Senior Analyst Force Development

Customer : HQDA, G8, Force Development Directorate

Location : Washington D.C.

Clearance Required : SECRET clearance

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A senior analyst is required to support the headquarters department of the Army, G-8, and the Force Development Directorate. The Force Development Directorate (FD) requires an interdisciplinary skill set of PPBE, DOD acquisition processes and procedures (DoDI 5000.2) as well as expertise with materiel and / or force structure requirements development and validation (JCIDS). The mix of these skills will vary at echelons of command. Force Development experience is obtained by applying force development skills across the domains of Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership, Education, Personnel and Facilities (DOTML-PF) in a fiscally constrained environment. Examples of force development experience range from programming materiel and force structure requirements at the highest Army echelons such as HQDA, down to integrating new equipment into units at battalion levels.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

The Senior Analyst responsibilities include :

• Provide research, analytic, programmatic, communications, financial, and liaison services to ensure successful execution of the G8-FD mission.
• Assess the data collection files through the course of each data collection phase. This assessment will be done in coordination with ASA (FMC), ASA (ALT) and the Army G8 AOs. The assessment will include a quality control (QC) report. The QC report will show the status of each program and identification of each deficiency by organization, type (funding or quantity), and location of error by row, column(s) or type of error if wide-spread. The QC report will be updated per the approved quarterly schedule or upon notification but not more than 20 times in one quarter with eight business hours to complete.
• Attend and participate in each Transparency IPT meeting, the quarterly Transparency General Officer Steering Committee (GOSC) and other coordination meetings unless deemed unnecessary by the Transparency IPT Lead.
• Maintain an accessible electronic file folder system for transparency documents and other relevant government provided documents. The file folders will be organized by appropriations, program and / or subject. The electronic folders will be updated continuously and reviewed with the Transparency IPT Lead annually for acceptability.
• Conduct cross-functional assessments; recommend business rules, processes, and procedures for collecting financial data and equipment procurement quantity data; develop and conduct integrated training; and draft results and recommended solutions through the Army G-8 approval process.
• Perform the duties as required by an Analyst.

Educational and Position Requirements :

Bachelor's degree in Business or Public Administration, Management, Economics, Math, Science, Engineering, History or English. A Master's degree in one of these areas will be accepted if Bachelor's degree does not meet the criteria. Have a minimum of eight (8) years of experience and expertise in Force Development duties. Experience may be obtained at varying levels of Army organizations but candidates must have experience at most senior levels of the Army such as HQDA, MACOMs, or Army Service Component Commands.