Community Resilience Science & Engineering Technical Assistant (SETA)

Strategic Analysis is seeking a well-rounded individual to satisfy a requirement for a Community Resilience Science & Engineering Technical Assistant (SETA) to support our government client.  It is of paramount importance to exceed our client expectations with high integrity and focused attention to milestones.  In addition to working well in a team environment, as a successful candidate you will incorporate the following:

 

Requirements:

 

· Master’s with background in psychology and 5+ years experience OR hands-on experience (5-10 years) as a first-responder or “clean up” associated with an actual disaster

· Master’s level candidate with on-the-ground experience as a “first responder” is preferred

· Strong organizational and communication skills

· Intuitive, a self-starter

· Superior working knowledge of Microsoft Office with regard to Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Word required

· Employment is contingent on the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, and U.S. citizenship is required. Active U.S. SECRET clearance preferred.

Responsibilities:

As a SETA, you will provide support to government programs that will enhance community resilience to catastrophic events by developing capabilities for the planning and coordination of preparedness, response and recovery measures between the public and private sectors, first responders, and local government.  General technical SETA duties will include using PowerPoint and Excel programs to present findings to the government client.

 

Community Resilience program support will include:

 

· Enhancing Public Response and Community Resilience:  constitutes the first systematic analysis of a population’s needs for information and assistance during a large-scale natural disaster

 

· Risk Perception, Public Trust and Communication:  evaluates reactions of the public to media coverage and government directives during a TOPOFF exercise

 

· Muslim Community Integration:  conducts detailed ethnographic research to develop an overview of Muslims in the United States

 

· Social Network Analysis for Community Resilience:  uses Social Network Analysis to develop a modeling capability for identifying formal and informal social networks that could be leveraged to enhance preparedness and resilience

 

· Institute for Homeland Security Solutions:  focuses on the analysis of operations and policy of new technologies (note:  this is a multi-million dollar COE effort)