PNC Integrated Border Security Analyst – General Support

Company Description

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Background: The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) Strategy, Plans and Policy Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Division (CCJ5-C) provides CWMD mission management, strategic direction, policy guidance, planning, operational support, coordination, and conducts activities in support of USCENTCOM responsibilities to counter weapons of mass destruction in the USCENTCOM region. Specifically, the division conducts Cooperative Defense Program (CDP) activities to improve partner nation capacity to prevent, prepare for, respond to and mitigate the effects of a WMD incident. Additionally, the Division is charged with assisting USCENTCOM regional partner nations in developing CWMD-related deterrence and contingency plans to prevent WMD material acquisition and proliferation; contain and rollback WMD threats and threat networks; and respond to Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) incidents and crisis. The CCJ5-C also conducts assessments and provides exercise support.

The Division's Partner Nation Capacities (PNC) Branch improves individual Partner Nation (PN) and regional capabilities by executing the CDP to defend against, prevent, prepare for, respond to, and mitigate the effects of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or Toxic Industrial Chemical/Toxic Industrial Material related incidents. This effort includes planning and conducting bilateral and multilateral CWMD-related exercises, professional development workshops and seminars to promote program goals, enhance regional dialogue and cooperation and improve multilateral PN capacity and increase interoperability with U.S. and other partner nation forces.

Job Description

• Act as a SME providing technical advice to assist partner nations develop a WMD counter proliferation strategy or course of action to enhance border security and prevent smuggling activities. 

• Make recommendations on existing and new Interagency/International engagements related to expansion and implementation of specific instruments that increase security and decrease proliferation of WMD. 

• Provide recommendations to Partner Nations for Integrated Border Security (IBS) plans and policy applications as well as the sequence and timing of key IBS events to exercises and recommend methods of evaluating the effectiveness of planning actions for bilateral and multilateral exercises. 

• Coordinate with Security Assistance Offices to ensure that the Cooperative Defense Program (CDP) activities are integrated with and fully support U.S. Government Guidance and the USCENTCOM Theater Security Cooperation Plan.  

• Integrate CDP activities by maintaining a continuous liaison with other HQ USCENTCOM staff offices and Service Component Commands. 

• Provides recommendations to Partner Nations in the areas of Border Security plans and policy applications as well as the sequence and timing of key events in support of all Joint Staff sponsored USCENTCOM executed exercises and recommends methods of evaluating the effectiveness of planning actions. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university in a discipline applicable to the effort. 

• 5 or more years of relevant experience. 

• Previous experience working as a country lead or in support of a country lead supporting CWMD, CBRN, or border security initiatives. 

• Knowledge of CBRND/border security equipment/operations and the Cooperative Defense Program. 

• Experience performing vulnerability analysis in the areas of detection, individual and collective protection, decontamination, analytical instrumentation and providing sensitive site assessment/exploitation. 

• Experience planning the sequence of key events and milestones for bilateral and multilateral CWMD, border security and other security cooperation related events. 

• Experience conducting partner nation CWMD assessments, analyzing results, and making recommendations for improvement. 

• Knowledge of SOCIUM and Command and Control of the Information Environment (C2IE) databases.   

• Familiarity with Foreign Military Sales and Financing and Section 333 train and equip authorities. 

• Able to read, writ