Sr. Program Analyst

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Position description

Bering-Alaka`ina Holdings, LLC is looking for a Sr. Program Analyst to provide support for our government customer located in Washington, DC.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist with the coordination, development, design, and execution of CT preparedness programs, providing administrative, development, and implementation to support CT initiatives.
• Assist with preparation of background and briefing materials for Front Office (FO)-level discussions related to the counterterrorism issues and policies and assist with preparation of written materials in response to broader Department and interagency information requests.
• Support the development and conduct of U.S. government interagency and/or foreign engagements at forums as required by CT Bureau. This includes but may not be limited to drafting agendas, moderating forums and meetings, developing content, tracking invitations, writing after actions and lessons learned, and compiling a history of events and actions into an electronic library.
• Conduct liaison activities with other U.S. government agencies, as directed by CT Bureau. If requested by CT, this may include but is not limited to providing updates on the mission, structure, priorities, and activities of the CTPP.
• Event Planning: Help identify and procure necessary meeting spaces, assist with inviting participants and tracking responses to exercises, draft and disseminate meeting agendas and summaries, and track action items identified during exercises or meetings.
• Assist with travel arrangements by working with Embassy to provide transportation and lodging support and other support to CT teams as needed for international trips, meetings, events, or exercises.
• Will have staff familiar with Department of State acquisition processes and leverage USG resources and capabilities wherever possible. Have staff experienced in interfacing both with Department of State personnel CONUS and OCONUS as well as with senior diplomatic representatives of foreign countries.
• Will prepare for engagement with host governments (and relevant U.S. embassies) and negotiations involving assurances or ongoing/planned resettlement processes, as appropriate.
• Assist in the development and management of various CTPP knowledge assets, including but not limited to action item documents, rosters of experts, and knowledge generated through working group and inter agency initiatives.
• Provide the requisite staff and expertise to effectively support the CTPP’s unique lines of effort that includes but is not limited to counterterrorism policy development, science and technology program implementation, program evaluation and assessment, and interagency exercise activities.
• Work with the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and other State department bureaus to review any transfer and/or post-transfer concerns. Prepare for engagement with host governments (and relevant U.S. embassies) and negotiations involving assurances or ongoing/planned resettlement processes, as appropriate.
• Prepare talking points, cables, background checklists, annotated agendas, interagency/multilateral agendas, and talking points in response to information requests and preparation needs for senior-level officials, both in CT and the broader Department and interagency.
• Prepare talking points and background for U.S. embassies to assist in communicating to other governments about their nationals and support those engagements as appropriate.
• Ability to provide ad hoc and surge support services to support the development, implementation and execution of CTPP related initiatives including:
• The coordination, development and implementation of CT programs in support of the National Security Memorandum 2 (NSM-2), Presidential Policy Directives, and National Security Presidential Memorandums related to counterterrorism.
• Analyze policy, capabilities and technical requirements for threat-based research and development and science and technology to combat terrorism.
• Attend meetings, facilitate meetings and seminars as directed to support any of the CT initiatives.
• Assist the CT CTPP in the development, planning and implementation of preparedness activities. Support crisis response programs and activities. Past examples of such are NSC-directed exercises, ISEG, Hostage Affairs Working Group, WMDSG, and CT Technical Programs related to CT overseas activities.
• Assist with Crisis Response activities for special events in support of the ISEG.
• Provide contractor program management to include monthly status reports, personnel, and fiscal accountability, documentation, and presentation packages in support of the customer. The contractor shall notify the customer of any project-related risks, including potential funding deficiencies, as they are identified.
• Provide administrative support and executive oversight to ensure the tasks as described above are accomplished to include administration of monthly activity reports, management and project reports, and documentation production and long-range calendar planning cycle of activities.
• Maintenance and improvement to a historical library of action items developed following activities in support of CTPP initiatives. The library will be electronic and accessible with the CTPP shared network.

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