About The Position

The Staff Officer SME IV - Transportation/Logistics Support serves as Premier's senior advisor to OSIP on intelligence support to DoW transportation and logistics operations, activities, and investments. The role provides policy, guidance, and oversight of intelligence support to transportation and logistics; develops, coordinates, and evaluates intelligence policies and strategies to ensure alignment with Defense Intelligence needs and OSD standards; serves as the OSIP policy representative for policy reviews; coordinates across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, Joint Staff, CCMDs (including USTRANSCOM), Services, and international partners; prepares briefings and reports for Executive Branch senior leaders; and supports International Partner Engagement Regional Teams on transportation and logistics matters.

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 10 years of staff officer or equivalent senior action-officer experience performing the functional responsibilities associated with the Staff Officer SME IV BPA LCAT.
  • Demonstrated experience working transportation, logistics, mobility, or sustainment issues at the Combatant Command (USTRANSCOM preferred), Service logistics command, Joint Staff J4, OSD, DLA, or IC level.
  • Demonstrated experience with intelligence support to global logistics, strategic mobility, or global supply chain security.
  • Demonstrated experience drafting decision papers, staff packages, and executive briefings for flag-/general-officer or SES consumers.
  • Demonstrated experience coordinating across the DIE, IC, CCMDs, Joint Staff, and interagency partners.
  • 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 logistics management, transportation, supply chain management, operations research, national security studies, or a related field are preferred.
  • Prior assignment to OUSW(I&S)/OUSD(I&S), USTRANSCOM (J2 or J4), Defense Logistics Agency, Joint Staff J4, Army G4, Air Force A4, Navy N4, Marine Corps I&L, or an equivalent logistics or transportation staff.
  • Graduate degree in logistics management, supply chain management, or a related discipline.
  • Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification in Life Cycle Logistics or equivalent.
  • Familiarity with the Defense Transportation System (DTS), Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise (JDDE), and global logistics C2 systems.
  • Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) or equivalent.
  • Demonstrated experience with CATMS, JSAP, or equivalent correspondence and task management systems.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in providing policy, guidance, and oversight of intelligence support for transportation and logistics operations, activities, and investments.
  • Evaluate and refine related concepts, processes, and procedures.
  • Coordinate with stakeholders across the DIE, DoW, IC, CCMDs (including USTRANSCOM), Joint Staff, Military Services, Combat Support Agencies, and international partners on global issues and specific transportation/logistics activities.
  • Prepare briefings, papers, and reports for OUSW(I&S) senior leaders and Executive Branch senior leaders on DoW activities.
  • Facilitate policy team meetings and track tasks to completion.
  • Develop, coordinate, and evaluate intelligence policies and strategies, ensuring alignment with Defense Intelligence needs and OSD standards.
  • Ensure proper review of IC policies.
  • Serve as the OSIP Policy representative and prepare leadership for Policy Reviews.
  • Provide SME support for International Partner Engagement (PE) Regional Teams on transportation and logistics matters.
  • Assist PE regional pillar leads in facilitating meetings.
  • Ensure office records are properly managed in accordance with DoW records management policy.
  • Maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for recurring processes.
  • Provide technical support for information dissemination within the DoW and IC.
  • 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.

Benefits

  • paid vacation
  • sick leave
  • holidays
  • health insurance
  • life insurance
  • military leave
  • training
  • short- and long-term disability
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company matches/immediate vesting
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