(AFG-KABUL) Advisor, Cultural Liaison / Strategic Sustainment

Job Summary

Cultural Liaison/ Strategic Sustainment will act as a liaison between the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and the Coalition’s Resolute Support Mission (RSM) to develop a capable and enduring ANDSF.

Principal Accountabilities

• Develop relationships with senior ANDSF leaders.


• Coordinate activities between RSM and ANDSF teams.


• Conduct independent liaison with ANDSF offices and officials as required forassigned projects.


• Prepare and transmit all required correspondence for Key Leader Engagements with the ANDSF.


• Responsible for listening to, understanding, and translating spoken or written statements, laws, policies, regulations, notes, etc. from one language to another to facilitate effective communication between Coalition and ANDSF General Officer leadership.


• Directly support the Coalition staff with strategic level policy generating products that directly support the train, advise and assist effort for ANDSF logistics.


• Without the aid of a linguist or translator, provide multi-echelon sustainment and logistics mentoring to the ANDSF relating to planning and executing strategic initiatives that build enduring capability within the ANDSF with direct engagements that range from daily to infrequent contact.


• Provide direct oversight of the translation of strategic level sustainment correspondence between Coalition and the ANDSF to ensure consistent and accurate messaging between the organizations.

Knowledge & Skills

• Ability to effectively create & communicate the results of the studies and analyses to sponsoring senior Coalition and ANDSF officials through written reports, briefings, and oral presentations.


• Capability to be effective in a complex strategic environment through influence and interaction.


• Strong analytical skills using appropriate quantitative and qualitative tools and methods.


• Fluency in Dari and English.


• Automated data processing knowledge: possess working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, graphics

Experience & Education

• Masters’ degree with 6 years’ or Bachelor’s degree with 8 years’ experience supporting, working with or working within military organizations.


• Management experience of 2 years.


• Understanding of and experience with logistics and sustainment programs or experience working at a strategic level within a military or civilian equivalent technical field. presentation, databases, E-mail clients & web browsers, and web content management.


• Must have a final (not interim) SECRET Level Security Department of Defense (DoD) Clearance before deployment and must maintain that clearance.

Physical Requirements/Working Environment

• Must pass all medical and fitness requirements directed by US Central Command (CENTCOM) in order to deploy


• Must be able to operate in harsh and austere conditions of Afghanistan

Travel

• Ability to travel domestically or internationally may be required.

Primary Location: AFGHANISTAN-OCONUS-KABUL

Job Posting: Dec 31, 2015, 6:43:36 PM

Unposting Date: Ongoing

Req ID: 1505022

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