Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation (AM&E) Analyst, Security Cooperation

Dexis • Columbia, WA

10d • Remote

About The Position

The AM&E Analyst will provide assessment, monitoring, and evaluation support to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). Project work includes desk and field research, analysis, data collection and visualization, strategy development, policy writing and coordination, and AM&E capacity building. The analyst will support analyses that keep pace with emerging AM&E techniques, tools, and approaches in relevant subject areas, and provide day-to-day research, analysis, and program support.

The position is remotely based in the continental United States and requires domestic and international travel of up to 25–50%, according to client and portfolio needs. Travel must comply with approved budgets, cost-reasonableness requirements, and applicable corporate and federal travel regulations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Three years of AM&E experience, including analyzing and summarizing disparate information clearly and concisely; drafting data collection methodologies; creating organizational work plans based on higher-level goals; leading and coordinating multiple offices through multistep processes without direct supervisory authority; and supporting staff with varied knowledge and capabilities.
• Strong oral and written communication skills for effective engagement with mid- and high-level partner contacts, host governments, and local communities.
• Ability to apply government agency regulations and procedures related to controlled unclassified information and foreign disclosure in daily work.
• Excellent computer skills, including word processing, spreadsheet programs, and database management.
• Five years of AM&E, capability-based-assessment (CBA), or other relevant experience in one or more listed subject areas: counterterrorism; counter-weapons of mass destruction; counter-illicit drug trafficking and counter-transnational organized crime; maritime and border security; military intelligence; activities contributing to an international coalition operation determined by the Secretary to be in the U.S. national interest; air domain awareness; cyberspace security and defensive cyberspace operations; humanitarian assistance and demining; small-scale construction associated with these mission areas; or Security Sector Governance.
• DoD Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Five years of experience and knowledge in public policy and operations.
• Five years of experience planning, designing, and implementing assessment, monitoring, and evaluation programs or projects in the security sector for a national organization, NGO/IGO, the UN, or private industry.
• Master’s degree or higher and formal training or education in assessment, monitoring, and evaluation.
• One to three years of experience planning, executing, or overseeing policy or guidance for security cooperation activities implemented under sections 332, 333, 1263, 342, 345, 401, or 2561 of Title 10, Chapter 16.

Responsibilities

• Support DSCA analyses using current AM&E techniques, tools, and approaches in relevant subject areas.
• Provide day-to-day research, analysis, and program support services.
• Conduct field evaluations.
• Provide technical and strategic guidance on AM&E.
• Manage AM&E projects and tasks.
• Travel domestically and internationally as required, following applicable budget and travel regulations.

Benefits

• Medical and prescription drug coverage, with a choice of three UnitedHealthcare medical plans.
• Dental insurance.
• Company-paid vision insurance.
• Employer-funded health reimbursement arrangement for employees enrolled in the Silver HRA medical plan.
• Company-paid basic life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Optional supplemental life and AD&D insurance, including options for eligible dependents.
• Employee Assistance Program with confidential counseling and legal and financial support resources.
• Virtual care, behavioral health resources, and wellness programs through the medical plan.
• Personalized benefits assistance through the Employee Care Center.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level