Director, Security and Foreign Affairs Specialist

1 week ago

Washington, Washington, D.C., United States United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission Full time
Job Summary

Under the direction of the Executive Director, the position is responsible for leading, managing, and developing a small team of policy research staff (analysts, fellows, and research assistants), specifically overseeing the unclassified work in Security and Foreign Affairs subject matter areas.

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; reflect 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.
Requirements
  • 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, Pro curatorial, and penal systems; China's policies and activities relating the 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; and 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.
Desirable Qualifications
  • 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.
  • Experience working in or engaging with Congress on matters related to national security and foreign affairs policy.
  • Experience living and/or working in China, Taiwan, or Hong Kong, or in a U.S. government department or agency that conducted or oversaw national security and foreign affairs policy with China.
  • Academic degree(s) in a relevant field, such as Asian Studies, International Relations, Political Science, Security Studies, or Asian History.
How to Apply

Submit a complete application package containing all of the below required documents in one PDF file via email to [insert email address].

Cover letter, to include: Position title, Vacancy number, Brief statement outlining your interest in the Commission and this position and how you heard about the position, Concise response on how you meet the requirements and qualifications set out in this vacancy, Your availability to begin work in-person in Washington, DC, Your salary requirements, Name and contact information for two professional references, one of whom must be a current or recent past supervisor.

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