Senior Program Operations Officer - Clearance Required

at  Logistics Management Institute

Overview:
LMI is seeking a Business Specialist, within our Policy Analysis & Operations Group, at our headquarters office in McLean, VA. This position will support NASA’s workforce experience activities for students grades K-16 with a STEM focus. This position requires the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.
LMI is a consultancy dedicated to powering a future-ready, high-performing government, drawing from expertise in digital and analytic solutions, logistics, and management advisory services. We deliver integrated capabilities that incorporate emerging technologies and are tailored to customers’ unique mission needs, backed by objective research and data analysis. Founded in 1961 to help the Department of Defense resolve complex logistics management challenges, LMI continues to enable growth and transformation, enhance operational readiness and resiliency, and ensure mission success for federal civilian and defense agencies.

Responsibilities:

• Administer a career learning/workforce development internship program.
• Engage students, educators, and faculty, with a special emphasis on recruitment to those from underrepresented and underserved groups.
• Support student-authored and independently conceived graduate research proposals, with a focus on increasing underrepresented and underserved participation across the research disciplines.
• Coordinate selection, placement, and management of interns, including provision of pre-arrival, enrichment, exit activities, support mentors and interns for student deliverables.
• Integrate best practices and innovative approaches to streamline internship program and implementation plan.
• Coordinate all logistics for student orientation, enrichment activities, and poster sessions.
• Collaborate with government leads in all aspects of project management including strategic planning, data gathering, analysis, development, communication, status tracking, implementation, documentation, monitoring, and follow-up.
• Work collaboratively with fellow business specialists to address related tasks effectively.
• Prepare, coordinate, and review official presentations, information and action memos, concept papers, official responses to public correspondence, and articles.
• Support activities, meetings, and projects with the development of meeting agendas, meeting minutes, management plans, and execution strategies.
• Perform special projects as requested.

Qualifications:

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:

• Masters Degree

• Administer a career learning/workforce development internship program.
• Engage students, educators, and faculty, with a special emphasis on recruitment to those from underrepresented and underserved groups.
• Support student-authored and independently conceived graduate research proposals, with a focus on increasing underrepresented and underserved participation across the research disciplines.
• Coordinate selection, placement, and management of interns, including provision of pre-arrival, enrichment, exit activities, support mentors and interns for student deliverables.
• Integrate best practices and innovative approaches to streamline internship program and implementation plan.
• Coordinate all logistics for student orientation, enrichment activities, and poster sessions.
• Collaborate with government leads in all aspects of project management including strategic planning, data gathering, analysis, development, communication, status tracking, implementation, documentation, monitoring, and follow-up.
• Work collaboratively with fellow business specialists to address related tasks effectively.
• Prepare, coordinate, and review official presentations, information and action memos, concept papers, official responses to public correspondence, and articles.
• Support activities, meetings, and projects with the development of meeting agendas, meeting minutes, management plans, and execution strategies.
• Perform special projects as requested