Layered Resilience Analyst

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. SPA: Objective. Responsive. Trusted.

The Joint, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Interagency Division (JOID) provides expert support services to a range of customers spanning across the Department of Defense, Federal Civilian, and international markets. JOID provides a diverse portfolio of analytical and programmatic capabilities to help our customers make informed decisions on their most challenging issues.

SPA's NATO Allied Command Transformation Group within JOID provides capability development, portfolio management, program management, quality management, cost estimation analysis, standardization, reporting, software solutions and information management, and capability management support. We also provide an improved capability requirements capture process, including the generation, documentation and tracing of user requirements, with appropriate technical scrutiny, over the entire lifecycle of the requirements from capability definition through capability realization and capability usage.

We have an immediate need for a Layered Resilience Analyst to provide on-site support out of HQ SACT in Norfolk, VA.

The candidate will work within SPP/SALT under the directives of the Branch Head (BH), reporting to the LR Section Lead, who also will serve as the Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR). You will work in close coordination with the other staff officers, the other branches of SPP, and HQ ACT. The main effort in 2025 will include the development of the NMRRA and LRC for submission to the Military Committee (MC) and for 2026, the development of an LR Implementation Roadmap.

Assist in daily work coordination and collaboration efforts and other tasks associated with the LR WDI, DZI CE, and WDA.
• Assist in the scoping work related to the LRC on Military Resilience (MR) developments and with the drafting of the MR aspects of the LR PoW, and cultivate a methodological approach to a gap analysis of MR, informing the development of the NATO NMRRA.
• Improve integration of the LR into existing CoI, Centers of Excellence, and other networks including delivery of LR into Resilience training courses.
• Build ACT and SALT's understanding of the impacts of Emerging Disruptive Technologies (EDT) for MR.
• Cultivate understanding of MR relevant to the ongoing on climate change in NATO and cognizant of the impacts to the gap analysis.
• Maintain, design, and curate the MR content on the LR CoI unclassified Transnet page.
• Attend weekly SALT meetings, both scheduled and unscheduled, at the direction of the BH.
• Provide feedback about work clearly and concisely.
• Provide input on NWCC and WDA and offer ideas and related analysis.
• Understand and shape the NATO's/ACT's strategy and mission.
• Share ideas with multiple stakeholders and gain alignment from them, and be available to ACT leadership for WDA related requirements.
• Collaborate as required with HQ SACT cross-functional teams to provide strategic thoughts and inputs.
• Contribute to the development of an exhaustive follow-on report about LR in close coordination with military staff officers and HQ ACT direction.
• Contribute to strategic planning efforts that satisfy long-term needs of Warfare development.
• Interpret political, economic, sociocultural, technological, and military trends and develop alternatives ways of assessment.
• Develop plans to materialize long term strategy and analyze development proposals, conduct research to identify threats and opportunities, and construct forecasts and analytical models.

Required:

• Demonstrated experience in corporate, government, military or academic environment in the analysis of military forces, resilience, posture, planning or operations
• Demonstrated experience in researching and analyzing international relations and security studies, civilian preparedness and disaster management and Civilian-Military engagement and interaction
• Demonstrated experience in Civilian and Civilian-Military Resilience at military strategic and/or operational levels
• Demonstrated experience of understanding impacts of Civilian Preparedness and Resilience on Military Resilience at the strategic level
• Demonstrated experience working at a military headquarters or similar environment at staff level on policy development, gap analysis, strategic planning, policy development procedures and associated staff work on the operational and strategic levels of military activities
• Understanding of Civilian Preparedness and Disaster Response, Civilian-Military Interaction and Engagement within an international organization or governmental organization with a preference of experience working for or with NATO
• Master's degree or higher in political science, international studies, security studies, emergency preparedness is preferred; Master's degree can be substituted with a Bachelor's degree and appropriate level of experience in fields linked to Civilian Preparedness, Disaster Management and Response, Civilian Resilience or Civilian-Military interdependencies as described above
• Secret Clearance

Desired:

• Ability to build cooperative relationships with academia and governmental partners
• Capacity to work under general direction within a clear framework of accountability with substantial personal responsibility
• Ability to effectively multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced environment
• Capacity to work effectively as the member of a multinational and multi- disciplinary team
• Execute a broad range of complex professional or technical work activities in a variety of contexts
• Ability of disciplined and systematic approach to problem solving
• Ability for a comprehensive approach based on credible evidence, the most probable counterarguments and risks
• Excellent ability of using contemporary office tools, including MS office and communications systems
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Creative and innovative thinking