J35 SOF Future Operations Planner

CDM INNOVATIONS•Tampa, FL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

CDM is hiring a J35 SOF Future Operations Planner to support U.S. Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT). The position supports deliberate, crisis-action, and contingency planning, with an emphasis on irregular warfare, unconventional warfare, operational integration, partner coordination, and senior-leader decision support. The work location is HQ SOCCENT at MacDill AFB, Florida, and the arrangement is on-site. CONUS and OCONUS travel may be required for conferences, planning efforts, operational planning teams, and exercises.

Requirements

At least a BA/BS in Social Sciences, Public Policy, Applied Statistics, Operations Research, or Systems Analysis, or an equivalent combination of SOF operational experience and education consistent with SOAPS Journeyman requirements.
Joint Professional Military Education Level I or Service equivalent, such as Command and General Staff College or Air Command and Staff College.
At least 3 years of strategic and operational planning and analysis experience.
At least 3 years of experience in one or more of the following: CENTCOM AOR, MISO, MILDEC, CWMD, ORSA, CYBER, AT/FP, SNA, Special Programs, or Interagency experience.
Equivalent combinations of at least 5 years of SOF operational experience and education may qualify.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance at the start of performance.
Demonstrated ability to prepare professional briefs, information papers, presentations, and planning products.
Experience operating in joint, SOF, DoD, interagency, or equivalent mission environments relevant to the position.
Ability to maintain electronic continuity resources and coordinate with multiple mission stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Serve as a regional SOF irregular warfare and unconventional warfare operational planner focused on Future Operations.
Conduct and quality-control deliberate, crisis-action, and contingency planning, including IW/UW functional plan development, validation, coordination, and integration.
Review and provide coordinated input to strategic and operational plans and orders, analysis reports, policy reports, requests for forces, DoD directives and guidance, and related documentation.
Provide expertise in irregular warfare, unconventional warfare, intelligence doctrine, operations, policy, and authorities, and integrate lessons learned to support senior-leader decision-making.
Coordinate and consolidate foreign partner-nation planning to develop partner capability and capacity.
Conduct and validate research and analysis, and prepare information papers, decision papers, and briefings for command leadership.
Analyze SOF unity-of-effort activities supporting integration and synchronization across USSOCOM, Service Components, the National Mission Force, and Theater Special Operations Commands.
Support collaboration with the Military Services to improve SOF and conventional-force integration and interoperability.
Provide SOF planning expertise through all phases of planning and project development.
Prepare briefs, information papers, and presentations using Microsoft Office products.
Develop and maintain an electronic continuity resource, including key stakeholder points of contact.