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Top Secret/SCI
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Unspecified
Springfield, VA (On-Site/Office)
Strategic Initiative Officer
DEFTEC delivers mission-critical solutions through skillfully delivered services and innovative products. We are inspired by our clients' critical missions and driven to provide the most effective solutions to execute their missions, operational challenges, and requirements. Our dedicated, experienced, and talented employees work closely with our clients to ensure the delivery of exceptional services and products.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Strategic Initiative Officer serves as the central coordinator for the development, implementation, and long-term sustainment of the NGA Certification Program in alignment with DoDM 3305.10, ensuring all certification and accreditation requirements are fully integrated into NGA's planning, programming, and budgeting processes. This role identifies and quantifies program resource and workforce requirements, evaluates program efficiency and effectiveness, and guides the development of position reviews that categorize GEOINT roles for certification eligibility. The officer engages senior NGA and NSG leadership to advance strategic workforce planning, ensuring certification, education, and renewal standards are aligned to mission needs. Through deep experience in GEOINT tradecraft development, credentialing program management, and applicable legal and accreditation standards, the Strategic Initiative Officer ensures the GEOINT Certification Program remains compliant, resourced, strategically aligned, and positioned to support the agency's long-term human capital objectives.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Required Qualifications:
Desired Qualifications:
DEFTEC offers a comprehensive whole-life benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, holiday, paid time off, 401K with a match, life insurance, short/long-term disability, and educational reimbursement. The DEFTEC team comprises professionals who make a difference daily in crucial national security missions. Our leadership knows that this happens by employing a diverse team that is well cared for. Our top priority is our employees, making DEFTEC an ideal workplace.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Please get in touch with HR@deftec.com if you require reasonable accommodations.
DEFTEC is a Drug-Free Workplace where post-offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria are met as outlined in our policies.
AAP/EEO Statement
DEFTEC Corp is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any typebased on actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeedingand medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding),gender, gender identity, and gender expression, religious creed,disability (mental and physical) including HIV and AIDS, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics ), genetic information, age, marital status, civil union status, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, denial of family and medical care leave, arrest record and/or any other characteristic(s) protected by federal, state or local law.
This policy applies to all terms of employment, includingrecruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, and general treatment during employment.
Other Duties
Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of the activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.
DEFTEC delivers mission-critical solutions through skillfully delivered services and innovative products. We are inspired by our clients' critical missions and driven to provide the most effective solutions to execute their missions, operational challenges, and requirements. Our dedicated, experienced, and talented employees work closely with our clients to ensure the delivery of exceptional services and products.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Strategic Initiative Officer serves as the central coordinator for the development, implementation, and long-term sustainment of the NGA Certification Program in alignment with DoDM 3305.10, ensuring all certification and accreditation requirements are fully integrated into NGA's planning, programming, and budgeting processes. This role identifies and quantifies program resource and workforce requirements, evaluates program efficiency and effectiveness, and guides the development of position reviews that categorize GEOINT roles for certification eligibility. The officer engages senior NGA and NSG leadership to advance strategic workforce planning, ensuring certification, education, and renewal standards are aligned to mission needs. Through deep experience in GEOINT tradecraft development, credentialing program management, and applicable legal and accreditation standards, the Strategic Initiative Officer ensures the GEOINT Certification Program remains compliant, resourced, strategically aligned, and positioned to support the agency's long-term human capital objectives.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Serve as the focal point for all tasks supporting the development, implementation, execution, maintenance, sustainment, and management of the NGA Certification Program in accordance with the references highlighted in draft DoD Manual 3305.10.
- Plan and document the development, implementation, execution, maintenance, sustainment, and management requirements of the GEOINT Certification Program and institutional accreditation and ensure they are identified and included in NGA planning, programming, and budgeting process.
- Coordinate the identification of GEOINT Certification Program resource requirements and prepare for submission in the NGA Program Build.
- Identify and quantify GEOINT Certification Program education, training, and renewal requirements including associated costs for time required for professional development and incorporate into Planning, Programming and Budgeting documents.
- Design, develop, and implement a plan for evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of the GEOINT Certification Program.
- Coordinate the development of a position review that will identify and categorize GEOINT positions to be included in the GEOINT Certification Program according to the requirements and prescribed format in DODM 3305.10.
- Engage with NGA and NSG senior leadership to convey strategic workforce planning.
Required Qualifications:
- At least 7 years of demonstrated experience developing GEOINT tradecraft competencies and engaging with GEOINT Analysts, training bodies, and leadership to advance GEOINT tradecraft development and strategic human capital initiatives
- At least 5 years demonstrated experience leading credentialing program management office functions
- At least 12 months of demonstrated experience working in the arena of applicable laws, external accreditation standards, and chapter 126 of title 42, United States Code (also known as "The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990")
- Active TS/SCI security clearance
Desired Qualifications:
- At least 36 months demonstrated experience developing and maintaining compliance with third-party bodies such as the Institute for Credentialing Excellence and National Commission for Certifying Agencies.
- Demonstrated experience working within the U.S. Intelligence Community
- Specific demonstrated experience working within NGA or NSG
- Demonstrated experience working with classification markings for the Intelligence Community
DEFTEC offers a comprehensive whole-life benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, holiday, paid time off, 401K with a match, life insurance, short/long-term disability, and educational reimbursement. The DEFTEC team comprises professionals who make a difference daily in crucial national security missions. Our leadership knows that this happens by employing a diverse team that is well cared for. Our top priority is our employees, making DEFTEC an ideal workplace.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Please get in touch with HR@deftec.com if you require reasonable accommodations.
DEFTEC is a Drug-Free Workplace where post-offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria are met as outlined in our policies.
AAP/EEO Statement
DEFTEC Corp is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any typebased on actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeedingand medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding),gender, gender identity, and gender expression, religious creed,disability (mental and physical) including HIV and AIDS, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics ), genetic information, age, marital status, civil union status, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, denial of family and medical care leave, arrest record and/or any other characteristic(s) protected by federal, state or local law.
This policy applies to all terms of employment, includingrecruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, and general treatment during employment.
Other Duties
Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of the activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.
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