Security Cooperation Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation (AM&E) Specialist - Military veterans preferred

Description

Job Description:

Qualifications

Required Qualification:  

• Bachelor’s degree required and 10+ years of experience.
• Active Secret clearance is required.  Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
• Minimum ten years overall experience as an officer in the U.S. Armed Forces with experience in an overseas conflict zone and preferably with a background in Army Special Forces or Marine Raiders.
• Experience as a staff officer or action officer at a major DoD headquarters, e.g., OSD, Joint Staff, Combatant Command staff, Defense agency, or Service headquarters.
• In-depth knowledge of DoD security cooperation programs, State Department security assistance programs, and the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process.
• Ability to work with U.S. State Department, DoD, and foreign military senior officers and officials in a respectful, professional, and direct manner. 
• Professional in conduct and appearance.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Able to write high quality formal reports that will be provided to senior U.S. military and civilian officials.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Capable of organizing and completing all planning, support, scheduling, and execution activities for overseas travel.
• Able to work independently with minimal direction and exhibit a high level of initiative, attention to detail, and accuracy in all work, while tracking multiple tasks.
• Able and willing to travel in locally provided aircraft, vehicles, and boats for trips to remote bases.
• Able and willing to work in high threat areas.
• Physically fit, specifically able and willing to walk up to two miles over rough terrain, carry 40-pound bags, hike up hills, climb towers, go into confined spaces, examine vessels, vehicles, aircraft, and military facilities in a field environment, and work in extreme hot or cold weather with conditions such as high winds, rain, snow, and high altitude (over 10,000 feet).  

Desired Qualifications: 

• Master's degree and/or diploma from a US military Command and Staff College or equivalent.
• Five years’ experience and knowledge of public policy and operations.
• Five years’ experience planning, designing, and implementing assessment, monitoring, and evaluation programs in the security sector.