Watch Officer (Night Shift) with Security Clearance

The ideal candidate understands how to coordinate on all-hazard emergency management issues; can quickly “connect the dots” in fast-moving external events; understands a “chain of command”; can communicate in person and over the phone clearly and succinctly; is a strong writer with a solid grasp of grammar and solid MS Office (especially Word) skills, able to research, analyze, write, edit, and proof; is exceptionally reliable; can remain calm and be decisive under pressure; and is able to understand and follow SOPs and use templates.

This person will effectively collaborate and coordinate with people at all levels of government, in non-governmental organizations, and in the private sector. Work is performed fully onsite, in an office environment, unclassified through and including a SCIF, in Washington, DC; free parking is available for night shift Operations Watch Officers.

Qualifications

• Approximately 4 years’ experience as an Operations Watch Officer/Stander with at least 2 of the years’ experience desired at a national operations center
• Watch experience in all hazard operations and incident management (e.g., natural disasters, National Special Security Events, as well as human-caused and technological incidents).
• Active Top Secret security clearance and be SCI crossover eligible. Simply being “SCI eligible” is not sufficient – besides having a current investigation, you must be either currently SCI indoc’d (read in) or have been debriefed from SCI less than 23 months ago.
• Solid MS Office (especially Word) skills as well as the ability to communicate in person and over the phone clearly and succinctly, demonstrating a high degree of professionalism, tact, and diplomacy.
• Understanding how to coordinate on emergency management issues, with the capability to quickly “connect the dots” in fast-moving internal or external incidents, assess risk, remain calm, and be decisive under pressure.
• Experience preparing situational awareness reports.
• Experience performing research and analysis and then writing and editing emails and documents.
• Experience providing communication and coordination support to executives across various platforms at the unclassified and classified levels.
• Unwavering ability to arrive at duty location on time and perform required duties solo on 12 hour night shifts.