Adjunct Research Staff Member - Global Dynamics and Intelligence Division (GDI)

Overview

Adjunct Research Analysts provide technical, scientific, and analytical expertise in support of IDA’s work requiring independent and objective research, test, study and analyses of national security issues and related national challenges, particularly those requiring extraordinary scientific and technical expertise. This position supports IDA’s role as a trusted and decisive contributor to answering crucial U.S. security and science and technology questions.

Responsibilities

• Researches, tests, studies, analyzes, hypothesizes, predicts, and/or evaluates issues within a project based on provided parameters, guidelines, and/or specifications of the project

• Individually or in team, prepares reports documenting conclusions and/or findings; may present findings of the final report to task sponsor and/or select audience(s)

• May be assigned as project leader to one or more projects to assist in and provide technical direction for project planning, requirements, budgetary objectives, and assignment of responsibility and authority

• Works with other researchers and sponsors to identify, prioritize, and communicate emerging issues for IDA, its sponsors, and the community

• Develops and sustains working relationships with sponsors to ensure that opportunities for further support and collaboration are surfaced 

Qualifications

• Candidates must have a PhD or, Master’s degree plus 20 years of relevant experience.

• Candidates must possess familiarity with the national security establishment and the IC, as well as strong all-source intelligence analytic skills, with previous military intelligence or national intelligence community experience, preferably at the leadership level. 

• Experience in a regionally focused area of the world is desired.

• Candidates must possess strong analytical skills in developing and implementing analytical methodologies and then fusing developed all-source information into clear and concise conclusions and recommendations. Such skills are to have been developed during successful, progressively more challenging assignments in the national security, military planning or intelligence communities.

• Familiarity with DoD or IC planning, programming, and budgeting.

• Strong interpersonal, and oral and written communication skills are required.

• Demonstrated capacity for independent thought and sound judgment is required.

• Ability to contribute effectively to a team approach to problem solving is required.

• Travel may be required.

• Candidates are required to have an active TS clearance and recent SCI Access (within the last six months/current SSBI). Candidates who do not meet this requirement will not be considered.

About IDA

The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) is a private, nonprofit corporation headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC. IDA’s mission is to answer the most challenging U.S. security and science policy questions with objective analysis leveraging extraordinary scientific, technical, and analytic expertise.

IDA embraces diversity and supports an inclusive work environment. Working here requires energy, commitment, flexibility, and teamwork. Whether you’re a graduate student ready to start your career, a professional looking for your next challenge, or a member of the military hoping to transition to the private sector while continuing to make a difference in the national security of your country, we offer exciting opportunities to learn and grow.

Sponsors rely on IDA for dispassionate, fact-based, and scientifically rigorous research and advice performed in a research environment free of commercial or shareholder interests where objectivity and the public interest are foremost.

The work produced by IDA is characterized by unquestioned objectivity and high quality. Because of our unique relationship with our U.S. Government sponsors, IDA enjoys unusual access to classified government information and sensitive corporate proprietary information.

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