Global Force Management Analyst (Policy & Doctrine Management Specialist)

Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff • Norfolk, VA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Global Force Management Analyst (Policy & Doctrine Management Specialist) serves as a technical subject matter expert on Global Force Management (GFM) and joint planning and execution guidance, policy, and doctrine. The position reviews, drafts, synchronizes, and recommends changes to documents so they reflect the position of Joint Staff J-3 and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as statutory direction and higher-level directives and regulations. The analyst also advises leadership on policy application and represents the Joint Staff in GFM policy matters, working groups, operational planning teams, and other forums involving Service headquarters, combatant command staffs, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and other Department of War staffs.

The position supports a distributed team of warfighting professionals and operations-support action officers to manage and deliver guidance, policy, and doctrine for joint planning, execution, and GFM. This work supports operations in crises, contingencies, exercises, deployments, and redeployments. The analyst serves as a Contracting Officer’s Representative for one or more Joint Staff support contracts and provides in-person and virtual training to members of the Joint Planning and Execution Community.

The position is located at Naval Support Activity in Norfolk, Virginia. It is a designated Key position that cannot be vacated during a national emergency or mobilization. The incumbent must obtain Level II COR certification within 12 months of employment and maintain a Special Sensitive (Top Secret/SCI) security clearance. Occasional travel may be required, including short-notice travel to the Pentagon; a passport is required.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in Federal service.
• Experience planning and executing processes and strategic guidance, and assessing and recommending changes to improve guidance and procedures used to create and execute military plans affecting national security.
• Experience evaluating guidance, policy, doctrine, procedures, and tools and identifying opportunities to develop or modify them.
• Practical knowledge and application of contracting rules and procedures sufficient to perform COR responsibilities.
• Experience recommending decision points for guidance, policy, and doctrine supporting timely resolution of operational issues affecting current and future operations.
• Experience conducting meetings or correspondence with action-officer-level and senior personnel to influence and motivate internal and external personnel and agencies to comply with GFM and joint planning and execution policies and practices.
• Experience creating and maintaining clear, effective, efficient, and integrated guidance, policy, and doctrine for joint planning, execution, and global U.S. military force movements.
• Ability to obtain Level II COR certification within 12 months of employment.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Special Sensitive (Top Secret/SCI) security clearance.
• Must pass an initial drug screening; random testing applies thereafter.
• Must be suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
• A passport is required for occasional travel.
• Status candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements, including 52 weeks at the next lower grade level.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, synchronize, and recommend changes to guidance, policy, doctrine, reports, memorandums, and other documents to ensure they reflect Joint Staff J-3 and CJCS positions and applicable statutory direction, directives, and regulations.
• Execute OPR responsibilities for updating and revising CJCS directives on joint planning and execution and Global Force Management.
• Execute OCR responsibilities for strategic guidance documents, OSW issuances, CJCS directives, and Joint publications.
• Support management and delivery of joint planning, execution, and GFM guidance, policy, and doctrine for crises, contingencies, exercises, deployments, and redeployments.
• Serve as the Contracting Officer’s Representative for one or more Joint Staff support contracts.
• Provide in-person and virtual training and education on joint planning, execution, and GFM processes to the Joint Planning and Execution Community, including OSW, Joint Staff, combatant commands, Services, Department of War agencies, and joint professional military education institutions.
• Advise leadership on the application of GFM policy and represent the Joint Staff in related meetings, working groups, operational planning teams, and other forums.
• Travel occasionally by commercial or military means and be available for short-notice travel to the Pentagon when required.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits depend on position eligibility and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed