Security Assistance Coordinators (Mid and Junior)

Security Assistance Coordinators (Mid and Junior)

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Position Summary: The Security Assistance Coordinators (Mid and Junior) will serve as core member of Q2IMPACT’s embedded team within the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/SA). Security Assistance Coordinators are responsible for security assistance programming. A distinction between the junior-level and mid-level Coordinators may include the size of the assigned portfolio or the extent of responsibility of that portfolio (exercising a lead role vice a supporting or assisting role). Coordinators shall be responsible for reviewing and coordinating various funding case development documents (LOR, LOA, etc.), tracking security assistance expenditure data, providing data for congressional briefs and reports, coordinating within PM, other State bureaus, and the Department of War) on the obligation, expenditure and management of the security assistance programs, and other documents necessary to the effective management of the security assistance accounts. This may include drafting funding memos (allocations, allotments, apportionments, reclassifications, congressional notifications, etc.), tracking obligation and expenditure data, providing data for briefings and Congressional reports, drafting documents to obligate funds, coordinating within PM and U.S. Department of State regional bureaus and the Department of War, and other regional or functional bureaus as needed on the obligation, expenditure and management of account programs, and other documents necessary to the effective management of their portfolio. Coordinators shall also liaison with counterparts at State (relevant regional bureaus, EX, BP, OMB, L and DSCA) and shall support PM/SA participation in relevant Financial Management Reviews and other meetings. If assigned to a portfolio that handles Title 10 coordination, these Coordinators would manage U.S. Department of State concurrence with over $3 billion in U.S. Department of War (DOW) security cooperation authorities (e.g., International Security Cooperation Program-funded authorities sections 332, 333, and 1263 and other temporary authorities) requiring signoff from senior Department of State leadership.

Security Assistance Coordinators shall:

• Provide program analysis and develop and coordinate both functional subject matter and geographic area for security assistance accounts.

• Develop program options, negotiate, and integrate contributions from various Departmental offices as well as other USG agencies.
• Performs various analyses, including but not limited to strategic planning and forecasting, program design, and metrics and performance monitoring expected results (i.e., deliveries, training schedules), to support policy-making officials and ensure implementation of their decisions.
• Draft and coordinate, as necessary, a variety of documents such as analytical reports; briefing materials, decision, and information memoranda; emails; congressional letters; standard operating procedures; escalation justifications; and other communications on matters relating to the area(s) of assignment.
• Provide information on Foreign Military Sales (FMS), arms transfers, and security assistance, as well as administrative practices and/or other relevant policy areas.
• Maintain current knowledge in foreign policy, industrial and technological advances as related to his/her assigned responsibilities, and other commodities outside of his/her assigned responsibilities.

• Liaise with interagency counterparts, military service components, and program offices to coordinate on security assistance-funded programs.
• Provide administrative and logistics support for intradepartmental and interagency events (e.g., Joint Security Sector Assistance Review (JSSAR)), including recurring synchronization meetings to deconflict and align State and DoW budgets and programs in the area of responsibility.
• Support regular meetings with Military Groups (MilGrps) and others from DoW and State that support or have a role in managing the FMF and IMET programs.
• Support data management requirements, including tracking the status of all relevant FMF-funded FMS cases for the respective regional portfolio.
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