CONTRACTOR SUPPORT TO OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS

Brevco Services; Norfolk (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ACT-SACT in Norfolk seeks an experienced Contractor Support to Operational Analysis to lead analytical studies for defence capability decisions. You will contribute to Course of Action analyses and coordinate with NATO bodies and national entities to shape program direction.

The role requires a quantitative degree or equivalent experience, a strong OA background, and proven ability to elicit requirements, assess uncertainty, and communicate results to senior decision-makers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 5+ years in Operations Research/Operational Analysis in military, strategic or international environments.
• Minimum two examples in the last 10 years in OA/OR/Data Science with combined 3+ years, or 2 years in last 5 with relevant degree.
• Experience designing and facilitating stakeholder engagements with diverse seniority.
• Experience developing analysis plans and delivering outputs influencing senior decision makers.
• Experience creating data collection/assessment frameworks with measures of effectiveness and performance.
• Experience identifying and communicating uncertainty and risk in capability decisions.
• Experience producing cost and schedule estimates with supporting evidence.
• Experience in NATO/National organizations or multinational contexts is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Course of Action analysis using OR/OA methods to mature capability requirements.
• Plan and conduct qualitative and quantitative assessments of operational effectiveness and risk-benefit studies.
• Interact with NATO/National research entities to assess alternatives impacts on effectiveness.
• Attend engagements/workshops to ensure cost estimation outputs meet quality standards.
• Support creation of information requests and surveys to NATO nations and industry.
• Analyze risks and provide risk management approaches and mitigation options.
• Review schedule estimates and cost data to ensure quality and supporting evidence for decisions.
• Produce briefs and reports describing analytical rationale and outcomes for decision-makers.

Skills

Operations Research

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Engagement

Analytical Thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in quantitative field

Job description

CONTRACTOR SUPPORT TO OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS

IT Services

Type: Contract

Country: United States

City: Norfolk

Security: Needed

Company: ACT-SACT

Essential Qualifications/Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or equivalent quantitative degree.Alternatively, 5+ years of Operations Research/ Operational Analysis experience conducting and leading analytical studies in relevant military, strategic, political or international environment
• Minimum two examples in the last 10 years (at least 3 years combined duration) in the field of military Operations Research /Operational Analysis / Data Science, supporting policy development, capability development or acquisition.With a relevant Bachelor’s degree (listed above), only 2 years in the last 5 must be in the fields / areas /listed above
• Experience designing, leading and facilitating structured stakeholder engagements to elicit objectives, assumptions, measures, risks, preferences and expert judgement in support of defence capability decisions involving technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple levels of seniority
• Experience, within last 5 years of determining Operations Research / Operational Analysis requirements, scoping problems for study, developing analysis plans, and delivering high-quality outputs that influence senior decision makers
• Experience of developing data collection and analysis plans or assessment frameworks that include measures of effectiveness and measures of performance
• Experience in gathering evidence and scoring effectiveness through use of operations research and analysis methods to defence domain issues
• Experience identifying, eliciting, assessing, analysing and communicating uncertainty and risk associated with capability / acquisition, project, programme, or portfolio decisions
• Experience of producing or working with cost and schedule estimates, including estimating methodologies, methods and processes
• Experience working in a strategic or operational military command or multinational organization
• Experience supporting project, programme, and / or portfolio decisions through analytical assessment in the past 10 years, within complex and dynamic programme environments

Desirable Qualifications/Experience

• Experience using AI to support OA

DUTIES/ROLE

• Contribute to Course of Action analysis using Operations Research and Analysis methods in support of Capability Development within ACT in order to mature NATO capability requirements and set programmatic direction
• Plan and conduct research to study and establish qualitative and quantitative assessments of operational effectiveness, undertake cost-effectiveness and risk-benefit studies and analyses
• Where necessary and appropriate, interact with NATO and National research entities and industries to establish the impact of alternatives on operational effectiveness
• Where necessary and appropriate, attend engagements or workshops with NATO, National organizations, and / or industry to ensure cost estimation activities are likely to provide outputs of appropriate quality to support analysis
• Support the creation of Requests for Information and surveys to NATO Nations, Non-Governmental Organizations, and industry
• Analyse the potential impact of identified individual and aggregated risks, and propose possible risk management approaches
• Elicit, and / or review and assess schedule estimates, to ensure appropriate quality and supporting evidence for decisions being supported by analysis
• Review and assess cost estimates provided by others, to ensure appropriate quality and supporting evidence for decisions being supported by analysis
• Analyse and document comparative assessments of cost, risk, schedule and operational effectiveness to inform programmatic decision-making
• Produce decision briefs / presentations describing the underlying rationale / justification for analytical outcomes.If appropriate, brief decision-makers on the context, process and outcomes
• Produce written reports of analysis conducted as part of the Capability Programme plan evidence package, for review with the International Military Staff and International Staff in NATO Headquarters.
• Produce summary briefs of lessons identified / lessons learned to support continuous improvement of NATO capability development and OA branch skills and competencies
• May be required to travel to meetings and conferences both within and outside NATO boundaries for up to 60 days per year
• Perform additional tasks as required by the COTR related to the LABOR category

Job requirements

All the mandatory requirements have to be met in order to apply.

• A Bachelors degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or equivalent quantitative degree. Alternatively, 5+ years of Operations Research/ Operational Analysis experience conducting and leading analytical studies in relevant military, strategic, political or international environment (Mandatory)
• Minimum two examples in the last 10 years (at least 3 years combined duration) in the field of military Operations Research / Operational Analysis / Data Science, supporting policy development, capability development or acquisition. With a relevant Bachelors degree (listed above), only 2 years in the last 5 must be in the fields / areas /listed above (Mandatory)
• Experience designing, leading, and facilitating structured stakeholder engagements to elicit objectives, assumptions, measures, risks, preferences and expert judgement in support of defence capability decisions involving technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple levels of seniority (Mandatory)
• Experience, within last 5 years of determining Operations Research / Operational Analysis requirements, scoping problems for study, developing analysis plans, and delivering high-quality outputs that influence senior decision makers (Mandatory)
• Experience of developing data collection and analysis plans or assessment frameworks that include measures of effectiveness and measures of performance (Mandatory)
• Experience in gathering evidence and scoring effectiveness through use of operations research and analysis methods to defence domain issues (Mandatory)
• Experience identifying, eliciting, assessing, analysing and communicating uncertainty and risk associated with capability / acquisition, project, programme, or portfolio decisions (Mandatory)
• Experience of producing or working with cost and schedule estimates, including estimating methodologies, methods and processes (Mandatory)
• Experience working in a strategic or operational military command or multinational organization (Mandatory)
• Experience supporting project, programme, and / or portfolio decisions through analytical assessment in the past 10 years, within complex and dynamic programme environments (Mandatory)
• Experience using AI to support OA (Nice to have)