Strategic Operations Advisor, Expert

Strategic Operations Advisor

Orbis is seeking an experienced Strategic Operations Advisor to lead program planning and evaluation activities for a client in the US Intelligence Community. The Strategic Ops Advisor will have the opportunity to demonstrate subject matter expertise, intellectual agility, all source analysis, and research acumen by leading operational efforts to produce key performance insights. Further, the Consultant will lead the implementation of recommendations when they are adopted by the customer. This project features the opportunity to interact with a wide range of key stakeholders, including those at senior levels. The position includes occasional travel overseas in support of client objectives. This is an exciting opportunity for an intellectually curious, energetic, data-savvy consultant to work on a project with real impact helping our client develop ways to understand and improve performance of activities that support delivery of our customers mission.

Duties / Responsibilities

Consult with teammates and clients on the development, prioritization, and implementation of process improvement and program evaluation tasks.

Develop recommendations for changes to policy, processes, communications, and training to enable achievement of vision.

Develop and implement research designs with practical strategies for measuring performance of organizational units and / or unit activities to include development of performance measures and design of actionable methods for collecting and analyzing data; implement strategies and refine as needed.

Perform a variety of research activities to include document reviews, structured interviews, and gap analyses to include stakeholder identification and logistical coordination for data collection activities and documentation of discussions.

Analyze both qualitative and quantitative information to provide customer with comprehensive insights into organizational strengths and challenge areas.

Socialize results and recommendations with the team at the working-level.

Prepare visual presentations of data and analysis.

Prepare reports and presentations for senior leadership based on research plans, activities, findings and recommendations.

Brief senior level customers on research plans, activities, findings and recommendations.

All-source intelligence research, analysis, and report writing / editing

TDY travel

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities

Education and Experience

A Bachelors degree is required for this position.

Minimum of 10 years' experience in a consulting role in the IC or at least 10 years combined experience with the IC and positions relevant to required skills.

Experience in the South American AOR

Required Skills / Abilities

Active TS / SCI clearance with Poly

Must have a Bachelors degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience as an analyst, targeting officer, technical Targeter, desk officer, operations officer, or reports officer within the sponsor's organization or other relevant organization(s) in the Intelligence Community

Excellent analytical skills and problem-solving abilities

Excellent oral presentation and briefing skills

Knowledge of and experience in the fundamentals of all-source intelligence analysis

Familiarity with the customers report writing standards

Attention to detail and the ability to effectively follow-through and manage status reporting, scheduling, and project communications

High degree of personal integrity

Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well both independently and as part of a team

Ability to work in a dynamic environment, juggling concurrent tasks and meeting deadlines

Desired Skills / Abilities

Spanish Language Competency (ideally 4 / 4 ILR score)

Relevant targeting, desk officer, or technical or operations skills

Experience deploying strategic communications

Experience in SIGINT, GEOINT and Technical Targeting methods

Proficiency with software and databases used in support of research and analysis for the U.S. Government

Physical Requirements

Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

Routine video conference and / or in-person meetings

Ability to attend planned meetings within the Washington Metro Area region

Orbis Operations is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.