MAPS Program Analyst (INL)

The Celestar Corporation has been issued a task order to provide support to the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). As a result, we’re looking for a MAPS Program Analyst who will be seated in Washington, DC. If interested and qualified, we welcome you to post for this challenging opportunity.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT:  A Top- Secret security clearance is required for this position; however, the Contractor may begin with an interim Top Secret security clearance.

POSITION LOCATION: The physical work location is the INL office at State Annex-1, 2401 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20006

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: One (1) Year with the option to exercise Two (2) option periods, subject to performance, need, and funding.

BACKGROUND

The U.S. Department of State is the lead institution for the conduct of American diplomacy and the Secretary of State is the President’s principal foreign policy advisor. The Department of State’s mission is to advance U.S. national security interests, fight terrorism, protect U.S. interests abroad, and implement foreign policy initiatives that build a freer, prosperous and secure world.

INL keeps Americans safe at home by countering international crime, illegal drugs, and instability abroad. INL helps countries deliver justice and fairness by strengthening their police, courts, and corrections systems. These efforts reduce the amount of crime and illegal drugs reaching U.S. shores. 

INL’s Executive Office Management Assistance and Post Support (MAPS) division is responsible for supporting INL’s post-award contract management function. The division’s customers include INL program managers, contracting officers (CO), and contracting officer’s representatives (COR). MAPS professionals serve as information brokers between contract management stakeholders in acquisition, resource management, and corporate communities. MAPS closely teams with stakeholders to monitor contractor performance, ensure that cost, service quality and delivery schedules are in compliance with terms and conditions of the contract, and to ensure the application of sound financial management and administrative control.

POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Program Analyst serves as a member of a team responsible for financial management and contract administration for a specific region or country as well as functional contracts. Each team is responsible for managing the full post-award life cycle of assigned contracts to optimize INL’s accountability on these high visibility programs.

TRAVEL: Travel is authorized for this position in accordance with the award and shall not exceed the designated ceiling.

LEVEL OF EFFORT
Hours for the position will be the core hours of the Department of State, 40 hours a week, 8 hours per day. 

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE
The period of performance for this order will be one (01) year from the date of award with the option to exercise four (04) one-year option periods, subject to performance, need, and funding. 
 

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plans, develops, and conducts program analyses of substantial scale and impact regarding highly complex, multi-million dollar projects that significantly impact international programs.
• Supports program managers in complying with management policies and procedures, including those contained in the Foreign Affairs Manual, Federal Acquisition Regulation, and other regulatory sources.
• Assists with coordinating contract management activities between multiple contractors, Department offices and bureaus, INL’s program offices and posts, as well as with other government agencies.
• Assists with coordinating, tracking, record-keeping, and facilitating the reutilization of INL property assets. Supports the Industrial Property Management Specialist with planning, analyzing, and recommending actions in support of Bureau policies for reutilization of assets.
• Assists senior MAPS Division and other Bureau program stakeholders in coordinating and planning contract management activities such as quality assurance programs for advising and mentoring services, life support, mission support, logistics operations, security operations, IT/communications support, contractor pre-deployment training and in-country program management.
• Conducts in-depth studies of the technical aspects of project requirements to ensure that they are taken into consideration when making recommendations to senior managers. May also be required to provide tec