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Director, Security and Foreign Affairs

2 months ago

Washington, United States U.S. Legislative Branch Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Director to lead our Security and Foreign Affairs team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a small team of policy research staff, overseeing unclassified work in Security and Foreign Affairs subject matter areas, and contributing to the broader staff as one of the directors.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead and manage a diverse team developing policy-relevant analysis within the Commission's mandate.
  • Develop and mentor junior and mid-career policy analysts to build subject matter expertise and produce substantive and effective written and oral assessments of issues in the team's portfolio.
  • Collaborate with the Economics and Trade Team to ensure research in support of the Commission's mandate is comprehensive and coordinated across all relevant issue areas.
  • Ensure the team's analytic work is accurate, timely, and well written; satisfies the requirements of Commissioners and Congress; reflects the Commission's positions; is relevant to Congressional policy-making; and meets professional standards.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert for Commissioners, to Congressional staff, and in support of the Commission's advice to Congress, in the subject matter areas assigned to your team.
  • Develop and sustain a professional network with officials in the U.S. government who create or carry out China-related strategy, policy, or plans; and China analysts in the U.S. government, private sector, and academia.
Requirements
  • Available to work in-person in Washington, DC.
  • Eligible for a Top Secret//SCI security clearance.
Qualifications
  • An established record of policy-relevant professional experience on issues related to Chinese national security and foreign affairs.
  • Experience supervising and leading people and teams in conducting research and analysis.
  • Strong and demonstrated ability to present information clearly and concisely through both written and oral communication.
  • Advanced research, analytical, and evaluative skills, including the ability to mentor and develop in analysts the skills necessary to synthesize and analyze large amounts of disparate data on emerging and/or controversial issues and clearly communicate their implications to a policy audience.
  • Expert knowledge of five or more of the following areas:
    • China's foreign policy and global diplomatic activities;
    • China's domestic politics and policy-making;
    • China's military strategy and the organization, capabilities, and activities of the People's Liberation Army (PLA);
    • China's development of technologies for defense applications, the defense research and development (R&D) ecosystem, and military-civil fusion initiatives;
    • China's internal security policies and apparatus, to include CCP inspection and discipline organs, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), the People's Armed Police (PAP), and the judicial, procuratorial, and penal systems;
    • China's policies and activities relating to transnational security challenges, including drug flows, cybersecurity, nonproliferation, public health, information control, transnational repression, and others;
    • China's relations with Taiwan;
    • China's policy toward Hong Kong;
    • U.S. foreign policy related to China and the Indo-Pacific (including U.S. alliances and other partnerships in the region) and U.S. military strategy, capabilities, and activities in the Indo-Pacific.
  • Professional proficiency in Mandarin Chinese, to include ability to effectively utilize original language sources of electronic and print information, and guide the use of such resources by other analysts, in developing policy-relevant original research and analysis.