Watch Officer

Red Cedar Consultancy, LLC; Alexandria (VA); Vor Ort; USD 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Red Cedar Consultancy, LLC is seeking a Watch Officer in Alexandria, Virginia. This role involves providing continuous operational support and managing information flow for the customer’s Operations Center, ensuring timely decision-making during incidents and emergencies.

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of relevant experience in emergency management and possess an active Secret Clearance. Skills in data analysis, report generation, and proficiency in Microsoft Office are essential.

Qualifikationen

• 5 years of experience in operation centers or emergency management.
• Active Secret Clearance required.
• Ability to type 65-70 words per minute.

Aufgaben

• Ensure quality of deliverables and performance of watch standers.
• Manage watch functions and coordinate information flow.
• Maintain situational awareness of DHS related events.
• Brief senior leadership on information requirements and incident reports.

Kenntnisse

Emergency management

Data analysis

Report generation

GIS imagery production

Software skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Typing speed (65-70 wpm)

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Jobbeschreibung

Summary

This program supports services by providing continuous watch, briefing, and analytical support for the customers Operations Center and Incident Management System. The effort delivers 24/7 situational awareness through the monitoring, analysis, synthesis, and dissemination of operational, intelligence, and incident-related information impacting federally protected facilities nationwide. Contractor support includes producing executive-level briefings, daily and emergent reports, geospatial and data-driven products, and coordinating information flow across the regions, DHS components, and interagency partners. The program operates in both classified and unclassified environments and is designed to support steady-state operations, special events, emergencies, and incident response, ensuring the customer leadership has timely, accurate, and actionable information to support mission-critical decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the quality of deliverables provided and performance of contract watch standers
• Manages watch functions, processes, and information flow
• Prioritize tasks and efforts and coordinate information gathering and reporting with other elements
• Maintain situational awareness of DHS related events, incidents, and threats and participates in daily NOC Operations calls
• Brief senior leadership on priority information requirements
• Review and approve incident reports and reporting products before distribution
• Maintain RFI database, assigns RFIs, tracks RFI's, and ensures RFI's are reviewed and approved
• Capable of maintaining the COP
• Produce, review, and brief the DOSR and Ensure DOSR is distributed
• Maintain distribution lists and telephone rosters
• Capable of producing limited GIS imagery to support reporting products
• Maintain reviews watch turnover/pass down report
• Access, navigate, and utilize DHS law enforcement data systems and networks (to secret clearance level)
• Formulate and apply mathematical modeling and other optimizing methods to develop and interpret information that assists management with decision making, policy formulation, or other managerial functions
• Collect and analyze data and develop decision support software, service, or products
• Develop and supply optimal time, cost, or logistics networks for program evaluation, review, or implementation.
• Should be able to type 65-70 words per minute and is skilled in Adobe and Microsoft office products, including excel, PowerPoint, Word

Requirements

• A Watch Officer shall have 5 years of experience in operation centers, emergency management, dispatch, first responder (law enforcement/fire/rescue) or related work
• Minimum requirement of a BA/BS
• Candidate should have Active Secret Clearance