Job Description

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The Program Analyst position will provide direct support to the NA-113 Policy Director and Deputy Director, program managers, and other staff. Position will provide weekly status reports of assigned tasks to the Team Leader and NA-113 management. Essential functions will include:

• Receive input from program managers in NA-113 and review the NA-113 policy and plans for accuracy and consistency, maintain an archive at headquarters, and distribute to NA-113 program managers and leadership.
• Apply analysis tools to create deliverables which integrate program execution data and policy performance metrics.
• Track, update, and submit milestones from Federal Program Managers and National Laboratories.
• Review current program performance activities, challenges, and opportunities for improvement, and recommend enhancements to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Draft official memoranda, briefing materials, and NA-113 documents.
• Perform technical editing of documents in accordance with DOE directives.
• Catalog and maintain a tracking system for tasks assigned to the NA-113 team.
• Attend meetings related to policy and provide summaries to NA-113 leadership and staff.
• Provide logistics support for meetings, technical seminars, and program reviews, including but not limited to travel coordination, facility coordination, classified network and VTC coordination, agenda creation, material collection and organization.
• Provide technical writing, including but not limited to writing from scratch, editing documents, improving documentation, proofing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), composing newsletters, formatting Government documents, and supporting Executive Secretariat deliverables.
• Draft, revise, and edit memoranda, reports, articles, manuals, specifications, presentation materials, websites, emails, and other technical documents, using rough outlines and materials.
• Edit more complex technical data for use in documents or sections of documents such as manuals, SOPs, program implementation guidance, or annual reports to Congress.
• Adhere to established style guidelines and standards for texts and illustrations to meet business needs and establish new style guidelines when necessary.
• Create, compile, and analyze assessment and program team inputs, safeguards and security systems requirements, system design specifications, technical system designs, configuration control requirements, and test and training specifications.
• Create effective communication materials, such as briefings for program teams and senior management.
• Provide general administrative duties as needed. The ability to quickly and accurately spot and fix errors (from formatting to grammar to logical flow) is essential.
• Assist in creating project plans in project management software, such as Microsoft Project.
• Work during non-standard hours, weekends, and holidays may be required.
• Additional duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college, plus 3 years’ experience.
• Strong, clear, and concise communication skills to explain research status to managers.
• Current DOE Q or DOD Top Secret security clearance
• 3-5 years’ experience in technical writing for government offices.
• Highly effective communication skills (written and oral), effective work in fluid, fast-paced environment, essential teamwork skills, detail-oriented

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Familiarity with DOE operations with general knowledge of agency organization and structure.
• Experience with NNSA weapons Laboratories.
• Experience with OES activities at the National Laboratories.

LOCATION:This is an on-site position in Washington, DC.

SALARY:Salaries are determined based on several factors including external market data, internal equity, and the candidate’s related knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position.

BENEFITS

• Employer Paid, High Quality Employee Medical, Dental & Vision Care
• Low-Cost Family Health Care offered
• 11 Federal Holidays and 3 weeks’ vacation
• 401k with Generous Employer Match
• Cross-training opportunities

About MELE

With over 300 employees and offices in Rockville, MD, Washington, DC, and Albuquerque, NM, MELE is a veteran and minority-owned government contractor empowering its customers with innovative solutions for more than three decades. MELE has team members located across the U.S. and has served more than a hundred countries across hundreds of project locations. The company offers technical, engineering, and programmatic support expertise to a host of U.S. federal and international agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, INTERPOL, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. MELE’s services include National Security and Intelligence, CBRNE Defense and Security, Facility Management and Engineering, Law Enforcement and Emergency Response Training, Technical, Analytica, and Program Management Support, and IT/Cybersecurity.

MELE Associates, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. MELE Associates, Inc. is an E-Verify employer.