Senior Policy Analyst- DoD Modernization
Company: SAIC
Location: Arlington
Posted on: May 12, 2022
Job Description:
Job ID:
2206924
Location:
ARLINGTON
,
VA
,
US
Date Posted: 2022-05-05Category: Defense/IntelSubcategory: Policy
AnalystSchedule: Full-timeShift: Day JobTravel: Yes, 10 % of the
TimeMinimum Clearance Required: Top SecretClearance Level Must Be
Able to Obtain: TS/SCIPotential for Remote Work: No
Description SAIC is seeking a Senior Policy Analyst to provide
analytical support to senior DoD officials (Principal Directors) in
the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
Specifically, the Policy Analyst will provide staff expertise and
action officer support to assigned DDR&E (MOD) modernization
priority areas (). Essential attributes include critical thinking,
and the ability to actively interact with Joint Staff, Military
Components, Defense Agencies, Industry, and other Office of the
Secretary of Defense (OSD) departments.
Job duties include:
- Policy and Guidance Analysis Support. Develop and promulgate
modernization priority area standards, policy and best practices;
provide expert advice and guidance to policy and guidance
development efforts within DoD and to areas of interest within
R&E; provide policy analysis and input to both OUSD(R&E)
controlled and external policy and guidance documentation with
regards to its impact to DDR&E(MOD) areas
- Advance the Practice and Facilitate the Discussion. Support the
creation and maintenance of, and participate in Working Groups
(WGs), Communities of Practice (CoPs), industry forums, and similar
groups related to the assigned Modernization Priority area;
facilitate/understand issues, discovering/documenting community
identified capability gaps, facilitating discussions, publishing
success stories, formulating solutions, and achieving a common
point of view among the members to support the advancement of the
Modernization Priority areas
- Cooperation and Collaboration with Stakeholders. Provide expert
advice, advocacy, guidance, reporting, documentation, outreach, and
engagement with DoD stakeholder organizations; promote cooperation
and collaboration among DoD components to include key touchpoints
with Joint Staff, OUSD(A&S), and DoD CIO
- Action Officer Support. Provide technical and management
research and inputs for DDR&E(MOD) data calls, correspondence,
paper/presentation requirements, briefings, articles, instructions,
handbooks, reports, training courses, and similar items, as
required; maintain contact directories, build project schedules,
data mine, write status reports and white papers, compile data,
prepare briefings, coordinate meetings, and similar items;
facilitate meetings using electronic tools (e.g. Microsoft Teams,
Defense Collaboration Services (DCS), etc.); develop, prepare, and
coordinate national and international meetings.
- Duties may include organizing travel; reserving adequate
meeting space; preparing read-ahead packages; distributing
invitations; taking minutes; recording, tracking, and adjudicating
action items; and developing agendas and briefings per
OUSD(R&E) criteria and guidance
Qualifications Education & Experience
- A bachelor's degree with 10 years of relevant
experience
- At least 3 years of experience with policy development,
reviewing, responding, and routing policy and directives through
staffing and approval
- Strong leadership, problem identification/resolution skills,
flexibility, initiative, and a proven ability to work with Senior
Executives efficiently and effectively (to include experience
interfacing/communicating with Senior Executive leadership in both
government and industry)
- Experience writing white papers, briefings, correspondence, and
reports
- Excellent computer skills in MS Office (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, MS TEAMS) and databases
- Excellent organizational and teambuilding skills, good
interpersonal skills
Clearance
- Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain a TS/SCI
clearance
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or
boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed
when work is performed at a customer site.SAIC - is a premier
Fortune 500 - technology integrator driving our nation's technology
transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the
defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure
high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial
intelligence, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and
understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate
the best components from our own portfolio and our partner
ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions
that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.
We are more than 26,500 strong; driven by mission, united by
purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an fostering a
respectful work culture based on that values all contributors.
Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of
approximately $7.1 billion. For more information, visit .
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