Category

Administrative Support

Job Type

Full-time

Typical Pay/Range

$140,000 to $145,000

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Travel

Up to 25%

Security Clearance Required

TS

POSITION OVERVIEW AND PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS):

The Counter-Disinformation Program Specialist shall provide the GEC with programmatic and analytical support to administer and execute projects and programs for GEC’s Russia Team. The Program Specialist will support programming endeavors in accordance with Russia Team strategic goals and the GEC’s Functional Bureau Strategy.

Programming may include:

1. Serving as Program Specialist on federal assistance awards under the guidance of an FTE.
2. Supporting interagency programming and coordination efforts.
3. Providing regional or topical expertise and analysis to the Russia Threat Team and to the GEC.

Duties and Responsibilities for the Russia Team Program Specialist:

• Assist the Director, Deputy Director, and Program Coordinator in coordinating the overall strategic planning, budget, administrative, and partner support for the Russia Threat Team.
• Support the Russia Threat Team in administering and executing programs designed to identify, understand, expose, and counter state-sponsored disinformation aimed at undermining the national security interests of the United States and its allies or partners. 
• Work closely within the GEC, other State Department offices and bureaus, as well as with U.S. embassies overseas, to coordinate, implement and advise on regional programs to counter Russian disinformation.

• Monitor trends in the information environment and region of expertise, and recommend ways to fill programming gaps to maintain situational awareness of Russian disinformation.
• Maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive or classified data, work with other GEC analysts and interagency partners to compile analysis of Russian disinformation and state-sponsored propaganda for distribution within the GEC, the U.S. government, and externally, as required.
• Assist in developing and implementing tools to ensure strategic coordination and consistency on Russia Threat Team data, including drafting internal memos and coordinating clearances on Front Office taskers.

• Work with State Department and external partners to facilitate training programs designed to build capacity of the GEC’s foreign government partners to counter state-sponsored disinformation.
• Receive and maintain appropriate Federal Assistance Award training to work with grants and cooperative agreements.
• Serve as a Program Assistant on Russia Team, assisting Russia Team Grants Officer Representatives with the full life cycle (planning, initiation, daily management, reporting, and close out) of grant and cooperative agreements.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Ideal candidates will have a strong communication, program management, and/or analytical background. Candidates must have a broad knowledge of political events, especially in areas targeted by Russian disinformation.
• Excellent writing skills; experience drafting U.S. government analytical reports and briefing documents desirable. 
• Fluent, professional proficiency in English; Russian language skills desirable. 
• Previous program management experience with government grants, cooperative agreements, or public-private partnerships.
• Familiarity with U.S. Government counter-disinformation policy and ability to synthesize publicly available and/or cleared U.S. Government information to draft analytical reports or administer grant programs.
• Regional subject matter expertise with current Russian disinformation narratives and techniques affecting various geographic regions.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of interlocutors across the U.S. Government, academic and think tank community, civil society, non-government, or international organizations, and foreign government partners.
• Ability to work independently as needed and multitask in a high-volume, fast-paced work environment while maintaining a flexible, team-oriented approach to work.
• Hold a bachelor’s degree.
• Active security clearance at the Top-Secret level with ability to obtain SCI access.

Desired Qualifications and Experience:

• Arabic and French proficiency.
• Experience in disinformation.
• Writing & research publication experience.
• Intelligence community experience.
• State Department desk officer experience.
• Regional (outside of Russia) expertise.

Afognak Native Corporation, Afognak Commercial Group, LLC, and their subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender expression or gender identity (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws (“protected status”).

The pay range information provided is a general guideline. The pay rate offered will be determined based on the candidate’s experience and qualifications, as well as geographic locations, market data, and other business considerations, as permitted by law.

Our full range of benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability protection, life insurance, prescription coverage, voluntary benefits, paid leave, and 401(k) retirement. Positions covered by the McNamara O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), Davis-Bacon Act (DBA), or a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), or Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will comply with the statute or CBA requirements as well as other client–customer contract requirements (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). For more information, please visit our Company’s Career page.