Project Manager (Exercises)

 CRA, Inc., a Northern Virginia based government contractor exclusively dedicated to providing homeland security consultation services to Federal, State, local governments, key private industries, and critical infrastructures, is currently recruiting for a Project Manager.



Supervised by:      Program Manager

Position Description:

The Project Manager is responsible for providing administrative, logistical, and programmatic support with the Program Manager.  The individual filling this position will work closely with their project team, the Program Manager, other project managers and their teams, consultants, subcontractors, as well as our clients and their customers; will maintain project documentation and track project expenditures, assist in preparation of budgets and work plans, and prepare common management reports; will conduct research for program- and proposal-related activities; and will design, implement, and analyze program functional elements. Provide technical support to the clients in the design, development, execution, and control of conferences, seminars, multi-media presentations and exercises.  Products include the entire range of Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) exercise formats. Responsible for preparation of all exercise documentation to include scenarios, briefings, exercise plans, player/controller/evaluator handbooks, Master Scenario Events List (MSEL) and associated messages, and After Action Reports.  This position requires travel and coordination with Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector organizations throughout the United States and internationally. 

Essential Functions:

• Supervise up to 10 full-time employees, consultants, and subcontractors in a matrixed work environment. Includes: leading individuals and teams, coaching others and providing feedback, monitoring the performance of others, defining and assigning work to others, facilitating conflict resolution, identifying professional and personal learning and development opportunities, using different leadership tools and techniques to motivate employees.
• Contribute to business development efforts.
• Prepare budgets and project labor and ODC expenditures.
• Lead diverse groups in planning, decision-making, and policy development.
• Write final reports and make presentations to high-level officials.
• Develop and facilitate meetings to include logistics, scheduling, and communication with participants.
• Serve in the roll of Facilitator, Controller, or Evaluator during the conduct of HSEEP exercises.

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Knowledge of the intelligence community and law enforcement duties focused on preventing criminal and terrorist incidents.
• Knowledge of the emergency management community and emergency responder duties focused on responding to both man-made and natural incidents.
• Knowledge of the public health community and hospital systems focused on preparing for mass illness/mass causality incidents.
• Knowledge of the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP).
• Exceptional Skill in both verbal and written communications.
• Skill in the use of common business software applications including: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Internet Explorer.
• Ability to work and manage in a staff-matrixed environment
• Ability to travel up to 30%.

Required education and experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree (preferably in a management field).
• 5 Years of supervisory, project management, or equivalent experience; PMP certification and experience in private sector government contracting preferred.
• 5 Years of exercise design or related experience.
  

Description of physical demands and work environment:

On average, the individual filling this position will spend 70% of their time working at a desk in a typical office environment in their assigned work location; 20% of their time traveling and attending meetings in public buildings across the United States; and 10% of their time conducting exercises in a variety of environments (including auditoriums, public safety facilities, fields, etc.) across the United States.

Clearance Requirements:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required