Policy and Strategy Analyst

Peraton is seeking a Policy & Strategy Analyst to support our customer onsite in Bethesda, MD. Key Responsibilities include:

Support Government Leads in the development and implementation of personnel vetting policy and strategy, and promote and communicate shared vision, mission, values, and goals.

• Specific tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Writing and/or updating existing policy, taking it through the staffing collaboration process, and overseeing its implementation across the Government.

• Assisting Government Leads in Assisting government Leads in preparing personnel security and vetting assessments to determine how well the IC and US Government are postured to implement continuous vetting policy.

• Assisting Government leads in responding to Congressional taskers.

• Drafting talking points, white papers, and reports for senior leaders.

• Preparing briefing materials for senior leaders.

• Support will include integration, process optimization, and scheduling-related tasks for these assessments. Specific examples include working across sub-teams to collect and collate monthly reports, scheduling, drafting meeting minutes, following up on interagency planning meetings, and updating policies and SOPs.

• Review documents for technical correction and edits in the development of Congressional actions and testimony, budget presentations, issue papers, and talking points.

• Conduct analysis to help identify issues and trends.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in social, political, physical, natural or business sciences; humanities; engineering or mathematics; or other field directly relating to strategic planning and evaluation.

• Requires at least BA/BS + 5 years of experience.

• TS/SCI w/Poly level clearance.

• Demonstrated knowledge of IC organizations' missions in order to develop the national-level strategies and policies necessary to support U.S. national security and foreign policy interests.

• Ability to navigate legal authorities and apply them to policy.

• Ability to manage the implementation of policy across the Government.

• Demonstrated extensive understanding of performance principles and superior ability to advise organizations on the application of performance evaluation methods.

• Demonstrated excellent organizational and interpersonal skills in supporting working groups, managing competing priorities, advocating new ideas/concepts/processes, provide recommendations on time-sensitive issues, and work collaboratively across the IC.

Desired:

• Knowledge of Trusted Workforce 2.0 is a plus.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.