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Senior Plans AnalystSummary Title: Senior Plans Analyst Location: MD and VA Type: Full-Time Hours: M-F, hours varies 7am - 5pm Clearance: Secret (upgrade eligible) Compensation: TBD based on experience Clark Creative Solutions offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package offering, medical, dental coverage, 401k, paid time off and paid holidays.Description Join a Mission That Matters Clark Creative Solutions (CCS) supports the National Guard Bureau's strategic planning and analysis mission by producing decision-focused products—executive summaries, information papers, and leadership-ready talking points—on tight timelines and in support of senior-level engagements. In this role, you will lead complex reviews of national and joint strategy/planning artifacts and help shape defensible National Guard equities across interagency, intergovernmental, and joint staff environments.What You'll Do (Responsibilities of this role)Lead complex reviews of key Joint Strategic Planning System (JSPS) and national strategy artifacts, including NSS/NDS/NMS and UCP/GEF/JSCP, and produce concise, senior-consumable assessments.Prepare senior leader talking points and tailored analytical inputs in support of high-visibility engagements (e.g., CNGB/VCNGB engagements).Draft and/or validate Comment Resolution Matrices (CRMs) used for strategic communications and coordinated positions.Integrate State Integrated Support Plan (ISP) insights into broader campaign and planning analyses to ensure Guard equities are represented and coherent with larger planning constructs.Serve as a senior reviewer/second approver to ensure product quality and doctrinal coherence under short-fuse timelines.Support interagency and NGO liaison efforts by developing/maintaining partnerships with federal/state partners and NGOs to disseminate National Guard messaging and provide situational awareness for domestic operations support.Host and support working group sessions (e.g., with JFHQ-States and other NGB joint staff stakeholders) and help maintain open lines of communication across partners.What You Bring (Qualifications and Skills)Education: BA/BS in a relevant field (e.g., political science/defense studies)Experience: 8–10 years of relevant experienceDemonstrated ability to synthesize complex strategy/planning documents into concise, defensible written products for senior leaders.Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce senior-ready talking points and assessments under compressed timelines.Preferred SkillsMaster's degree (MA/MS) in a relevant discipline (preferred)Prior Joint/Service/Combatant Command/NGB experience (preferred)Familiarity with interagency/interorganizational coordination and partnership development in a domestic operations context (preferred).Why Join Us CCS operates with a results-driven mindset and a strong commitment to professionalism. In this role, you'll contribute directly to decision-support products and knowledge-flow discipline that enable leaders to act quickly and confidently in a high-tempo mission environment. Equal Employment Opportunity Clark Creative Solutions, LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.