J35 SOF Future Operations Planner

J35 SOF Future Operations Planner (Journeyman)

On-site: HQ SOCCENT, MacDill AFB, FL | Clearance: Active TS/SCI

Job Purpose / Summary

Serve as a regional SOF irregular warfare (IW) and unconventional warfare (UW) operational planner with a primary focus on future operations.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct and quality-control deliberate, crisis action, and contingency planning; develop, validate, coordinate, and integrate IW/UW functional plans with higher headquarters, components, DoD, USG interagency, and partner nations.
• Provide coordinated input to strategic and operational plans, orders, analysis reports, policy reports, requests for forces, and DoD directives.
• Provide IW, UW, and intelligence doctrine, operations, policy, and authorities expertise; integrate lessons learned to support senior leader decision-making.
• Conduct foreign partner-nation coordination and planning to build capability and capacity.
• Analyze SOF unity-of-effort activities to support integration and synchronization across USSOCOM, Service components, national mission force, and TSOC activities.
• Prepare briefs, information papers, and presentations; maintain mission-continuity resources.

Qualifications and Skills

• Education and experience: BA/BS in Social Sciences, Public Policy, Applied Statistics, Operations Research, or Systems Analysis; Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Level I or Service equivalent; at least 3 years of strategic and operational planning and analysis; at least 3 years of experience in one or more of CENTCOM AOR, MISO, MILDEC, CWMD, ORSA, CYBER, AT/FP, SNA, Special Programs, or Interagency experience; OR an equivalent combination of at least 5 years of SOF operational experience and education.
• Experience in IW/UW planning and joint planning processes.
• May perform CONUS/OCONUS travel as required.

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this employment classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

K2 Solutions, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sex, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, veteran status, or military status.