Management and Program Analyst

Joint Activities; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Joint Activities at USSOUTHCOM Headquarters in the Miami area seeks a senior executive advisor to the J3 Chief of Staff, providing high‑level analytical, strategic, and operational integration support across the Directorate.

You will coordinate internal tasking via ETMS2, perform complex manpower, force-structure, and workforce analyses, and brief senior leaders on readiness and staffing trends to inform decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience as senior advisor to a J3 or equivalent operational directorate.
• Experience conducting manpower, force-structure, and workforce analyses.
• Experience interpreting DoD/JCS/USSOUTHCOM policies and procedures.
• Experience advising senior leadership on workforce planning and readiness.

Responsibilities

• Provide high‑level analytical and strategic support to the J3 Chief of Staff.
• Coordinate internal command taskings and Joint Staff actions via ETMS2.
• Develop workforce dashboards and reporting tools to identify readiness risks.
• Advise on workforce planning, talent acquisition, and performance initiatives.

Skills

Senior advisor

Operational sync

Executive briefings

Workforce analytics

ETMS2

Staffing planning

Tools

ETMS2

Job description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for certain competitive service to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position:

This position is located in the Operations Directorate (J3) at Headquarters, U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM). Serves as the senior executive advisor to the J3 Chief of Staff, providing high level analytical, strategic, and operational integration support across the Directorate.

Who May Apply:

US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience:

• 1) serving as a senior advisor to a geographic combatant command J3 or comparable operational directorate, supporting operational synchronization, senior-leader engagements, executive-level briefings, and the coordination of internal command and Joint Staff taskings through the Enterprise Task Management Software Solution (ETMS2);
• 2) conducting complex civilian and military manpower, force-structure, organizational-design, and workforce-distribution analyses to assess Joint Table of Distribution (JTD), Joint Manning Document (JMD), and Joint Table of Manpower and Distribution (JTMD) requirements and recommend staffing, authorization, billet, skill-mix, and organizational changes aligned with USSOUTHCOM mission priorities;
• 3) interpreting and implementing Department of Defense, Joint Staff, and USSOUTHCOM personnel and manpower policies to develop Directorate-level compliance procedures, personnel-action trackers, workforce dashboards, and reporting tools that identify readiness impacts, staffing trends, and administrative risks;
• 4) advising senior leadership on workforce planning, talent acquisition, performance management, training, awards, succession planning, property accountability, and workforce-engagement initiatives to improve Directorate readiness, organizational effectiveness, and mission execution.