What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Socio-Cultural Analysis (SCA) Analyst position at Beyond SOF?
Join Integrity where YOU and YOUR career matter! Integrity is seeking top talent to support its DOD client, the Joint Intelligence Center Special Operations Command (JICSOC), with a focus on Socio-Cultural and All Source Intelligence Support.
The following information provides an overview of the skills, qualities, and qualifications needed for this role.
Senior Socio-Cultural Analysis (SCA) Analyst
Must have 3 years’ experience using Anthro Mapper
Job Duties :
Provide socio-cultural overview for specified Areas of Interest (AOI) and detailed analysis of populations and their relationships with VEOs, TCOs, and local Governments.
Provide socio-cultural advice and expertise to deployed forces and staff.
Provide atmospheric information outlining important historical events, leaders, group dynamics, attitudes, cultural norms, and values.
Highlight major components of human society : economic, demographic, legal / regulatory, political / institutional, social / cultural, religious / ideological, and relevant geographic variables to the operational commander.
Research, analyze, and prepare analytical products encompassing the cultural, social, religious, and ideological beliefs of leaders and groups, as well as assess the attitudes, cultural norms, and values of local populations in support of tactical and operational needs for mission planning and execution.
Respond to Requests for Information (RFIs) through a variety of products such as Intelligence Studies, Desk Notes, PowerPoint briefings with associated textual analyses and graphical representation of areas of interest, at various classification levels.
Upload all supporting data, including geospatial files, spreadsheets, link analyses, social networking analyses, nodal analyses, and cited materials to the SOF Geospatial Enterprise (SGE) or User Defined Operational Picture (UDOP) upon completion.
Conduct tactical, operational, and strategic analysis to identify moderate populations capable and willing to counter extremist ideology.
Analyze the socio-cultural factors making local populations vulnerable to extremists and their radical messaging as well as to threat entities involved in illicit activity.
Identify exploitable operational opportunities within the socio-cultural fabric of an AOI tailored for use within an asymmetric environment.
Identify and conduct analysis to illuminate behavior patterns of populations vulnerable to extremist ideology, including attitudes and sentiment, impact of adversary propaganda, and identification of strengths and weaknesses among groups and individuals within localized social networks.
Respond to socio-cultural taskings and fuse socio-cultural analysis with other intelligence / disciplines into comprehensive, finished intelligence products.
Synthesize detailed atmospherics information to provide intelligence assessments in support of operational planning based on specific requirements.
HQ Socio-Cultural analysts will provide products in accordance with Defense Intelligence Analysis Production (DIAP) 360G (socio-cultural).
Contextualize the SCA variables in the Courses of Actions (COA) recommended to the decision-maker.
Acquire and extract SCA and geographic information from relevant current open-source data and archival material.
Attend conferences, workshops, and meetings in support of the Command’s objectives.
Travel with the Commander and / or designated staff to countries in the AOR to provide real-time cultural intelligence (norms, customs, and values), assist with cross-cultural idiosyncrasies, and facilitate interactions and engagement with senior partner nation officials and representatives.
Upon request, brief SOCOM / TSOC leadership, staff, visitors, and SOF on socio-cultural matters.
Requirements :
10 years of SCA experience.
Graduate-level degree (MA / MS) in a social science discipline or 5 years on a PAS or HQ SCA team.
8 years’ experience with social / cultural studies (e.g., anthropology, sociology, political science, etc.) or development economics.
8 years’ IC or DOD intelligence experience with analysis, reporting, and briefing in DOD settings.
2 years’ experience working in a multi-skilled team environment collaborating on the production of intelligence analysis.
Intermediate level certification on ArcGIS; analysts have a working knowledge and skills necessary to process GIS data and conduct spatial analysis, suitability analysis, and create maps.
3 years’ experience using Anthro Mapper.
Current Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
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