Political Military Specialist

Political Military Specialist

Work Location: Harry S. Truman Building, Washington, DC

Kwaan Tech is seeking a highly skilled Political Military Specialist to join our team in support of the Department of State (DOS), Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Office of Afghanistan Affairs (SCA/A). The Political Military Specialist position is a critical role supporting the SCA/A, focusing on policy analysis, program planning, and interagency collaboration. This position requires a TS/SCI clearance with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) eligibility to engage in high-level discussions and sensitive matters of national and international security. Responsibilities include drafting policy materials, coordinating interagency efforts, contributing to NATO engagements, and fostering partnerships with other Department bureaus and the Department of Defense (DoD). The ideal candidate will have a robust academic background, significant experience working in fragile states, and a proven track record of advising senior decision-makers on complex political-military and security issues.

Core Duties:

• Provide policy and program planning consultations to coworkers and management officials in the Department and the interagency
• Develop program implementation goals and milestones
• Participate in regular and ad hoc meetings within the department and the U.S. interagency, and afterwards composes and clears formal, detailed summaries of these meetings
• Draft and formulate guidance, talking points, Congressional reports, and other materials for use by posts and bureaus in the policy process
• Develops background information, and approaches for presenting policy positions in interagency fora
• Coordinate tasking from working groups, develops summaries/evaluations of options, and forges consensus on recommended actions
• Represent the Afghanistan Desk in Department-wide and interagency discussions and events
• Participate in meetings with agencies of other governments and multilateral organizations to contribute detailed analyses and assessments of alternatives to decision makers
• Review NATO documents on Afghanistan and draft or edit guidance for U.S. interventions in NATO meetings on Afghanistan as needed
• Maintain relationships with other Department bureaus and the DoD to facilitate information sharing, collaboration, and joint planning on regional and national security issues
• Perform regular office duties required of all team members, including early morning notes duty on rotation, drafting daily informational and action items for the leadership of the SCA, and compiling other informational items conveyed to post on a nightly basis