Benefits
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Company parties
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
CDM has an exciting new opportunity for a J35 SOF Future Operations Planner in support of U.S. Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT). The position supports deliberate, crisis-action, and contingency planning with emphasis on irregular warfare, unconventional warfare, operational integration, partner coordination, and senior-leader decision support.
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 IW, UW, intelligence doctrine, operations, policy, and authorities expertise and integrate lessons learned for 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
Qualifications
Minimum Experience
- At least a BA/BS in Social Sciences, Public Policy, Applied Statistics, Operations Research, or Systems Analysis
- 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
Citizenship
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance at the start of performance
Education
- BA/BS in an eligible discipline or an equivalent combination of SOF operational experience and education consistent with the SOAPS Journeyman requirements
Experience
- 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
Additional Information
Preferred Location: Tampa, FL
Work Location: HQ SOCCENT, MacDill AFB, FL
Work Arrangement: On-site
Travel / Schedule: CONUS/OCONUS travel may be required for conferences, planning efforts, operational planning teams, and exercises.