, follow-up and follow-through to project completion
• Strong attention to detail, communication, critical thinking, and problem solving skills
• Flexibility/adaptability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to be on site in Lorton, VA, up to 100% of the time

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree
• 10+ years of related experience in social science, public health, , international development, public administration or other related field
• Monitoring and evaluation education and experience
• Experience with Microsoft 365 platforms such as SharePoint, Power App, and Power BI
• Demonstrated ability to write for Senior Leaders
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• DTRA CTR or Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) or Counter WMD experience

Pay

Posted Salary Range: $78,900.00 - $123,300.00 per year