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Job Opportunity We are seeking a highly qualified and motivated individual to support the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration in Arlington, VA. This role involves developing and implementing policy and processes to support Department of the Air Force space and DoD acquisition oversight processes. The successful candidate will establish and maintain effective working relationships with customers and other stakeholders of the organization, both internally and externally. You should thrive in a work environment with high expectations and be able to manage diverse assignments with attention to details. This position requires experience working on the HQ DAF staff, acquisition organization staff, or in a program management role. The ideal candidate will have excellent organizational skills; ability to plan, track, and maintain due dates for multiple tasks and products central to the organization's business processes. The selected individual will also have exemplar writing and editing skills, ability to adapt to rapidly changing work environments while maintaining flexibility and versatility. Experience working successfully with senior executives at multiple organizational levels is also required. Key Responsibilities: • Support Space Acquisition Executive (SAE) oversight and decision-making activities, PEO program execution, and oversight efforts of space systems. • Study, analyze, and provide recommendations on requirements, space acquisition strategies, program documentation, program phase transition plans, supplemental information, and program execution. • Provide honest broker assessments of policy compliance for space programs approaching milestone decisions. • Track for compliance with stated program direction and identify issues. • Review and provide recommendations on existing and proposed space acquisition and capability area policies and implementation. • Review and evaluate the impact of national, DOD, JCS, and civil government policies and activities that affect space acquisition programs and capability areas. • Maintain historical space acquisition policy and process documentation and developing summary documents/briefings and training material. • Provide short notice, quick-reaction analyses of critical programmatic issues in the context of Congressional, OSD Staff, Joint Staff, HQ USAF/USSF, Major Air Command (MAJCOM)/Field Command (FLDCOM), coalition, and international activities. • Support the HAF review process - Air Force Requirements Oversight Council (AFROCs), Joint Warfighting Capabilities Assessment (JWCAs), Defense Acquisition Boards (DABs), Congressional cycle, Acquisition Strategy Panels (ASPs), Air Force Review Board (AFRBs), Configuration Steering Board (CSB), Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports, etc. • Perform the Secretariat function for ASPs, ARBs, and CSBs. • Review and document Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. • Monitor on-going studies, analyses, and developmental work relevant to space acquisition policy. Qualifications • Active TS security clearance with SCI eligibility • Bachelor's Degree and at least 7 years of relevant work experience • Available for at least 50% in-person support at the Pentagon • Experience working on the HQ DAF staff, acquisition organization staff, or in a program management role • Excellent organizational skills; ability to plan, track, and maintain due dates for multiple tasks and products central to the organization's business processes • Exemplary writing and editing skills • Ability to adapt to rapidly changing work environments while maintaining flexibility and versatility • Experience working successfully with senior executives at multiple organizational levels • Experience fostering stable and productive working relationships that communicate expectations and promote cooperation • Experience communicating effectively and concisely using a variety of styles and techniques appropriate to the audience About Us We are committed to the principles and practices of equal employment opportunity. It is our policy to afford equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability or genetics.