Governance Policy Analyst

ANSER is seeking a Staff Action Officer to serve as a Governance Program Analyst supporting an Office of the Secretary of War (OSW) client. In this role, you will support senior-level governance operations by promoting unity of effort, integrating cross-functional perspectives, and facilitating decision-making across the Department of War (DoW).

This position requires onsite work at the Mark Center five days a week.

 Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Provide administrative, logistical, and analytical support for governance forum planning and execution.
• Develop and maintain plans of action and milestones (POA&Ms), meeting agendas, invitations, attendance rosters, and post-meeting action tracking.
• Prepare senior leader talking points, briefings, information papers, and meeting summaries.
• Coordinate governance meeting logistics, read-ahead materials, and stakeholder attendance across internal and external DoW organizations.
• Ensure compliance with security, protocol, timeline, and other DoW requirements.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs), attendee lists, and points-of-contact rosters.
• Support the scheduling, tracking, and analysis of governance meeting topics and actions.
• Track metrics, lessons learned, and process improvements related to governance forums and outcomes.
• Maintain SharePoint sites and collaboration tools supporting governance activities.
• Coordinate and manage tasks using CATMS or similar task management/planning tools.
• Provide executive-level support to senior DoW leadership as required.
• Support additional governance and administrative activities as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as event planning, project management, business administration, or government. Will consider additional years of experience (4) in lieu of degree.
• 5 years of professional experience in a similar role.
• 3+ years of experience in program management, governance coordination, or executive-level support.
• 1+ year of experience supporting federal government governance boards and associated reporting requirements.
• Experience developing and coordinating tasks in CATMS or other task management and/or planning tools.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong organizational, communication, and attention-to-detail skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience supporting clients at the OSW level.
• Experience using Microsoft Planner.