Senior Policy Consultant

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Position Overview

We are recruiting for a Senior Policy Consultant who will support the critical functions for mission clients in the Intelligence Community.

Responsibilities

• Keep abreast of IC and DoD data and related strategies, business goals, objectives, and performance targets, and make recommendations to keep the Sponsor’s strategy aligned accordingly.
• Craft strategies and develop implementation plans and key performance indicators
• Engage with stakeholders
• Assist government client with programmatic goals and objectives, schedules, and reports to high-level government official
• Communicate technical topics to non-technical senior audiences
• Portfolio Management - Monitor and analyze portfolio data and present findings and recommendations to aid Sponsor decision-making, to include proposed strategies and/or roadmaps; identified risks, gaps, and dependencies; alignment with the strategic framework and priorities; and funding and related program issues
• Performance Management – ensure the strategy is effectively and efficiently pursued, using best practices and benchmarking in business and mission analytics
• Review and evaluate existing IC policy, identify gaps
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Draft products that reflect strong writing and grammatical skills
• Detail oriented; able to consistently deliver high quality products in a timely fashion
• Experience writing policy
• Skill in developing collaborative information and knowledge sharing networks and builds alliances with colleagues and counterparts within area of expertise
• Work with seniors in a diverse, fast-paced, multi-task environment and manage competing priorities
• Demonstrate strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills
• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required #qinetiqclearedjob
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors with 4 or more years of relevant experience
  
  

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