Position Overview

Arlo Solutions is in search of a Commonwealth Partners Mission Integration Office - Allied Action Officer. This position is with the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security - OUSD(I&S), in the Commonwealth & Partnership Engagement (C&PE) Branch. The position applies technical skills and policy knowledge to meet the needs of four primary Commonwealth partner nations: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Your tasks will involve working with highly talented peers and interchangeably supporting Senior Executives and Flag Officers from these nations. You will help develop DoD policy and programs related to defense intelligence strategic priorities and foreign intelligence emerging needs. Your role will support carefully chosen Foreign Liaison and Integration Officers based at HQ andyou will work together on substantive policy matters as well as administrative details and logistics. Individuals interested in this position must be confident, competent, candid, and ready to work effectively and comfortably in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and unstructured operating environment with short turnaround times and constant changes. Showing attention to detail, being results-oriented, having a positive attitude, and having great energy are required.

Work Location

Onsite at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA

Job Responsibilities and/or Success Factors

• Propose and manage initiatives for relationship building with Commonwealth partners.
• Facilitate Defense Intelligence Seniors Conference of the Commonwealth and the United States meetings, and other U.S./Commonwealth fora.
• Develop recommendations and outline strategies to ensure Foreign Liaison Officers (FLOs) comply with DoD policies while being empowered for operational success.
• Provide the required information and documentation needed for OUSD(I&S) to achieve and retain approved FLO strategies.
• Identify the evolving scopes for liaison duties, coordinate contact requirements, types of information, and information technology access needs to support and enable required tasks.
• Coordinate and collaborate regularly with stakeholders across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise (DIE), DoD, IC, and USD(I&S) Country Teams on Partner Engagement needs, priorities, and issues.
• Synchronize Partner Engagement efforts among stakeholders leveraging C&PE strategies and action plans, and key partnership working groups.
• Prepare read-aheads and staff packages both administratively and analytically. Support Senior U.S. Defense and Allied officials for a variety of Commonwealth Partner Engagements.
• Shape, manage, and execute logistic support required for special programs.

Education and Minimum Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI Security Clearance.
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Political Science, International Affairs, Languages, or a related field.
• Minimum five years of experience working in the Intelligence Community on national-level DoD analytic and policy issues.
• Demonstrated knowledge in foreign affairs and foreign intelligence relationships.
• Have a “Can do” positive attitude in the face of many obstacles, and the ability to always find a way to deliver results, no matter what the obstacle is.
• Knowledge of and ongoing interest in Commonwealth-related defense intelligence policy priorities and capabilities.
• Proven responsiveness in coordinating across large stakeholder communities: specifically across the DoD, IC, and Allied Defense organizations.
• Expertise in designing action-oriented agendas for Senior-level meetings, and ensuring read-ahead materials and context are provided as early as possible to peers and Senior Executives.
• High competence level in briefing both Senior Executives and peers.

This full-time position is Monday through Friday and operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Limited travel may be required. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.