Analytic Objectivity and Process Survey Support Specialist

Vosper Thornycroft Group; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Vosper Thornycroft Group seeks a seasoned analyst to support IC compliance evaluations through survey design, data gathering, and presentation to senior management. You will design surveys, test platforms, and analyze results with Tableau and SPSS, ensuring respondent anonymity and producing tailored briefings for IC elements and Combatant Commands.

TS/SCI with Polygraph is required. The role emphasizes rigorous methodology, platform neutrality, and clear visual communication of findings to

Qualifications

• Experience designing surveys across platforms with an emphasis on reliability and neutrality.
• Familiarity with IC analytic standards and quantitative methods.
• Ability to identify suitable survey tools and ensure accessibility.
• Experience presenting survey insights to senior management.

Responsibilities

• Recommend survey design, testing, and administration across platforms.
• Assist customers in selecting survey tools for various platforms.
• Provide expert support on methodological, technological, and ethical aspects.
• Ensure surveys are accessible and pre-launch issues resolved.
• Consolidate data and provide integrated analysis of survey results.
• Develop and present survey findings using appropriate visuals to stakeholders.

Skills

Survey design

Data analysis

Data visualization

Statistical methods

Education

BS degree

MS degree preferred

Tools

LimeSurvey

Tableau

Microsoft Excel

IBM SPSS

Job description

Overview

Our customer requires support to evaluate adherence to Intelligence Community (IC) analytic standards in intelligence products, practices, and processes. This support includes designing, testing, and administering surveys; collecting, organizing, analyzing, and presenting survey data; and preparing tailored briefings to assist in assessing IC elements, Combatant Commands, and other analytic entities' compliance with analytic standards.

What will you do?

• Recommend survey design, testing, and administration across multiple platforms.
• Assist customers in identifying suitable survey tools on various platforms.
• Offer expert support in methodological, technological, and ethical aspects (e.g., ensuring neutrality, precision, and repeatability of measures; conducting cost-benefit analyses of survey tools; and maintaining respondent anonymity).
• Ensure accessibility and accuracy of surveys by resolving technical issues pre-launch.
• Manage survey administration and monitor and resolve all technical issues, including accessibility problems, across platforms during the survey period.
• Consolidate data and provide integrated data analysis of survey results.
• Compile and organize element-specific free text responses and run AI/LLM tools with multiple prompts to confirm human review of the free text comments.
• Develop and present survey findings through appropriate visualization techniques and recommend presentation formats (e.g., scatter charts, donut charts, stacked column charts) to effectively communicate findings to senior management.
• Develop customized briefing materials and presentations featuring aggregate data, element specific data, and content for key stakeholders

Do you have what it takes?

• Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with Polygraph.
• Typically requires BS degree and 8 – 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 – 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Expertise in survey tools and software (e.g., LimeSurvey).
• Expertise with survey data analysis methodologies and tools (e.g., Tableau, Microsoft Excel, IBM SPSS), quantitative methods, and data visualization techniques.
• Experience in providing advisement on intelligence products and processes.

Pay Range: VTG’s estimated starting pay range is $140,000-$155,000 annually, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.