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Pentagon, DC
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Senior Level Career (10+ yrs experience)
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Job Description
Position: Strategic Communications and Engagement SME (Strategy and Engagement – SME)
Location: Pentagon (Onsite)
Clearance: TS/SCI
Education: MA/MS (or BA/BS plus an additional 8 years of work experience, 4 of which must be work related)
Outcomes:
The successful candidate is expected to accomplish the following outcomes during the first year in the position:
• Formally track all tasks, to include: assigned by, suspense, status, and comments on all assigned tasks through completion and be prepared to brief upon request.
• Develop digital continuity folders and files that include standard operating procedures, workflows and POC lists to accomplish all tasks.
• Create 2-3 products beyond the client’s requirements that positively impact the client to either increase efficiency, effectiveness, or innovation.
• Master position tasks within 60 days and exceed requirements within 90 days.
Responsibilities:
On 06 April 2026, the Deputy Secretary of War officially established the Economic Defense Unit. The EDU Director is the principal advisor to the Deputy Secretary of War for Economic Competition across the Department. The EDU will lead, advise, coordinate, synchronize, analyze and assess economic competition across the DoW.
The Strategic Communications and Engagement SME supports the Office of the Secretary of War / Economic Defense Unit Division with expert support, advice, stakeholder coordination, conference engagements, and cross functional engagement.
The Strategic Communications and Engagement SME engages with a variety of customers to identify strategic needs that support the DoW and Intelligence Communities (IC).
Per PWS section 1.3.1.4 Strategy and Engagement Analysis, Planning and Support, specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Specifically provide expert conference support for all types senior stakeholders, related engagements, coordination and planning.
• Create a plan for engagement and collaboration to identify strategic needs across the DoW EDU enterprise to include all of the functional areas (RR# 24).
• Analyze and develop long-term plans pertaining to strategy, modernization, force structure composition and disposition, doctrine, policy, and programming activities.
• Collaborate with DoW EDU to create Measures of Performance (MOPs), Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs), and decision matrices and frameworks. Construct and maintain, as required, logs and databases that allow for tracking and recording of events within strategic efforts and programs for the purpose of end-of-year analyses and performance report preparation (RR# 25).
• Analyze annual congressional authorizations and appropriations to determine potential strategic impacts to planned and ongoing OSW EDU activities, and development of a Congressional tracker to account of EDU's appropriated budgets.
• Organizational process development, requirements planning, and programming support with knowledge of various United States Government (USG) customers.
• Provide SME expertise in Office of the Secretary of War (OSW) processes, organization development, deliberate planning, programming, and strategy, support for development of engagement plans to effect resourcing support from OSW EDU stakeholders and customers.
Qualifications:
The candidate must have the following qualifications:
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of related work experience,
• Minimum of ten (10) years of specific work related experience in support of a DoW component.
• Experience supporting strategic planning, conferences, and developing and supporting the implementation of strategic plans, initiatives, and programs that align with the OSW’s stakeholders, including engaging with government agencies, industry partners, and international organizations, to foster collaboration, build partnerships and advance mutual interests.
• Strong oral and writing communication skills to convey complex concepts, policies, and strategies effectively
• Ability to think critically, anticipate challenges, and lead development of innovative engagement strategies aligned with the evolving defense landscape.
The following qualifications are desired:
• Experience supporting OSW/EDU.
• Experience supporting the Air Force
• Writing samples or published research may be reviewed.
• Skills and knowledge of Generative AI tools and methods.
• Advanced Excel and other data analytic visualization skills.
Travel: Minimal travel
Location: Pentagon (Onsite)
Clearance: TS/SCI
Education: MA/MS (or BA/BS plus an additional 8 years of work experience, 4 of which must be work related)
Outcomes:
The successful candidate is expected to accomplish the following outcomes during the first year in the position:
• Formally track all tasks, to include: assigned by, suspense, status, and comments on all assigned tasks through completion and be prepared to brief upon request.
• Develop digital continuity folders and files that include standard operating procedures, workflows and POC lists to accomplish all tasks.
• Create 2-3 products beyond the client’s requirements that positively impact the client to either increase efficiency, effectiveness, or innovation.
• Master position tasks within 60 days and exceed requirements within 90 days.
Responsibilities:
On 06 April 2026, the Deputy Secretary of War officially established the Economic Defense Unit. The EDU Director is the principal advisor to the Deputy Secretary of War for Economic Competition across the Department. The EDU will lead, advise, coordinate, synchronize, analyze and assess economic competition across the DoW.
The Strategic Communications and Engagement SME supports the Office of the Secretary of War / Economic Defense Unit Division with expert support, advice, stakeholder coordination, conference engagements, and cross functional engagement.
The Strategic Communications and Engagement SME engages with a variety of customers to identify strategic needs that support the DoW and Intelligence Communities (IC).
Per PWS section 1.3.1.4 Strategy and Engagement Analysis, Planning and Support, specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Specifically provide expert conference support for all types senior stakeholders, related engagements, coordination and planning.
• Create a plan for engagement and collaboration to identify strategic needs across the DoW EDU enterprise to include all of the functional areas (RR# 24).
• Analyze and develop long-term plans pertaining to strategy, modernization, force structure composition and disposition, doctrine, policy, and programming activities.
• Collaborate with DoW EDU to create Measures of Performance (MOPs), Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs), and decision matrices and frameworks. Construct and maintain, as required, logs and databases that allow for tracking and recording of events within strategic efforts and programs for the purpose of end-of-year analyses and performance report preparation (RR# 25).
• Analyze annual congressional authorizations and appropriations to determine potential strategic impacts to planned and ongoing OSW EDU activities, and development of a Congressional tracker to account of EDU's appropriated budgets.
• Organizational process development, requirements planning, and programming support with knowledge of various United States Government (USG) customers.
• Provide SME expertise in Office of the Secretary of War (OSW) processes, organization development, deliberate planning, programming, and strategy, support for development of engagement plans to effect resourcing support from OSW EDU stakeholders and customers.
Qualifications:
The candidate must have the following qualifications:
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of related work experience,
• Minimum of ten (10) years of specific work related experience in support of a DoW component.
• Experience supporting strategic planning, conferences, and developing and supporting the implementation of strategic plans, initiatives, and programs that align with the OSW’s stakeholders, including engaging with government agencies, industry partners, and international organizations, to foster collaboration, build partnerships and advance mutual interests.
• Strong oral and writing communication skills to convey complex concepts, policies, and strategies effectively
• Ability to think critically, anticipate challenges, and lead development of innovative engagement strategies aligned with the evolving defense landscape.
The following qualifications are desired:
• Experience supporting OSW/EDU.
• Experience supporting the Air Force
• Writing samples or published research may be reviewed.
• Skills and knowledge of Generative AI tools and methods.
• Advanced Excel and other data analytic visualization skills.
Travel: Minimal travel
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