Welcome to your next great career leap at Cadmus
Job Post Date: 11/18/2025
Job ID: 2025-3112
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Location:
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US-DC-Washington
Job Openings: 1
Health, Food, and Agriculture Resilience Specialist
Overview
What You’ll Be Doing
At Cadmus, our Homeland Security Line of Business provides clients with solutions to their most important analytical and policy challenges. We bring together a team of outstanding professionals who have earned a reputation of responsive and client-focused support for a wide range of homeland security, emergency management, and public health security agencies. Our client-oriented approach, coupled with our deep subject-matter expertise, enables us to bring an incisive edge to solving the most critical homeland security problems.
Cadmus seeks qualified candidates to support the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Health Security with program management, strategic planning, program support, preparedness planning, and crisis response. Associates have varied responsibilities including project and task management, leading teams, supporting programs and clients, and conducting a range of analytical, engagement, and other consulting tasks. This role will support the DHS OHS Health, Food & Agriculture Resilience Directorate, which supports preparedness and response efforts for high-consequence events that threaten the health, food, and agriculture sectors. Successful candidates will have relevant expertise and experience in health, food, and agriculture resilience.
Please note this position is for a proposal effort and offers will be contingent upon award.
Who We Are
Cadmus provides government, commercial, and other private organizations worldwide with technology-empowered advisory and implementation services. We help our clients achieve their goals and drive lasting, impactful change by leveraging transformative digital solutions and unparalleled expertise across domains.
At Cadmus, we look for team players and problem solvers who are driven to use their unique perspectives and intellectual curiosity to help deliver breakthrough solutions that achieve transformative goals. As a member of our team, you'll collaborate with leading experts to support our clients across the globe. We offer competitive compensation, outstanding health care and retirement benefits, a vibrant and collaborative work environment, and ample opportunities for professional growth.
Join Cadmus. Together, we are strengthening society and the natural world. For more information, visit cadmusgroup.com.
Responsibilities
- Support policy initiatives and programs related to health, food, and agriculture resilience; develop plans, guidance, and other products.
- Analyze risks and threats to food and agriculture systems.
- Develop relevant scenarios and plan and implement preparedness planning activities (e.g., workshops, tabletop exercises).
- Support stakeholder engagement activities to coordinate health, food, and agriculture initiatives with internal and external stakeholders.
- Produce documents, reports, analyses, briefings, talking points, and memos on health, food, and agriculture resilience.
- Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to support policy and resilience initiatives.
- Support surge needs tied to emerging threats or incidents by providing rapid analysis, stakeholder coordination, and communication products.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field like Public Health, Food Safety, Veterinary/Public Health, Epidemiology, Agriculture, Biosciences; advanced degree preferred.
- At least five years of relevant experience supporting health security and food and agriculture resilience.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills with a track record of coordinating across organizations.
- Proficiency in relevant software programs such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Ability to earn security clearance and/or DHS Suitability – requires U.S. citizenship.
- Preference given to those with experience in government consulting.
- Strong research, analysis, communication (written and oral), management, and organizational skills, and attention to detail.
- Preferred: experience in zoonotic disease or agrodefense risk, food system/supply chain resilience, emergency management doctrine, and DHS/federal interagency coordination.
- Limited travel may be required.
Additional Information:
Based on eligibility and job status, Cadmus offers an excellent benefits package to include: medical, dental, vision, company paid disability and life insurance, 401(k) program, paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, voluntary time off (VTO), tuition reimbursement, adoption assistance program, other optional benefits and various bonus programs.
The expected salary range for this position is $85,000-$135,000. The actual salary will be determined by several factors, including relevant work experience, education, skills, and market competitiveness.
We value the critical role safety and health protocols contribute to everyone’s success at Cadmus and work together to align and comply with all federal, state, and local safety and health mandates to ensure a safe and valuable work environment.
Cadmus is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination. Cadmus is committed to providing a respectful workplace where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation (including gender identity and/or expression), national origin, military and veteran status, physical and mental disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Learn more about Cadmus by visiting our website at: cadmusgroup.com.
