Nuclear Weapon Incident/Accident Response Analyst

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Company Overview:

Analytic Services, Inc. (ANSER) enhances and homeland security by strengthening public institutions. We provide thought leadership for complex issues through independent analysis and we deliver practical, useful solutions. ANSER values collaboration, integrity, and initiative and we are client focused in all that we do. Because we were established for the purpose of public service and not for profit, we measure our success in the impact of our service

Position Overview:

ANSER is seeking a Nuclear Weapon Incident and Accident Response Analyst to work part-time (approximately 20 hours/week), remotely, and provide support to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Nuclear Matters (NM) located at the Pentagon.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Develop, coordinate, interpret, and implement and DoD policy for responding to accidents or incidents involving U.S. nuclear weapons, improvised nuclear devices, radiological dispersal devices, and other similar threats.
• Facilitate management and coordination of Nuclear Weapons Accident/Incident Response Subcommittee (NWAIRS) work, including the drafting of discussion papers and briefing materials and developing strategies and approaches for presenting policy options to interagency participants.
• Coordinate with Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Combatant Commands, Military Services, and interagency stakeholders to identify and develop programs, capabilities, and training required to implement and DoD policy for nuclear accident/incident response.
• Ensure Nuclear Weapons Accident/Incident Exercise (NUWAIX) after action report (AAR) findings and recommendations are fed back into the policy development process.
• Contribute to annual reports to Congress and the President; conduct analysis and prepare relevant staff products and briefings; and routinely draft Principal-level correspondence, staff packages, issue papers, preparatory reading material, presentations, and trip books.
• Prepare and disseminate agenda, meeting materials and meeting summaries. Reserve meeting space, ensure attendee access, and other administrative aspects.
• Be available to travel to the Pentagon building in Arlington, VA for one week every three months as well as occasional domestic and international travel to other locations.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Must possess an active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree and ten years’ experience related to U.S. nuclear weapon accident/incident response policy, guidance, exercises and/or agreements. A relevant master’s degree or higher may be considered equivalent to some portion of the required experience.
• Expert knowledge in policy for nuclear accident/incident response and derivative guidance within the DoD.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a related discipline
• Experience staffing or advising DoD senior leaders on matters of security.
• Expert knowledge in nuclear weapons accident/incident response exercises (NUWAIX) including the findings and recommendations of past NUWAIX After-Action Reports.
• Expert knowledge in nuclear surety concepts and associated policy, particularly as they apply to USEUCOM.
• Experience drafting, negotiating, interpreting, or implementing nuclear accident/incident agreements with Allies and corresponding Joint Operations Plans
• Explosive Ordnance Disposal and related special operations experience.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act (ADA), if you have a and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with ANSER, please call 703-416-2000 or e-mail Recruiting@anser.org.

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