ICF is a mission-driven company filled with people who care deeply about improving the lives of others and making the world a better place. Our cybersecurity experts work to protect the functions and missions that are vital to our people, government, and military through proactive planning and strong public-private partnerships.
We’re currently hiring an International Engagement Specialist to work on an operational engagement team for a federal cybersecurity client focused on protecting our nation’s critical infrastructure. This role will specialize in engagement with international partners.
This position is a hybrid role and on-site work will be conducted in Arlington, VA. Candidates must be located in the National Capital Region and be prepared to work at the designated location up to three days per week, with the possibility of additional on-site days as necessary.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide comprehensive executive briefing support including preparing, organizing, and delivering high-impact briefing materials and presentations for senior leaders and external stakeholders.
Translate engagement information into effective briefing materials, leveraging knowledge management practices to ensure that insights from historical databases are clearly communicated and accessible for leadership decision-making.
Apply advanced knowledge management skills to capture, organize, and communicate engagement outcomes, informing leadership briefings and strategic decisions.
Support engagements with stakeholders, including coordination and logistics, agenda development, talking points, summary memos to leadership, and note-taking.
Coordinate the sharing of cyber threat intelligence and vulnerability information across internal and external stakeholders.
Draft and edit notifications and other communications to partners to enhance operational coordination and information-sharing.
Monitor inboxes and other operational channels for partner communications, respond to cyber partner inquiries, coordinate cybersecurity products (alerts, advisories, etc.) among targeted partners before public distribution, and draft notifications to partners regarding vulnerabilities or threats.
Monitor open-source and internal reporting on threats and vulnerabilities that may impact international partners.
Basic Qualifications:
U.S. Citizenship required (required by federal government for position).
Active high level DOD clearance required.
Bachelor’s degree
Additional Skills:
Demonstrated executive briefing support experience, preferably for senior federal civilian leadership.
Excellent oral and written communication/presentation skills, including experience in authoring and writing high-quality policy and briefing documents and materials. This includes information gathering with subject matter experts and leveraging internal archives and databases to collect insights and ensure documentation accuracy.
Experience working in an international relations role or with international partners is strongly preferred.
Exceptional command of written English, with strong attention to grammar, style, tone, and formatting. Able to tailor messaging for technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong understanding of knowledge management best practices.
Familiarity with graphics and visual communication best practices a plus.
Experience working as a consultant to a federal government client, ideally in a national security setting.
Customer service orientation with strong leadership, project management, interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Adept at managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, with flexibility to adapt to shifting demands and timelines.
Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, Teams, Planner, and SharePoint. Experience with Confluence/Jira and PowerBI is a plus.
Familiarity with cybersecurity policy, emerging threats, and current events, with an understanding of issues impacting critical infrastructure.
Strong initiative and ownership of tasks, with the ability to work independently and contribute to team-wide process improvements and program support.
Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.
The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:
$89,203.00 - $151,646.00
Applications will be received until this position is filled.
About the Organization
ICF Macro, an ICF International company, is dedicated to improving lives worldwide through service to the public sector. For more than 40 years, Macro has supported the success of governments and businesses by delivering high-quality, research-based solutions to complex problems.
ICF Macro has provided scientifically rigorous survey and policy research that has helped shape public health policy and programs worldwide. For the US Agency for International Development?s MEASURE DHS program, ICF Macro has conducted more than 200 national surveys in 75 countries over the past two decades.
Core competencies in research and evaluation, social marketing, management consulting and information technology are complemented by in-depth expertise in areas including global health, housing, education, international development, child labor, HIV/AIDS, diversity, and more.
ICF Macro is headquartered in the Washington, DC area and maintains offices across the United States. We have conducted projects for private and public sector clients in more than 120 countries.
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