Assessment Planner; SME, Sr and Journeyman levels

Position: Assessment Planner (SME, Sr and Journeyman levels needed)
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* Job Description:

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* Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented  
** Assessment Planners**  (SME, Senior and Journeyman levels) to join our team! In these roles you will lead or support, depending on the level, the Information Environment. Translate commander intent & OIE objectives into measurable effects (desired behavioral, cognitive, or systemic effects; what "success" and "failure" look like in the OIE, supported by OIE lines of effort.

** What You'll Be Doing:*
* ** SME*
* + Act as the sense-making lead, defining the activities, outputs and effects and assessment framework to be applied.

+ Define and manage the assessment plan for each Course of Action ensuring that the IF/IA criteria is measurable, assessable within authorities; realistic given data access.

+ Recommend proxy indicators, alternative measures and decision points.

+ Develop valid and defensible MOE; MOE-I and MOP using appropriate logic chains and measures to reflect behavior change; narrative dominance or erosion; system resilience or degradation and balance with quantatative and qualatative individual and reporting requirements.

+ Define how data sources, methods and cadence will be executed.

Build consistency across time, phase and rotations; maintaining traceability to original objectives;preventing "metric churn" that breaks trend analysis and consistency.

+ Inform plan adaptation & decision points, tying measures to branches and sequels; decision thresholds and risk indictors. Integrate assessment across the staff and partners (J39, J2, J3, J5, Inter-agency partners, etc.).

+ Capture lessons learned & institutional knowledge and ensure methodological, ethical, and authority compliance.

** Senior*
* + Serves as the senior assessment integrator collaborating with planning and intelligence elements to co‑develop and refine the assessment plan and indicator hierarchy-MOEs, MOE‑I, and MOPs-proposing proxy indicators and alternative measures when collection, access, or authority constraints exist.

+ Builds and tests logic chains that capture behavior change, narrative dominance or erosion, and system resilience or degradation, validating feasibility with data owners and ensuring the criteria remain measurable, realistic, and relevant to decision needs.

+ Defines data requirements, collection methods, and reporting cadence; oversees instrument design, data quality controls, and version management to preserve longitudinal integrity across phases and rotations and to prevent metric churn that undermines trend analysis. Maps indicators to decision thresholds, risk indicators, and branch and sequel criteria, packaging findings into decision‑quality products that inform adaptation of courses of action while keeping recommendations within established authorities and constraints.

+ Synchronizes assessment activity across J39, J2, J3, J5, components, and interagency or coalition partners, aligning measures with OIE lines of effort and the commander's battle rhythm.

+ Ensures methodological rigor, ethical compliance, and thorough documentation of assumptions, sources, and limitations. Captures lessons learned and contributes to institutional knowledge, mentoring journeyman and analyst staff as needed, while elevating issues to the SME for adjudication and strategic guidance.

** Journeyman*
* + Applies expertise across multiple complex analytic tasks to help define activities, outputs, and effects, contributing to the creation of MOEs, MOE‑I, and MOPs using sound logic chains that reflect behavioral, cognitive, and systemic change.

+ Helps ensure indicators are measurable, realistic, and appropriate to available data sources and authorities. Conducts research and analysis to identify potential proxy indicators, alternative measures, and…