Team Lead - Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Arlington, VA

Job Description

Overview

LMI is looking for a Team Leader with a minimum of 10 years' experience, with 4 years related to Foreign Military Sales, to provide Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation (AM&E) support to the Department of Defense. This includes expertise in planning and conducting evaluations, with an emphasis on program cost, schedule, performance and requirements management and experience in running a program with a geographically dispersed staff (CONUS/OCONUS) and multiple subcontractors.

Responsibilities

* Be responsible for managing and overseeing the activities of all contractor personnel, as well as any subcontractor efforts.
* Serve as the on-site lead for the team, responsible for managing tasks and team members.
* Ensuring the timeliness and quality of the work products of the team.
* Must be knowledgeable and experienced with the Security Cooperation Information Portal (SCIP) and the Defense Security Assistance Management System (DSAMS) and able to facilitate the training and onboarding of other contract team members.

Qualifications

Required:

* This position requires a person with strong computer, analytical skills, and the ability to research and communicate effectively in writing.
* The positions call for flexibility, excellent interpersonal skills, project coordination experience, and the ability to work well with all levels of internal management staff, Department of Defense (DOD) counterparts, as well as foreign clients and industry representatives.
* Experience with document writing, review, and ensuring quality control is required.
* Knowledge and prior experience in Security Assistance policy and procedure, related legislation with the ability to assist in the management of complex operations involving compliance with policy issues.
* Personnel must be able to foster a positive relationship with DOD Agencies, State Department, respective Combatant Commanders, Joint Staff, and Military Departments and in country Security Cooperation Officers in the allocation and execution of BPC programs.
* Proficient in MS Office Suite applications Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; proficiency with Excel to perform data evaluation, formulas, analytics and spreadsheets. Must be able to transfer presentation graphics from Excel into PowerPoint or Word. Proficient in DSAMS and SCIP.
* Increased computer skills is a capability above threshold minimum requirements; such as SharePoint, Access database, graphical alts, and media presentation.

Preferred:

* A minimum of four (4) years of work experience (sometime within the last ten (10) years) related to a solid understanding of Foreign Military Sales and its related fields of logistics, financial management, military education and training, transportation, and current security cooperation database management tools, are prerequisites of the position.
* At least one (1) year must be related to Building Partnership Capacity programs. The restrictions outlined in the various authorities for executing these cases requires intensive management over and above that typically required of typical FMS county programs.
* Experience in program management or as a project lead is required.
* Increased experience in related security cooperation areas and programs is a capability above threshold minimum requirements; such as BPC programs - military requirements and capability development, and Global Train and Equip programs through the FMS process.