Pre-Award: APOLLO- Social Scientist

The role

Social Scientists will apply behavioral, cultural, political, and social science research methods to provide data-driven insights. You will collaborate with military planners and intelligence professionals to assess the information environment and analyze audience behaviors.

What you will do

• Conduct campaign and operational level assessments of the information environment
• Design and execute qualitative and quantitative research
• Lead Hierarchy of Psychological Effects Model (HPEM) analysis
• Develop and track measures of performance and effectiveness
• Create data collection plans and coordinate stakeholder collection of indicators
• Provide data visualization and translate research findings into operational assessments
• Design, evaluate, and oversee opinion research
• Develop audience profiles and analyze key communicators and networks
• Create and deliver formal assessment reports
• Lead innovative social science research initiatives

Required qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• BA/BS in a relevant field (e.g. behavioral sciences, social sciences, anthropology, sociology, psychology)
• 10+ years’ experience supporting military operational planning and/or assessments for OIE, IW, Sensitive Activities, or compartmented activities
• Demonstrated experience briefing or delivering written concepts to executive/senior-level (GO/FO/SES) decision makers
• Demonstrated experience designing, administering and/or evaluating research instruments and activities in support of military operations
• Demonstrated experience integrating data analytic tools, to include AI/ML enabled tools, in support of assessments and research

Nice to have

• PhD in relevant field
• Demonstrated expertise applying social science and data analysis to military evaluations and assessments for OIE, IW, and Sensitive Activities
• 5 years’ experience supporting military operational assessments and research at the CCMD, Service Component Command, Joint Task Force or similar level
• Familiarity with CENTCOM, INDOPACOM, and/or NORTHCOM AORs
• Demonstrated experience supporting formal assessments of Psychological Operations and integration of HPEM

About the company

Barbaricum is a government contractor providing support to federal customers, focusing on Defense and National Security mission sets. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.