Junior Program Management SME
COMPANY OVERVIEW:
ANSER enhances national and homeland security by strengthening public institutions. We provide thought leadership for complex issues through independent analysis, and we deliver practical, useful solutions. ANSER values collaboration, integrity, and initiative and we are client focused in all that we do. Because we were established for the purpose of public service and not for profit, we measure our success in the impact of our service.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
ANSER is seeking a Junior Program Management Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). The OCIO develops and maintains a single, DHS-wide Information Technology (IT) infrastructure environment that is reliable, accessible, and secure, ensuring operational excellence from the workstation to the data center to the mission application. The primary purpose of the position is to support a team providing Program Management support services which facilitate project management, portfolio management, contract management, process management, requirements development, performance management, risk management, and gap analysis.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor, edit, and disseminate Project Status Reports reporting the status of project performance, risks, costs, schedule, deliverables, action items, milestones, performance metrics and other requirement metrics.
- Assist in implementation of Program Management Reports analyzing program plans, goals, priorities, cost, schedule, risks, performance, gap analysis, deviations, dependencies and Earned Value Management (EVM).
- Assist with analyzing requirements to implement program management solutions and facilitate program management operations.
- Assist in developing requirement documents by performing research and analysis to develop, edit, correct and process documents in compliance with Program Office and Contracting Officer’s standards.
- Assist in performing project closeout actions, prepare closeout documentation, perform skills inventory entries, document key project metrics, and enter project deliverables into the project repository.
- Draft responses to data calls and audit inquiries.
- Write highly technical and user-friendly deliverables, including but not limited to, Executive-level briefings, dashboards, white papers, project plans, requirement documents, briefings, forms, surveys, memos, talking points, testimonies, reports,
- meeting minutes, manuals, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and other program management deliverables.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum of 2 years of professional experience that familiarize the candidate with Program/Project Management methodologies.
- BS/BA degree.
- Strong oral and written communications skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Visio.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI.
COVID-19 GUIDELINES:
- Candidate must provide documentation to substantiate fully vaccinated status against the COVID 19 virus.
DISCLAIMER:
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation to apply for a position with ANSER, please call 703-416-2000 or e-mail [email protected].
ANSER is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek individuals from a broad variety of backgrounds with varying levels of experience who have a desire to do meaningful work. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.