Staff Officer II - Regional Policy and Operational Support Staff Officer

Premier Enterprise Solutions•Washington, VA

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About The Position

The Staff Officer II - Regional Policy and Operational Support serves as Premier's senior regional advisor to OSIP and one of its three regional directorates: Counter Proliferation-Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD), Global Operations & Integration (GOI), and Senior Advisor on Global Partnerships (SAGP). This role touches all regions, while each Staff Officer SME IV is specifically aligned to either (a) the Africa & the Near East Directorate, (b) the Europe, Americas, and the Arctic Directorate, or (c) the Indo-Pacific Directorate. The role develops, reviews, and revises strategy, policy, and guidance related to intelligence activities in the assigned region; coordinates across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise (DIE), Joint Staff, CCMDs, Services, Combat Support Agencies, and international partners; supports OUSW(I&S) senior leader deliberations; provides SME support for International Partner Engagement (PE) Regional Teams and Foreign Liaison Officers (FLOs); and provides policy oversight, implementation planning, and execution of transformational initiatives including Coalition and CCMD IT and information sharing, manpower, and Reserve integration.

Requirements

Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; in-scope Tier 5 (T5) or T5 Reinvestigation per ICD 704.
Eligibility for SAP access per DoWM 5205.07-V2.
Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
Minimum three (3) years of experience for staff officer II support.
Minimum three (3) years of experience working issues in the assigned region: Africa and the Near East, OR Europe, Americas, and the Arctic, OR the Indo-Pacific. Regional experience requirement is lane-specific and is not transferable across lanes.
Experience serving as the main liaison effort for all NATO matters to coordinate with stakeholders across the Defense Intelligence and Security Enterprise, including Law Enforcement equities, COCOMs, and Country Teams on NATO issues and intelligence-oriented partnerships.
Experience utilizing current intelligence products and policy guidance to guide partner engagement meetings, build strategic partnerships, and support senior leadership.
Demonstrated experience drafting decision papers, staff packages, and executive briefings for flag-/general-officer or Senior Executive Service (SES) consumers.
Demonstrated experience coordinating with partner-nation intelligence, defense, or diplomatic counterparts in the assigned region.
Expert proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) and secure collaboration tools.
Strong policy-writing discipline: well-organized, logically sequenced, factually grounded, and substantively free of grammatical or political bias issues.
Demonstrated ability to meet tight suspense-driven deliverables in a high-tempo OSD environment.
Working knowledge of DoW Manual 5110.04 (Correspondence Management) and equivalent staffing standards.

Nice To Haves

Degrees in international affairs, regional studies, national security studies, intelligence studies, or a related field are preferred.
Prior assignment to OUSW(I&S)/OUSD(I&S), the applicable geographic Combatant Command (AFRICOM, CENTCOM, EUCOM, NORTHCOM, SOUTHCOM, INDOPACOM), Joint Staff J2, Defense Intelligence Agency, or an equivalent regional intelligence or policy staff.
Graduate degree in a regional, intelligence, or national security discipline.
Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) or equivalent.
Regional language proficiency appropriate to the assigned lane (DLPT 2/2 or higher preferred).
Demonstrated experience with CATMS, JSAP, or equivalent correspondence and task management systems.
Experience supporting Foreign Liaison Officer (FLO) programs or bilateral intelligence-sharing arrangements.

Responsibilities

Develop, review, and revise strategy, policy, and guidance related to intelligence activities in the assigned region.
Provide expert advice and recommendations on key strategic, planning, programming, budgeting, and policy matters, particularly concerning the Defense Intelligence and Security Enterprise (DISE) and the Intelligence Community (IC).
Coordinate with stakeholders across the DIE, DoW, IC, CCMDs, Joint Staff, Military Services, Combat Support Agencies, and international partners on global and intelligence enterprise issues.
Identify and manage collaboration requirements for the assigned region.
Prepare communications, briefings, white papers, presentations, and decision memoranda for OUSW(I&S) senior leaders to support deliberations and decisions on complex national and international issues.
Facilitate meetings, conferences, and visits.
Provide SME support for International Partner Engagement (PE) Regional Teams in the assigned region.
Manage initiatives for relationship building, facilitate meetings, and support Foreign Liaison Officers (FLOs).
Provide policy oversight, implementation planning, and execution of transformational initiatives, including Coalition and CCMD IT and Information Sharing, Manpower, and Reserve Integration.
Review CCMD progress and compliance for the assigned region.
Provide administrative support, including travel arrangements, supply management, records maintenance, onboarding of personnel, and visitor escort.
Produce decision briefings, white papers, and staff packages on ad hoc schedule (Tech Exhibit 2).
Produce meeting minutes within five working days of applicable meetings.
Produce travel trip reports within ten working days when requested.
Contribute content to the Contractor's Monthly Status Report.