Senior Effects Planner - TS/SCI for Special Operations

Cherokee Federal; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401K

Job summary

Cherokee Strategic Edge, part of Cherokee Federal, seeks an Effects Planner - Expert to support USSOCOM. The role coordinates operational-level planning, synchronization, and integration across commands.

Candidates must hold TS/SCI with ability to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph; a Master's degree or War College; 20+ years planning experience at the O-6+ level; and proven leadership in cross-functional teams to deliver actionable guidance.

Qualifications

• Current TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph.
• Master's degree in Public Policy, Government, International Affairs/Relations, or closely related discipline; or War College graduate.
• Minimum 20 years of combined work-related experience with minimum of 10 years since 2015 as a Planner at the O-6 or higher level within USSOCOM Enterprise or Interagency equivalent.
• Ability to define problems, supervise studies and lead surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions.
• Analytic leadership and expertise in identifying, planning, developing, and executing analytic production methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide planning support encompassing analytics, assessments, target development, and planning advocacy for subordinate commands.
• Refine and align priorities with national-level objectives, ensuring operational goals are nested within strategic directives.
• Draft special operations related documents, including plans, orders, and authoritative guidance, and advise military staff on their interpretation and application.
• Lead cross-functional planning teams to synchronize effects into a cohesive operational plan.
• Facilitate working groups to deconflict resources, timing, and objectives between different subordinate commands and staff sections.
• Conduct analysis to identify key vulnerabilities and nodes within a target system that, if acted upon, will produce the desired effect.
• Develop Measures of Performance (MOPs) and Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) to assess whether an operation is achieving its intended results.
• Lead the operational-level target development process, nominating specific targets or actions that support the overall campaign plan.
• Analyze the results of ongoing operations and provide formal assessments to leadership on their effectiveness.
• Draft, write, and staff major special operations related documents, such as CONPLANs and OPORDs.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Polygraph eligibility

Strategic planning

Leadership

Briefings

Analytic capability

Cross-functional teams

Education

Master's degree or War College graduate

Job description

Cherokee Strategic Edge, part of Cherokee Federal, seeks an Effects Planner - Expert to support USSOCOM. The role coordinates operational-level planning, synchronization, and integration across commands.

Candidates must hold TS/SCI with ability to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph; a Master's degree or War College; 20+ years planning experience at the O-6+ level; and proven leadership in cross-functional teams to deliver actionable guidance.