Aveshka, a Softtek Company Hiring for Senior Policy Analyst at Washington, DC Full Time

Overview:

Aveshka is seeking a Sr. Policy Analyst with significant public health experience to support the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), division of Strategy Policy Planning and Requirements (SPR).

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and formulate policy and strategy related to:
• National health security
• Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) health threats
• Medical countermeasure (MCM) development, acquisition, and utilization
• Emergency preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery
• Climate change adaptation, resilience, health equity, and the needs of at-risk populations
• Emergent public health threats and natural or human-caused health emergencies
• Support the implementation of objectives in the National Biodefense Strategy.
• Assist with interdepartmental clearance of high-level policy and technical documents including submission of documents for review, addressing comments and edits, and obtaining appropriate signatures.
• Study a range of mission-critical issues to prepare congressional testimony and briefing materials and other writing projects (e.g., journal commentary, scientific publications).
• Provide talking points and slides for presentations, speeches, and leadership briefs.
• Prepare complete and accurate meeting summaries expeditiously; these may include meetings of subject matter experts and/or senior program managers.
• Provide studies and analyses on health-related emergency preparedness and response issues, including pandemic flu preparedness and response activities and CBRN threats.
• Assist with managing interagency tracking of policies and activities implemented by ASPR, including appropriate records management in the ASPR wide electronic filing system and development of progress presentations or briefings both within the federal government and for external stakeholders.
• Collect promising practices, Web links, informational and guidance resources, pertinent scientific articles, and compile these into an accessible, user-friendly web-based compendium or site that is cross-linked with PHE.gov.
• Assist in the implementation of strategies with collection of ongoing activities and processes used to systematically coordinate and align resources and actions with mission, vision, and strategy throughout SPR and ASPR.
• Contribute to evaluations for efficiency and effectiveness of comprehensive plans in achieving the desired results and work with ASPR to assess the appropriateness of current strategies and the need for corrective action.
• Support ASPR federal advisory committee operations through literature review, environmental scans, organization of advisory committee meetings, preparation of presentations, note-taking, Support writing/editing efforts including but not limited to a broad range of materials such as white papers, policy decision papers, factsheets, congressional reports, and responses to congressional, secretarial, or public inquiry.
• Support other managerial, scientific, technical, or administrative activities relevant to public health and medical emergency preparedness, response, and recovery issues, as directed.
• Support to complete documentation and complete requirements, and meeting and recommendations report development

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s (Life Sciences)
• 8-10 years of experience
• Public Trust (US Citizenship Required)

About Aveshka:

Aveshka is a professional services firm focused on addressing our nation’s most complex threats and challenges. We’re committed to supporting our clients’ missions with services delivered by our diverse and experienced staff. With expertise in cybersecurity, emergency preparedness, and public health, our experience base spans federal, state, and local governments, as well as private sector entities.

Aveshka encourages collaborative communication and ongoing learning. Some of our benefits include:

• Extensive training programs
• Gym membership reimbursement
• Education reimbursement
• Technology benefits
• Commuter benefits
• Generous paid time off and much more!

Aveshka is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)