Security Assistance Coordinator; Mid-Level

Security Assistance Coordinator (Mid-Level)

Department: Institutional Support/Program Implementation (ISPI)

Integrated Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a U.S. based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over 100 countries and implemented over 300 projects. IBTCI serves government agencies, private sector companies, and several donor agencies. IBTCI specializes in monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) and institutional support across many areas and sectors including, but not limited to, conflict and crisis, democracy and governance, agriculture, economic growth, food security, education, environment, and global health.

Assignment

Title:

Security Assistance Coordinator (Mid-Level)

Department/

Location:

Washington, DC

Technical Point of Contact: Project Director

Type: Full-time

Required Security Clearance: U.S. Citizenship. Active Secret-level clearance.

Overview: IBTCI has been awarded a task order by the U.S. Department of State (DOS)/Office of Security Assistance (PM/SA) for global security oversight. To support this task order, IBTCI is seeking a Security Assistance Coordinator (Mid-Level) to support the Office of Security Assistance (PM/SA). PM/SA oversees U.S. foreign assistance programs aimed at building partner military capacity to advance U.S. foreign policy.

The Office currently manages three security assistance accounts:
Foreign Military Financing (FMF), International Military Education and Training (IMET), and the National Security Engagement Account (NSEA) (formerly Peacekeeping Operations (PKO)). Additionally, the Office provides concurrence authority for the U.S. Department of War (DOW)’s security assistance programs under U.S.C. Title 10 (“Title 10 programs”). The PM Bureau’s need to provide consistent oversight of U.S. security assistance programs is vital. In a context of scarce resources, the need to demonstrate clear alignment with U.S. Foreign policy through effective program management is paramount.

General

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide program analysis and develop and coordinate both functional subject matter and geographic area for security assistance accounts.
• Develop program options, negotiate, and integrate contributions from various Departmental offices as well as other USG agencies.
• Performs various analyses, including but not limited to strategic planning and forecasting, program design, and metrics and performance monitoring expected results (i.e., deliveries, training schedules), to support policy-making officials and ensure implementation of their decisions.
• Draft and coordinate, as necessary, a variety of documents such as analytical reports; briefing materials, decision, and information memoranda; emails; congressional letters; standard operating procedures; escalation justifications; and other communications on matters relating to the area(s) of assignment.
• Provide information on Foreign Military Sales (FMS), arms transfers, and security assistance, as well as administrative practices and/or other relevant policy areas.
• Maintain current knowledge in foreign policy, industrial and technological advances as related to his/her assigned responsibilities, and other commodities outside of his/her assigned responsibilities.
• Liaise with interagency counterparts, military service components, and program offices to coordinate on security assistance-funded programs.
• Provide administrative and logistics support for intradepartmental and interagency events (e.g., Joint Security Sector Assistance Review (JSSAR)), including recurring synchronization meetings to deconflict and align State and DoW budgets and programs in the area of responsibility.
• Support regular meetings with Military Groups (Mil Grps)…