Research Associate III with Security Clearance - Now Hiring

Responsibilities We are seeking a Research Associate II to join our U.S./UK Joint Program team in Washington, DC. In this position you will act as the Arcfield liaison on the UK program between our Colorado Springs and Maritime Plaza offices. You will provide daily UK program support to our US Navy customer at the Washington Navy Yard, engaging with the customer on a regular basis and providing UK program support to them as needed. You will also be responsible for reporting back all UK related concerns to the UK Program Manager in Colorado Springs. In addition, you will become the technical lead for several meeting forums assigned to you, requiring the exceptional ability to continuously organize, communicate, and manage the flow of information in each forum. This position will require you to prepare agendas, announcements, action item logs, watch lists, and attendee listings, as well as write meeting summaries and minutes documenting the key points and important decisions made between the U.S. and UK governments. You will be trained to assist the U.S. Government customers in keeping them apprised of the current concerns prevalent in your meeting forums. You will assist in the administrative reporting for your meetings under the AVIS/VISAM systems and support electronic file transmission between our U.S. Government customers and their contractors, as well as making sure the information is expeditiously transferred to the UK team through defined information sharing channels. * Work directly with the customer to provide real-time communication and report concerns and tasking requests back to UK program manager * Coordinate and host technical program meetings and prepare summaries and/or minutes afterwards * Document, track, and report on technical program meeting action items * Understand and manage transmissibility reporting for all atomic information to foreign governments * Track and support electronic file transmission for various meetings and briefings * Review unclassified and classified documents to ensure there are no classification issues * Periodically write technical reports and other technical documentation as required by the contract * Perform other duties in support of the customer as required * Able and willing to travel domestically/internationally in accordance with customer meeting requirements Qualifications Required Experience: * A BS/BA in a technical (Science or Engineering) or English field of study with 5-7 years of professional experience, MS with 3-5 years of professional experience, or PhD with 0-2 years of professional experience * Demonstrated experience with organization, logistics, and meeting management * Demonstrated experience in technical writing and report curation * Demonstrated understanding of government enterprises and ability to navigate within teams * Able to work closely with the customer and the UK program team * Understand and follow security-related operations * Able to grow in your career with a diverse team * Willing to travel up to 50% of the time * Able to obtain a final Top Secret and Q clearance Desired Experience: * An active final Top Secret or active Q clearance * An MS or MA in a technical (Science or Engineering) or English field of study and have 3 years of related experience * Experience working in a classified environment and with security-related operations * Experience with the Navy Fleet Ballistic Missile program * Familiar with the design and military utilization of nuclear weapons * Familiar with treaty and agreements related to the U.S./UK nuclear cooperation * Able to work both independently and as a member of a team * Possess strong written and oral skills