SOF Operations Planner

CACI International

About The Position

As a CACI Operational Planner, you will serve Special Operations Command North SOCNORTH, conducting operational planning and analysis in support of USNORTHCOM, Plans, Objectives and Emerging Threats mitigation efforts while providing quality control of future, deliberate, and contingency planning. You will conduct compartmented planning for operations in highly sensitive environments. You will provide support to SOF and conventional organizations by combining concepts (CONOPs) and doctrine with structured analytical and planning techniques to provide expert advice to policy makers, planners, and operational forces.

Requirements

Current Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance.
Poly or ability to obtain a Poly.
Bachelor’s degree in a related field with 10 years of specialized recent/relevant experience.
Former Special Operations field grade officer, warrant officer, or senior non-commissioned officer with a minimum of six years recent relevant specialized experience as a U.S. Army Career Military Field / Military Occupational Specialty 18-series soldier or MARSOC Advanced Skills Element or Critical Skills Operator 0372 Raider.
Demonstrated experience conducting, supporting, and/or managing sensitive activities and the Joint Planning Process is preferred.
Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written; possess the ability to organize and deliver verbal and written products that achieve an exceptionally high standard.
Critical and conceptual thinking skills.
Strong attention to detail.
Ability to work independently with limited oversight or as part of a diverse team.
Shift work is required, including nights, weekends, and holidays, as operational requirements dictate.
Maintain readiness and availability to respond to emergent situations outside of normal business hours.

Nice To Haves

More than ten years SOF Advisor
More than ten years of operations-intelligence and or security assessment support and analysis experience within the DoD or IC.
More than ten years of military experience, and/or a combination of military and IC Agency experience
SOF Operational Design and workflow

Responsibilities

Provided embedded operational and tactical planning support to the JICC, the SOCNORTH staff and subordinate units.
Provide Operational Planning expertise by integrating intelligence doctrine, operations, policy, authorities, and lessons learned to support senior leader decision making.
Support the development and production of orders and conduct battle tracking to maintain situational awareness on SOF activities for the command.
Coordinate and integrate with Joint Staff, ASD-SOLIC, USD-P, USSOCOM, USSOUTHCOM, FBI, DOE, DHS, ICE, CPB, CIA, DEA, DOJ, DOS planners in direct support of USNORTHCOM operations.
Lead and validate the research and the analyses for the purpose of preparing information and decision papers, as well as prepare briefings to inform command leadership.