Acquisition Analyst

Description. Chimera Enterprises International is seeking an Acquisition Analyst to support the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO- CBRND) JPEO-CBRND Headquarters (HQ).  The JPEO-CBRND manages our nation’s investments in chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense equipment, and medical countermeasures. battlespace worldwide. This position requires a TS/SCI clearance.
Job Duties:

• Assist with the management of actions within Document Staffing and Tasker Management System (DSTM).
• Serve as the lead coordinator for all external and internal tasker:
• Work at a senior level to stimulate organizational efficiency and synergy across Assistant Joint Project Executive Office for Strategic Engagements (AJPEO/SE), throughout the JPEO CBRND and beyond to the Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP).
• Assist in identifying, assessing, developing, and mitigating project and initiative risk.
• Assist in the planning, development/refinement, initiation, and execution of new cross – organizational requirements, projects, procedures, and guidelines.
• Assist in development, design, and implementation of annual and long-range plans that support strategic goals, priorities, initiatives and taskings
• Assist in determining appropriate assignments; setting priorities, monitoring progress, and reporting on progress to meet established milestones and deadlines.
• Assist the AJPEO/SE CoS in developing and implementing a variety of activities including, but not limited to, the following:
  • Development of top-level and program information briefings
  • White papers
  • Displays for visiting dignitaries
  • Attend meetings and conferences
  • Policy development (e.g., standard operating procedures (SOPs), protocols, processes, etc.)
  • Implementing the Management Control Process and Information Management System
  • International project support activities
  • Coordinating program activities and tasker responses across the organization
• Apply relevant skills to review, analyze, and evaluate project and initiative and task status and progress, and performance and make recommendations for tailoring approaches which best fit deliverable expectations and conditions.
• Lead integrated product team (IPTs), calendar reviews, operational synchs and/or participate and provide input to JPEO – hosted events on behalf of the AJPEO/SE.
• Effectively communicate orally and in writing to a variety of audiences.
• Possess an ability to write, review, edit and modify and prepare for staffing high-level action papers, reports, briefings, and senior leader communications.
• Maintain a list of required Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for supported Engagement Officers and inter-organizational relationships supported by AJPEO/SE (Ex. Combatant Commands (CCMD) MoA’s, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Alliance, etc.).
• Collect, migrate, archive, and maintain electronic program files in appropriate SharePoint locations.
• Track and brief leadership on the status of projects, action items, deliverables, meeting minutes, program milestones, and monthly reports to include strategic impacts.
• Obtain and maintain all information regarding the projects and events they are responsible for managing and provide updates on issues, upcoming meetings, briefings, and taskers related to assigned projects, both orally and in written form. 
• Coordinate and prepare for both continental United States (CONUS) and outside the continental United Sates (OCONUS) internal and external conferences and meetings:
  • Reserve meeting locations
  • Schedule speakers
  • Secure phone and Video Teleconference lines
  • Develop and provide Schedule/Agenda Meeting Minutes and/or Executive Summary (EXSUM)
  • Obtain theater and country clearances for DoD personnel traveling OCONUS under the terms of the Foreign Clearance Guide DoD 4500.54-g.
• Provide program support to Government project leads for CONUS and OCONUS missions, to include travel when needed.
• Assist the AJPEO/SE CoS with the development, implementation, and monitoring of information security policies, instructions, procedures, and control systems for activities involving clearance/classification authority and guides.
• Assist with coordinating supply procurement and management, development of facilities work orders, and transportation of equipment for events, meetings, conferences.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Possess seven years of experience in project and resource management, tracking, and familiarity with the Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition process; to include being conversant with the acquisition processes and policies outlined in the Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000.02, relating to product development, production, and sustainment.
• Possess an ability to organize and help manage a dynamic, multi-organizational operational calendar and activities to integrate, schedule, track and monitor supporting activities, events and forums that meet integrative AJPEO/SE goals and priorities.
• Possess the capability to lead projects or tasks which involve tracking status and providing leadership updates and exercise process / project oversight.
• Possess seven years of comprehensive working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite of software, with specific experience in effective use of Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• Demonstrate familiarity with the JPEO-CBRND organizational structure and roles and responsibilities therein, to include the focus and mission of SSE, Strategic Communications (StratCom) and Foreign Military Sales and International (FMS&I) Teams.
• Demonstrate knowledge and mastery of the JPEO-CBRND Document Staffing and Task Management System, as well as the Executive-level staffing procedures between AJPEO/SE and the JPEO Front Office and beyond to the JPEO-CBRND and CBDP stakeholders.
• Possess seven years of experience in independently managing, synchronizing, and tracking multiple, complex, and cross-functional actions in a fast-paced work environment.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree and/ or 10 years of equivalent work experience.

Clearance Level: TS/SCI
Location: Edgewood, MD – On Site

Chimera Enterprises International is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.