Training Program Analyst

Systems Planning And Analysis - Arlington, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Arlington, VA

11-50 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Training Program Analyst will provide full-time onsite support at the Pentagon, focusing on the implementation and assessment of Department of Defense (DoD) training policies and activities. This role involves working within a high-performance team to assess and monitor Joint training event execution, develop and facilitate training engagements, and support analytic events for government clients. The analyst will engage with external clients and stakeholders, prepare briefing materials for senior leaders, and navigate bureaucratic processes to ensure timely decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Provide policy and staff support for the implementation and assessment of DoD training policies and activities.
• Assess and monitor Joint training event execution.
• Develop and facilitate training engagements across the Joint Force.
• Support analytic events for the government client.
• Engage directly with external clients and stakeholders.
• Develop, update, and coordinate action memos, decision memoranda, and congressional responses.
• Prepare briefing materials for senior leaders to facilitate and track timely decisions.
• Act as the focal point for scheduling, preparation, and facilitation of meetings, including secure video conferencing.
• Participate in individual and team-wide data analysis efforts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant work experience.
• Active DoD Secret clearance.
• Joint Training domain experience, familiarity with JTS, JTT, JTIMS or DRRS, and/or experience on Combatant Command or Service Component staff.
• Demonstrated experience performing Action Officer (AO) staffing duties, including drafting and completing DoD staff work.
• Data analysis experience and understanding of associated data visualization techniques.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to gain consensus among peers and lead working groups across organizations.
• Ability to communicate effectively at Flag and Senior Executive Service (SES)-levels.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with policy development, including drafting, formatting, tracking, staffing, reviewing, updating and adjudicating inputs for DoD Directive(s), Instruction(s), Manual(s) and memos.
• Experience utilizing CATMS, Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI), Sharepoint, MS Access.
• Experience using an enterprise-level social collaboration platform to create, share, and preserve knowledge (e.g., milSuite; DODTechSpace, IntelShare, APAN or Slack).
• Working knowledge of Pentagon/OSD administrative processes that support staff coordination.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid holidays
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible scheduling