Key Role:

Support the development of strategic partnerships with various domestic and international governmental entities and organizations. Complete tasks associated with planning, coordinating, and preparing a defense client for meetings, conferences, visits with allies, services, agencies, commands, and other parties, including visiting coordination, logistics, and command information packages. Compile and coordinate approval packages for international agreements. Plan, support, and assess Security Cooperation activities and organize and support international engagements. Follow defense international agreements and security cooperation processes.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience with building and sustaining international or domestic partner relationships

• Experience with defense security cooperation concepts, procedures, and execution, as conducted by Combatant Commands

• Experience with supporting Defense operations, strategy, policy analysis, or planning with Service, Joint, non-defense organizations, or foreign nations

• Experience with strategic or operational partnerships supporting military service elements, Joint Commands, Defense agencies, non-defense organizations, or foreign nations

• Experience working in military service or Joint staff, including supporting senior military personnel and civilians

• Knowledge of military processes, methodologies, and orders

• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam

• Bachelor's degree

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience working with US Embassy country teams, theater combatant commanders, and foreign partners to establish and maintain relationships supportive of DoD objectives

• Experience working across Defense and interagency partners to inform and support policy analysis decisions

• Experience working in a major headquarters staff level

• Experience with the Defense strategy for operating in Cyberspace, the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), the National Disclosure Policy (NDP), and Global Force Management (GFM)

• Experience with drafting decision memos, briefing papers, and other papers on international affairs topics in preparation for international and interagency meetings, including briefing senior leaders

• Ability to pay strict attention to detail

• Possession of excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills

• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Master's degree

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

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