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Strategic Advisor, Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation (AM&E), Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)
About the Position
Dexis is looking for a highly qualified Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation (AM&E) Strategic Advisor to support the Global Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation (GAME) portfolio at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). This project provides a broad range of AM&E support including desk and field research, analysis, data collection and visualization, strategy development, policy drafting, stakeholder coordination, and AM&E capacity building. The Strategic Advisor will lead a subteam, including the engagement on behalf of the team with various security cooperation authorities, input, and compliance with SOCIUM, strategic communication and/or working group management, among other aspects of the contract. The Strategic Advisor is a key member of the team’s leadership team and supports the Program Manager.
Responsibilities
The Strategic Advisor supports and leads the GAME team by providing strategic-level design, coordination, and management, of Security Cooperation AM&E efforts. The individual will work with key stakeholders to ensure efforts stay up to date with emerging AM&E techniques, tools, and approaches in specific subject matter. They represent the contract to various stakeholders and raise awareness of the products and support the team provides. Specific responsibilities are as follows:
- Works closely with leadership team to identify priorities and strategic direction of projects;
- Assists with establishing project goals and scope as well as determine how success will be measured;
- Monitors project processes and plans;
- Reports on project plans and changes to project plans;
- Helps to prioritize and reprioritize project deliverables;
- Leads the subteam and coordinates objectives across sub-teams (Knowledge Management, Authority Coordinators, and Regional Center Analysts). This aspect of the role includes management and support of members of the subteam, including:
- Direct supervision of team staff technical performance and administration;
- Provide guidance and assistance to the team members and support them to be successful in their roles and responsibilities;
- Support the team members to develop and present briefings, memos, and other written products to senior leaders in the security cooperation community;
- Guide and oversee team members to provide quality assurance/control on AM&E documents and presentations;
- Lead team members and build capacity within AM&E, knowledge management, SOCIUM, security cooperation authorities, and other relevant topics;
- Identify and pursue opportunities to integrate the subteam with the larger team and broader security cooperation enterprise; and
- Support development and refinement of products and deliverables.
- Provides recommendations to accelerate process improvement within teams and across the organization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree;
- Eight (8) years of AM&E experience, including analyzing and summarizing disparate information in a clear and concise manner, drafting data collection methodologies, creating organizational work plans based on higher-level goals, leading and coordinating multiple offices through multiple step processes without being a direct supervisor, and supporting staff with a variety of levels of knowledge and capabilities;
- Ten (10) years of project/program management experience;
- Strong oral and written communication skills to deal effectively with mid and high-level partner contacts, the host government, and local communities;
- Ability to apply government agency regulations and procedures related to controlled unclassified information and foreign disclosure to daily work requirements;
- Excellent computer skills, including word processing, spreadsheet programs and data base management;
- Fifteen (15) years of AM&E, capability-based-assessment (CBA), capacity building, or other types of experience in one or more of the following subject matters: counterterrorism operations; Counter-weapons of mass destruction operations; counter-illicit drug trafficking operations and counter-transnational organized crime operations; maritime and border security operations; military intelligence operations and Operations or activities that contribute to an international coalition operation that is determined by the Secretary to be in the national interest of the United States; air domain awareness operations; cyberspace security and defensive cyberspace operations; humanitarian assistance and demining; small-scale construction associated with any of the above mission areas; Security Sector Governance (both across each of the above program areas as well as through distinct programs focused solely on Security-related institutions that span these broad program areas); and
- Active or Interim DoD Secret clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Five (5) years of experience and knowledge of public policy and operations;
- Five (5) years of experience planning, designing, and implementing assessment, monitoring and evaluation programs or projects in the security sector for a national organization, an NGO/IGO, the UN, or private industry;
- Master’s degree (or higher) and formal training or education in the field of assessment, monitoring, and evaluation;
- One to three (1-3) years of experience conducting AM&E of security cooperation activities implemented under U.S.C. Title 10 and/or Title 22
- DoD Top Secret clearance.
Below is the pay range aligned with this position. When developing a range, Dexis evaluates compensation holistically, triangulating between external market research, our budget for the position, and internal equity to arrive at a figure that is fair and competitive. Offers within this range will be based on an individual candidate's qualification, relevant education and experience, skills, performance, and organizational needs.
Dexis pay range for this role:
$145,000—$170,000 USD
Dexis is on a mission to help solve today’s most pressing global political, social, and economic challenges and create a world where all people are safe and prosperous. As a Dexis employee, you will be challenged, empowered, and mentored. Our motto is “find a way or make a way” — that’s how Dexis goes “all in.” How will you?
If you are passionate about this opportunity, apply now!
Only those applicants who meet the above criteria will be contacted for interview.
Dexis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, pregnancy, disability, age, genetic information, military service, veteran status, ethnicity, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, childbirth and related medical conditions, including lactation, or any other protected class under applicable law.
As part of a competitive benefits package for eligible employees, Dexis provides healthcare insurance in addition to other staff welfare benefits and perks.
If you are hired for a position that is paid from the Dexis home office, you will be required to submit proof that you have received the COVID-19 vaccine unless you qualify for a legally recognized medical or religious exception to the vaccine requirement. This does not apply to AL, AZ, FL, KS, MT, NH, ND, or TX residents.
What We Do
Dexis is a professional services firm that solves the most pressing social challenges in complex environments, paving the way for a more secure and prosperous world.
We advance the mission of leading global engagement agencies, including USAID, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. We specialize in stabilization and conflict mitigation, security sector assistance, rule of law, anti-corruption, and inclusive economic growth.
Our staff of over 500 full-time employees maintain an active presence across 80 countries. Our ISO 9001-certified quality management system (QMS) makes us a reliable partner with our clients.
Established in 2001, Dexis has grown at double-digit rates for over a decade and is now a solidly middle-market company, a feat demonstrated by 2.5% of small government services firms. Dexis’ agile, digital-forward workforce and robust business platforms ensure adaptive management is built into everything we do.
As a minority-owned company, we are committed to diversity and inclusion as the foundation of our corporate culture. Women make up seventy percent of staff and half of our executive leadership team. Forty percent of our staff and leadership team are from minority or historically under-represented communities.
We are an active member of the communities where we work and provide matching donations to employee-driven social causes. Our employees have top ranked Dexis in Glassdoor as a company with the best growth prospects among its peers.
