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STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS Management Analyst
QED Systems LLC • Arlington, VA 22211 • Posted 9 days ago
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In-person • Full-time • $110,000-$130,000/yr • Senior Level
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QED Systems, LLC is seeking a Management Analyst to join their team at the Pentagon, Arlington, VA, to support the HQDA G-3/5/7 Support Services contract. The role involves assisting with the development of a long-term Strategic Engagement Plan, supporting internal Strategic Communications planning and management, recommending communications plans, maintaining situational reports, and providing support for the Army Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program. The position requires a master's degree, five years of relevant experience, and an active Top Secret with SCI clearance.
Responsibilities
- Assist with development of a long-term Strategic Engagement Plan.
- Propose key themes and messages for the Plan and adjust based on senior leader feedback.
- Review strategic communication products, presentations, and briefing materials.
- Submit relevant articles for inclusion in media reports.
- Use effective and grammatically correct written communication skills.
- Support internal Strategic Communications planning and management.
- Produce an updated weekly strategic communications and engagement calendar.
- Recommend conferences for senior leader participation.
- Recommend and coordinate Communications Plan including talking points, themes, and messages.
- Maintain the weekly Situation Reports (SITREPS) and daily Personnel Statistics (PERSTATS) submissions.
- Provide updates to the long-term Strategic Communications Plan.
- Coordinate with the Office of the Chief of Public Affairs (OCPA) and media relations.
- Update the Terms of Reference and Critical Information List.
- Assist IAW AR 500-3 for the Army Continuity of Operations Program.
- Maintain the organization's plan and procedures for COOP.
- Provide administrative support including scheduling, maintaining contact lists, and disseminating notifications.
Qualifications
Required
- Master's degree
- Five years of relevant experience
- Active Top Secret with SCI clearance
- Detailed-oriented with excellent technical, verbal, and written communication skills
- Ability to work within Government-provided software packages
- Ability to think critically and apply analytical methodologies
- Ability to clearly articulate analysis through oral and written communication
- Experience working in headquarters environments on the Army/Joint Staff and/or Major Army Commands
- Proficient in planning and execution of working groups
- Operational experience using standard automated toolsets
Full Job Description
QED Systems, LLC, is currently recruiting a Management Analyst to join our team at the Pentagon, Arlington, VA to support our HQDA G-3/5/7 Support Services contract.
Duties:
Required Skills & Experience:
Required Clearance:
Qualifications:
Travel:
Less than 10% travel is expected for this position. Travel may include continental United States and outside continental United States locations.
Work Environment:
This position will be co-located with the customer and other contractors in Government office spaces. While not generally authorized, telework may be required due to exceptional circumstances (extreme weather, pandemic, etc.).
Physical Demands:
Physical demands of this position include ability to:
Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position, Monday through Friday. Flexibility around core hours.
Additional Information:
Please note this job description is not intended to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Actual assigned tasking will change with or without notice to best support client requirements.
Total Compensation:
QED offers a competitive compensation package for employees. Our total compensation package is value-based and negotiable depending upon the candidate's specific skills and applicable relevant experience.
Benefits include:
Estimated Salary Range: $110,000.00 - $130,000.00, annually. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. This represents the typical range for this position based on experience, geographic location, and other factors. The final offer amount may vary.
QED Systems, LLC provides equal employment opportunities for all persons and prohibits discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, creed, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, disability, non-disqualifying disability, or any other protected class.
QED Systems, LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer - M/F/D/V
Duties:
- Assist with development of a long-term Strategic Engagement Plan. Propose key themes and messages for the Plan and adjust based on senior leader feedback. Review strategic communication products, presentations, and briefing materials derived from media reports drawn from open sources. Submit relevant articles for inclusion in their various media reports. Use effective and grammatically correct written communication skills that conform to the Army style described in AR 25-50 and DA Memo 25-52.
- Support internal Strategic Communications planning and management. Produce an updated weekly strategic communications and engagement calendar that includes all relevant GO/SES level events/engagements. Recommend conferences for senior leader participation, either as a panel member or by delivering keynote addresses. Adequate completion of this requirement depends upon working knowledge of the following policies and doctrine: DoDI 8500.01 (Cybersecurity), AR 525-22 (U.S. Army Electronic Warfare), AR 525-20 (Information Operations), FM 3-12 (Cyberspace and Electronic Warfare Operations), FM 3-13 (Information Operations), JP 3-12 (Cyberspace Operations), Army Cyber Strategy for Unified Land Operations 2025, Army Electronic Warfare Strategy for Unified Land Operations 2025, Joint All-Domain Command and Control Doctrine, space, data cloud management and public affairs regulations and processes.
- Recommend and coordinate Communications Plan to include talking points, themes, and messages. Maintain the weekly Situation Reports (SITREPS) and daily Personnel Statistics (PERSTATS) submissions.
- Provide updates to the long-term Strategic Communications Plan to include speeches, talking points, summaries, and other preparatory materials for senior leaders use in Congressional testimony, conferences, panels, meetings, and other strategic engagements.
- Coordinate with the Office of the Chief of Public Affairs (OCPA) and media relations to receive the latest public affairs guidance (PAG). Participate in the respective Army Enterprise and OCPA CoC.
- Provide updates to the G3/5/7's Terms of Reference.
- Update the Critical Information List (CIL).
- Assist IAW AR 500-3 (U.S. Army Continuity of Operations Program). Serve as a primary CPOC for the Army Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program. Assist the Government with management oversight of the COOP program and planning. Attend COOP working group meets (approximately twice a month). Maintain a file of COOP working group meeting minutes and produce an EXSUM for each COOP working group session 24 hours post meeting. Army COOP program planning activities and plans the Contractor shall be involved in as the CPOC include:
- Identifying the organization's Mission Essential Functions.
- Maintaining the COOP roster of the ERG member names (a separate document from the COOP plan).
- Assist the Government in ensuring that Emergency Relocation Group (ERG) members are trained within sixty (60) days of assignment to the ERG.
- Maintaining the organization's plan and procedures to devolve organizational control.
- Maintaining a file of the delineated preplanned delegations of authority needed to ensure successors have legal authority to assure execution of the organization's COOP plan and performance of MEFs during a continuity event.
- Maintaining the organization's plan and procedures and responsibilities for reconstitution of staff, facilities, and systems to resume normal operations.
- Maintaining information needed for the availability of required continuity facilities with their secure and non-secure communications, information systems, networks, websites, applications, and IT services required to perform each of the organization's MEFs.
- Assist the Government in updating and reissuing annually the organization's COOP test, training, and exercise (TT&E) program including the planned schedule of TT&E events for the upcoming year.
- Create and maintain a Continuity Book for this position, easily accessible to other office staff.
- Provide administrative support that includes scheduling rooms and VTC sessions, maintaining contact lists, and disseminating notifications, agendas, and read-ahead packages for all meetings and conferences.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Detailed-oriented with excellent technical, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Must be able to work within Government-provided software packages including MS Office products, for example, Outlook, Word, SharePoint, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Must be able to think critically and apply analytical methodologies to raw data to present clear and precise recommendations.
- Must be able to clearly articulate analysis through both oral and written communication.
- Ability to focus on Mission requirements while tracking multiple competing priorities.
- Experience working in headquarters environments on the Army/Joint Staff and/or Major Army Commands.
- Proficient in planning and execution of working groups.
- Operational experience using standard automated toolsets to monitor database performance and maintain database operation.
- Ability to assist with drafting Army EXORDs, FRAGOs, meeting minutes and EXSUMs and strategic documents.
Required Clearance:
- ACTIVE CLEARANCE LEVEL REQUIRED: Top Secret w/ SCI
Qualifications:
- Master's degree required.
- Five (5) years of relevant experience required.
Travel:
Less than 10% travel is expected for this position. Travel may include continental United States and outside continental United States locations.
Work Environment:
This position will be co-located with the customer and other contractors in Government office spaces. While not generally authorized, telework may be required due to exceptional circumstances (extreme weather, pandemic, etc.).
Physical Demands:
Physical demands of this position include ability to:
- Be independently mobile.
- Communicate effectively with co-workers and customers.
- Withstand prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and computer use.
Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position, Monday through Friday. Flexibility around core hours.
Additional Information:
Please note this job description is not intended to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Actual assigned tasking will change with or without notice to best support client requirements.
Total Compensation:
QED offers a competitive compensation package for employees. Our total compensation package is value-based and negotiable depending upon the candidate's specific skills and applicable relevant experience.
Benefits include:
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 11 Paid Holidays
- 401(k) Matching
- Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits
- Life Insurance, AD&D, and Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Professional Growth Opportunities
- Additional Benefits
Estimated Salary Range: $110,000.00 - $130,000.00, annually. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. This represents the typical range for this position based on experience, geographic location, and other factors. The final offer amount may vary.
QED Systems, LLC provides equal employment opportunities for all persons and prohibits discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, creed, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, disability, non-disqualifying disability, or any other protected class.
QED Systems, LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer - M/F/D/V
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