International Cooperative Agreements Negotiator

Job Description:

George Consulting is seeking an International Cooperative Agreements Program Analysts to support NIPO at the Washington Navy Yard.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Our International Cooperative Agreements Program Analysts support different groups and where each will have different focuses. As this supports an Echelon 2 Activity, Program Analysts are expected to be able to contextualize information in terms of how they support strategic and regional national security objectives, such as those in Combatant Commander Theater Security Cooperation Plans or Department of State regional initiatives. Additional, information needs to be presented to different audiences, to include SES and Flag Officer level, and various DoD and Department of State officials, to obtain buy-in and concurrence.

The International Cooperative Agreements Program Analysts responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Support Department of the Navy (DoN) and Department of Defense (DoD) security cooperation, security assistance and foreign military sales assessments, staff organization, and administrative requirements.
• Able to work independently with limited direction and be self-motivated.
• Able to work with other contractor teammates and customers daily.
• Able to work closely with customers to ensure deliverables meet their expectations and arrive in a timely manner.
• Attend and actively participate in team meetings.
• Provide International Cooperative programs support to include developing inputs to strategic plans, regional and country summaries, command briefs, process desk guides and other handbooks, metrics reporting, and other internal and external communications documents.
• Provide International Agreements (IAs) support to include preparing and coordinating IA staffing packages; tracking the status of international cooperative agreements; providing support for negotiations; reviewing, validating, updating, and documenting the status of potential, in-process, and concluded Ias in SharePoint; developing and submitting IA tracking and reporting summaries by country or program as required, development of related briefings and other presentation materials.
• Provide DoD International Agreements policy support, including International Agreements Generator support, DoD International Agreements Neighborhood Watch support, including providing input and promulgating guidance.
• Provide Information Exchange Program support to include coordination with U.S. Technical Project Officers; preparation and coordination of International Agreements and Information/Data Exchange Annex (I/DEA) staffing packages; reviewing, validating, updating, and documenting the status of identified, proposed, and established I/DEAs in SharePoint; and developing and submitting I/DEA tracking and reporting summaries by country or program as required; and development of related briefings and other presentation materials.
• Provide support and preparations for OSD-level and Navy engagements with foreign partners.
• Maintain the International Agreements Division SharePoint site with accurate and up-to-date libraries and records.
• Support the development, staffing, and coordination of documentation associated with the Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program(ESEP), as well as tracking of ESEP placement status in SharePoint.
• Support the OSD and Navy Coalition Warfare Program (CWP) by assisting program managers and international agreement negotiators in developing, reviewing, and presenting program presentations and supporting documents for the OSD and Navy CWP selection process.
  Immaculate writing and perfect grammar
• Experience as copy editors, professional research papers, or a Master of Fine Arts degree
• Ability to look at conflicting view points and to see when pre-existing standard language on the issue is not sufficient, and new language is needed
• Ability to staff and coordinate a package with multiple stakeholders
• Willingness to be on-site at Washington Navy Yard (WNY) 2 to 3 days per week

THIS POSITION REQUIRES THE ABILITY TO OBTAIN AN ACTIVE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE.

Required Skills & Experience:

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or qualifying experience such as program analysis and evaluation, project planning and control.
  • Telework may be available depending on the specific assignment and must be approved by the Program Manager/Contract.
  • Must have experience as an International Agreements Negotiator.
• Desired Qualifications:
  • Experience
    • Desired experience supporting service, joint, or OSD staffs.
    • Desired experience supporting program offices, PEOs.
    • Completions of the following formal courses are desired: DISCS SCM-FA-OL (SCM 101), DISCS SCM-OC-OL (SCM-201), and DISCS IPSR-OL.