@Orchard LLC is seeking an experienced Program Analyst III to support the NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research’s (OAR) Headquarters Program. 

The Program Analyst III – R&D Ops Coordinator supports OAR's Chief of Staff Office by analyzing and organizing Research and Development (R&D) portfolio information, supporting transition-to-application assessments, developing leadership products, coordinating stakeholder requests, maintaining information resources, and supporting R&D meetings and events.

This position is contingent upon contract award.

Responsibilities

• Analyze OAR's R&D portfolio and assess NOAA's utilization of R&D across weather, ocean, and climate missions and the transition of R&D into applications.
• Support the integration of data science tools and techniques into portfolio evaluation activities.
• Develop Portfolio Evaluation Reports that include assessment narratives, transition-readiness metric matrices, and data-driven evaluation summaries.
• Develop research reports, white papers, presentations, fact sheets, information bulletins, briefing papers, educational materials, and other programmatic products.
• Provide analytical and administrative support for ad hoc stakeholder requests concerning R&D policy development, status, and assessment.
• Develop and maintain internal and external web content related to R&D activities and portfolio information.
• Design, implement, and manage mechanisms for collecting, tracking, and assessing R&D developments, activities, and publications.
• Create, edit, and quality-assess information resources for OAR leadership, including online tools, educational products, templates, and handbooks.
• Coordinate national and regional R&D portfolio meetings, including meeting materials, participant tracking, agendas, note-taking, facilitation, action tracking, and after-action reporting.
• Maintain high standards of analytical accuracy, written quality, organization, and usability for leadership-facing products.

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, environmental science, marine science, or related field. Master’s degree is preferred.
• Experience performing program analysis, research, business analysis, or analytical program support.
• Experience supporting R&D, science, technology, environmental, weather, ocean, or climate programs.
• Experience with data analysis, portfolio assessment, metrics, dashboards, or data visualization.
• Experience supporting executive offices or senior leadership.
• Experience developing web content, information resources, templates, or knowledge-management products.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including experience developing professional reports, presentations, and briefing materials.
• Ability to collect, organize, assess, and synthesize information from multiple sources.
• Experience developing or maintaining structured tracking mechanisms, databases, spreadsheets, or similar information resources.
• Ability to support multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work with limited supervision.
• Must be available for occasional travel to the program HQ.

Compensation: Competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience.

If you are a motivated individual with a passion for continuing your work with NOAA, we want to hear from you!

@Orchard is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply, regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or other protected characteristics.