Mission Project Specialist will assist Project Leads with the management and execution of project strategies and objectives as well as associated acquisitions, budgets, and activities.

The candidates shall possess:

• Proven experience as a Project Manager or other managerial position requiring project management skills.
• Basic technical understanding of capabilities fielded (i.e. networking, SATCOM, or VoIP)
• The ability to perform complex analysis of procedures, techniques, models, and/or systems related to project management risk or contractual issues
• Effective strategies for establishing and maintaining working relationships with stakeholders and the public
• Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques and methods.
• Excellent knowledge in performance evaluation and change management principles. Outstanding leadership and organizational skills. This work may include, but is not limited to, the functions outlined below:
• Formulate, organize, and monitor inter-connected projects.
• Assist Project Leads with decisions on suitable strategies and objectives.
• Coordinate cross-project activities for Project Leads.
• Assist with management and evaluation of projects.
• Track the progress of projects using appropriate project management tools and techniques.
• Provide support in the execution of activities for and in monitoring the execution of project work plans and ensures that project activities are properly and realistically scheduled, monitored and reported.
• Develop and control deadlines, budgets, and activities.
• Apply change, risk, and resource management.
• Act as backup point of contact in the Project Lead's absence.
• Assess program performance and aim to maximize Return on Investment (ROI).
• Prepare reports for Program Directors/Project Leads.
• Take minutes and manage project records with functional proponents and the Project Lead.
• Provide direction, maintenance, and updates to the integrated master schedule (IMS)
• Review / Monitor IT project cost, schedule, and performance on integrators for adherence to standards and contractual language.
• Input current and accurate cost, performance, and schedule data and metrics into Army systems and databases.
• Report project status on a weekly basis (orally and in writing) to key project participants such as senior Army leaders and other project stakeholders.
• Facilitate networking interactions between Department of Defense (DoD)/Army customers and industry.
• Generate and promote the use of templates, schedules, and best practices.
• Project overarching scope statements, manage complex IT project plans and necessary changes, and control the project, in part, by leveraging formal change management identifying and mitigating risk.

Requirements:

• Masters with 10+ years of experience or Bachelors with an additional 7 years of experience.
• Active Secret Clearance
• Ability to travel to make site visits

Pay:

From $80,000.00 per year

Education:

Bachelor's (Required) Security clearance: Secret (Required)

Work Location:

In person