Senior Advisor

About Us:

Totally Joined For Achieving Collaborative Techniques (TJFACT) is a minority-owned CVE-verified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) performance driven professional services government contracting company that provides a broad spectrum of services and solutions to the U.S. government agencies and organizations.

About this Position:

Totally Joined For Achieving Collaborative Techniques (TJFACT) is seeking a highly qualified Senior Advisor to support the Department of State INL/FO office in Washington D.C.! This position is equivalent to a Subject Matter Expert Level 3.

The Senior Advisor serves as a principal counselor to the Assistant Secretary for INL and Under Secretary for T and Front Office leadership on transnational organized crime (TOC) and emerging global security threats and strategic integration across T Bureau functions. The position provides senior-level strategic analysis policy integration and advisory support to INL and T. This position requires a deep understanding of transnational criminal organizations and other T Bureau equities including arms control political-military affairs terrorism emerging threats and AUKUS; extensive senior-level experience in national security foreign policy law enforcement or related fields across government international organizations or strategic advisory roles; and strong leadership judgment and communication skills.

Please note this role is a TPC request and employment is contingent upon a contract award.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Washington-based INL/FO Chief of Staff or his/her designee the Senior Advisor will perform the following duties:

• Advise INL and T Front Office leadership on TOC and counternarcotics priorities including illegal drug production and trafficking cartel and other criminal and threat networks and illicit financial flows.
• Provide senior-level input on sensitive TOC initiatives including interagency operations foreign assistance programming and executive-level taskings.
  Lead or support strategic and policy reviews addressing evolving TOC and counternarcotics threats and their implications for INL programming and U.S. foreign policy.
• Support the integration of law enforcement and security approaches to disrupt degrade and dismantle illicit economies and criminal organizations and related threat groups particularly in high-risk environments.
• Support the development and refinement of TOC-specific bureau-wide strategies programs and guidance aligned with U.S. national security objectives.
  Advise INL and T within the interagency intergovernmental meetings and outside organizations on priority policy issues presenting on Bureau and Department priorities as needed.
• Support congressional engagement related to TOC and counternarcotics programs including briefings testimony preparation and responses to oversight inquiries.
• Assess emerging trends such as convergence between narcotics trafficking organized crime corruption terrorism hostile state and non-state sponsors hybrid threats new technologies and illegal migration and advise on programmatic and policy responses.
• Cultivate and develop contacts with senior officers in partner federal agencies to maintain appropriate visibility on law enforcement programs objectives and techniques relevant to formulating hypotheses and designing programs to counter transnational criminal operations.
• Lead special projects and initiatives assigned by senior leadership. Final approval of any projects is provided by a USG direct hire.
  Perform other duties as requested and assigned that are directly related to this Statement of Work.

Required Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizen
• Active security clearance
• A minimum of twenty (20) years of related experience
• Demonstrated knowledge experience using Microsoft Office Suite
• Knowledge of and skill in correct usage of English grammar spelling punctuation capitalization and style
• Demonstrated experience developing strategies across interconnected subjects related to transnational organized crime (e.g. gang violence and drug trafficking terrorism and regional conflict).
• Experience briefing high-level Department offices congressional staff interagency partners and host government officials
• Demonstrated knowledge of transnational criminal threat groups and their ideologies strategies capacities and related U.S. policies

Preferred Qualifications:

• A Masters degree from an accredited institution.
• A minimum of twenty-five (25) years of senior level experience in national security intelligence or defense policy including roles addressing issues such as transnational crime illicit finance and counternarcotics and terrorism.

BENEFITS:

• Medical Vision and Dental Insurance
• 401-K plus match
• Paid Vacation Days
• Paid Holidays
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Term Life

TJFACT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability. EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran. We reserve the right to modify or revise the job descriptions in part or in its entirety. Reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with governing law.

Required Experience:

Senior IC