J35 SOF Future Operations Planner
About The Position
The J35 Special Operations Forces (SOF) Future Operations Planner will serve as a regional SOF irregular warfare (IW) and unconventional warfare (UW) operational planner with a primary focus on Future Operations. This role involves conducting and providing quality control of deliberate, crisis action, and contingency planning, as well as IW/UW functional plan development and validation. The planner will coordinate and integrate with higher headquarters, components, DoD, USG Interagency, Partner Nations, and others. Responsibilities include reviewing and providing coordinated input to strategic and operational plans, orders, analysis reports, policy reports, requests for forces, and DoD directives. The position requires providing expertise on IW, UW, and intelligence doctrine, operations, policy, and authorities, and integrating lessons learned to support senior leader decision-making. The planner will also conduct and consolidate foreign partner nation representative coordination and planning to develop foreign partner nation capability and capacity. Additionally, the role involves conducting and validating research and analysis, preparing information papers, decision papers, and briefings for command leadership, and analyzing SOF unity of effort activities to support integration and synchronization. Collaboration with Military Services to improve integration and interoperability between SOF and conventional forces is also a key aspect. The planner will provide SOF support and expertise through all phases of planning and project development, prepare briefs and presentations using Microsoft Office, and develop and maintain an electronic resource for mission continuity. Travel CONUS/OCONUS may be required.
Requirements
- At least a BA/BS in one of these disciplines: Social Sciences, Public Policy, Applied Statistics, Operations Research, or Systems Analysis
- Joint Professional Military Education Level I or Service Equivalent (i.e., Command and General Staff College; Air Command and Staff College, etc.)
- At least 3 years strategic and operational planning and analysis
- At least 3 years' experience in any of the following: CENTCOM AOR; MISO; MILDEC; CWMD; ORSA; CYBER; AT/FP; SNA; Special Programs; Interagency Experience
- Equivalent combinations of at least 5 years of SOF operational experience and education
Responsibilities
- Serve as a regional SOF irregular warfare (IW) and unconventional warfare (UW) operational planner with a primary focus on Future Operations
- Conduct and provide quality control of deliberate, crisis action, and contingency planning, IW/UW functional plan development and validation, coordination, and integration in conjunction with higher headquarters, components, DoD, USG Interagency, Partner Nations, and others
- Review and provide coordinated input to strategic and operational plans and orders, analysis reports, policy reports, requests for forces, DoD directives and guidance, and other documentation that supports strategic operations research, analysis and policy development
- Provide IW, UW and intelligence doctrine, operations, policy and authorities, and integrate lessons learned to support senior leader decision making
- Conduct and consolidate foreign partner nation representative coordination and planning to develop foreign partner nation capability and capacity
- Conduct and validate research and analysis, prepare information papers, decision papers, and briefings to inform command leadership
- Analyze SOF unity of effort activities to support integration and synchronization of USSOCOM, Service Component, National Mission Force, and Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC) activities
- Support collaboration with the Military Services to improve the integration and interoperability amongst SOF and conventional forces
- Provide SOF support and expertise through all phases of planning and project development
- Prepare briefs, information papers, and presentations as required utilizing Microsoft Office family of products
- Develop and maintain an electronic resource, to include key points of contact, to be used for mission continuity that may be accessed by all stakeholders
- May perform travel CONUS/OCONUS as required and remain fully qualified and current with all specified/required training
Benefits
- health
- dental
- vision benefits
- life insurance
- AD&D
- short and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) plan with company match
- generous PTO offerings to include vacation/sick days
- bereavement leave
- 11 paid Federal holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
