Maintains liaison with policy making staffs involving specialized program areas and concerns. Prepares backup materials for use by senior DoD officials. Monitors the status of issues and coordinates DoD policy input and ensures consistency and cohesiveness of overall policy in these areas. Performs other comparable duties as assigned. Knowledge of programmatic and organizational functions and supervisor's policies and views on a range of programmatic areas to determine significant issues, define options and consequences of such alternatives.
Assignments require skill in conducting analyses of complex functions and processes.
Work requires considerable inter- personal skills in presenting recommendations and negotiating alternatives. Skill in preparing project papers and reports and organizing and delivering briefings to facilitate acceptance of findings and recommendations. Ability to communicate in writing and orally on a range of complex issues, as well as present findings and proposals to higher level officials and external sources involved in defense programmatic issues. The incumbent and supervisor develop a mutually acceptable project plan which typically identifies the work to be done, the scope of the project, and deadlines for its completion. The incumbent independently plans and carries out projects, coordinating projects where appropriate.