Division Manager

Analytic Services Inc. is an independent, not-for-profit public service research institute.  Since 1958 Analytic Services has provided operations and research analysis in support of institutions that defend our freedom.

In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11th 2001, the United States government decided to combine 22 separate federal organizations into a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  In concert with this development, Congress mandated in the Homeland Security Act of 2002 that a new Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) be created to support DHS.  Analytic Services was ultimately chosen to establish and operate the Homeland Security Institute (HSI). The Institute remains the only congressionally chartered FFRDC specifically created to meet the needs of DHS. 

HSI, located in the Washington DC metropolitan area, possesses a highly collaborative work environment and routinely assembles multi-disciplinary teams to perform independent studies on a wide variety of topics relating to the homeland security mission.  The organizational unit ? HSI Programs (HSP) ? assists federal, state and local stakeholders to improve the effectiveness of homeland security operations.  HSP is currently seeking four (4) Technical Managers.

General Responsibilities: The Technical Manager provides intellectual and organizational leadership for their program area, to include:

? managing a team of professionals including recruitment and selection, performance planning and appraisal, salary administration, etc., and day-to-day guidance and management of assigned staff activities;

? identifying candidate studies and analyses, and evaluating the capabilities of the organization to perform them;

? identifying required skills and expertise, and assessing their availability through various sources;

? leveraging relevant expertise elsewhere in Analytic Services and among consultants, advisors, and professional colleagues; and

? anticipating potential obstacles and developing action plans to achieve division and Institutional goals. 

The manager will interact with decision makers at all levels of DHS and other organizations to understand their needs and articulate the Institute?s capabilities.  He/she will also serve as primary interface with the client on program area-related issues.  In addition, the manager will supervise program area operations by planning and directing all aspects of the program, and by monitoring and reporting progress.  Successful candidates must demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving skills, the ability to deal with ill-defined problems, and the ability to identify interrelationships and synergies among multiple tasks. Ideally, this expertise will span a wide range of organizations (e.g., private sector, U. S. Government, international). 

Education/Experience:  The successful candidate will have an advanced degree (Doctorate preferred) in a relevant discipline plus at least 5 years of relevant professional experience; or a Bachelor?s degree plus at least 8 years relevant professional experience.  Experience must include at least 2 years in technical leadership or program management positions.

Clearance Requirement:  Candidates must be US citizens and eligible for a security clearance; a current clearance is preferred. 

 

Openings:

Policy and Planning Division: conducts studies and analyses to set the future direction for the homeland security enterprise.  Work may include studies that help define homeland security missions, objectives, and capabilities; develop appropriate performance metrics; broadly assess capabilities and deficiencies; and identify goals.  Products provide inputs to decision makers in DHS and elsewhere charged with the development of homeland security policies, the formulation of strategic plans, and the establishment of priorities.  The division emphasizes analyses that integrate the efforts of local and state governments with Federal agencies; the efforts of different Federal agencies with each other; and the efforts of different elements of DHS.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities of the successful candidate will include: 

? thorough understanding of laws, directives, strategies, and guidance that pertain to the homeland security mission. 

? demonstration of a broad understanding of organizational responsibilities for achieving homeland security objectives.

Expertise in at least one, and preferably several of the following is required:  strategic and long-range planning; mission analysis; net assessment; policy analysis; international affairs; public sector / private sector interrelationships; federal / state & local interrelationships; performance and compliance measurement; analysis of capabilities and deficiencies. 

Risk Management Division: develops and applies analysis methods that enable decision makers to identify and evaluate solutions to homeland security deficiencies based on risk-management principles.  These methods account for finite resources; uncertain threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences; heterogeneous metrics used to assess capabilities and benefits; interdependencies among the subsystems that make up the homeland security enterprise; and the diverse nature of the solutions themselves.  Work may inform policy development, strategic planning, program formulation and assessment, requirements generation, and budget development.  Products interconnect and integrate these functions within the DHS and across the homeland security enterprise.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities of the successful candidate will include: 

? thorough understanding of both the theory and application of risk management principles. 

? understanding of resource allocation as practiced by federal, state, and local government agencies.

? understanding of how risk-informed resource allocation decisions may derive from analysis of threats/hazards, strategy, policy, programs, and budgets.

? an appreciation of organizational behaviors as they influence risk management.

Prefer expertise in homeland security risk applications and/or related topic areas (e.g., catastrophic and/or low-probability events, risk management under profound uncertainty, risk communication).

Program Analysis Division: performs studies and analyses that help DHS and its component organizations establish and implement effective processes for acquisition, requirements generation, budget development, program formulation and assessment. Efforts may include helping to define processes, and integrating the results of other HSI areas? and divisions? work into those processes. Products ensure that the structure of individual program assessments draws upon the broad analysis frameworks established by the Policy and Planning and Risk Management areas.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities of the successful candidate will include: 

?  thorough understanding, both theoretical and practical, of acquisition, requirements, and budget processes in use within the federal government.

?  planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) process; investment review; and corporate decision making structures and processes is strongly preferred. 

Expertise in at least one, and preferably several, of the following areas is required:  program / portfolio management, logistics / supply-chain management, requirements analysis, life-cycle cost analysis, cost estimation, cost-effectiveness or business case analysis. Defense Systems Management College (DSMC) Level III certification, or equivalent, is a plus

Economic Analysis Division: performs studies and analyses that explore a wide variety of issues associated with the allocation of homeland security costs and benefits and the interaction between the public and private sector.  Includes analyses that consider the public perception of homeland security risks and benefits; the significance of social and legal concerns such as privacy; and the broad economic impact of homeland security policies and regulations.  Analyze alternatives that seek to improve homeland security effectiveness through indirect means; for example, via insurance, liability, or market-based incentives.  Products inform the development of homeland security policy, generate alternative solutions, and identify considerations that should be addressed in program and operational assessments.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities of the successful candidate will include: 

? understanding of potential costs and benefits associated with homeland security programs and regulations.

? demonstrated ability to conceptualize and direct studies that analyze the allocation of these costs and benefits among federal, state, local, and private-sector entities.

Expertise in at least one, and preferably several, of the following areas is required:  economics; insurance; liability and/or indemnification; public administration; risk communication; regulatory and cost-benefit analysis.

 

 



To learn more about the Homeland Security Institute, visit our website at www.homelandsecurity.org. The Institute is an operating unit of Analytic Services Inc., an independent not-for-profit public-service research institute.





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