Senior Joint SOF Operations & Plans Advisor

JCTM; Eglin Air Force Base (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JCTM is seeking an expert Joint SOF Operations & Plans SME to advise senior leaders and battle staffs in planning, execution, and assessment of full-spectrum SOF training and readiness activities. The role focuses on Joint SOF HQ C2, crisis action planning, operational design, and integration across multi-domain environments.

The ideal candidate brings 15+ years of Special Operations experience, active TS/SCI eligibility, and a track record in J3/J5/J35 planning, DRRS, and SOF-CF

Qualifications

• Active TOP SECRET Security Clearance with SCI eligibility.
• 15+ years of Special Operations experience.
• 2+ years on a Joint, Combatant Command, Service HQ, or USSOCOM HQ staff.
• 2+ years Joint SOF crisis response operations experience aligned to national-level crisis response policy.
• Experience in roles such as J3/J35/J37/J5 planner or action officer; Joint SOF or CCMD SOF division staff; TSOC staff; SOCOM directorate staff; JTF HQ staff; or Service Component HQ operations or plans staff.
• Experience applying JOPP, JELC, JTS, JTT, DRRS, Joint doctrine, operational design, and SOF HQ C2 concepts.
• Ability to advise senior leaders on readiness posture, operational risk, functional performance shortfalls, planning quality, and integration coherence.
• Ability to clearly articulate complex operational ideas for senior leader and executive-level consumption.

Responsibilities

• Joint SOF Advisory Support: Advise commanders, planners, and battle staff on SOF operational planning, crisis response operations, readiness posture, and Joint SOF HQ C2 functions.
• Operational Planning: Support planning, wargaming, targeting, rehearsal, operational design, and readiness event development while preserving Government decision authority.
• Training and Readiness Integration: Assist in developing realistic training scenarios, phased injects, timing, triggers, adversary behaviors, and readiness objectives.
• Crisis Response Readiness: Apply Joint SOF crisis response experience aligned to national-level policy and battle staff planning requirements.
• Exercise Design and Assessment: Support JELC activities, MSEL development, exercise scripting, scenario design, readiness observations, AAR development, and improvement recommendations.
• Readiness Governance: Advise on readiness metrics, SOPs, reporting mechanisms, risk logic, staff proficiency, and alignment of planning behaviors to readiness objectives.
• Senior Leader Support: Provide decision-quality products, operational insights, risk triggers, COAs, integration recommendations, and readiness sufficiency assessments to O-6 and command-level leaders.
• SOF-CF Integration: Strengthen interoperability, interdependence, and integration between SOF, conventional forces, interagency partners, multinational partners, TSOCs, CCMDs, and USSOCOM stakeholders.
• Non-Augmenting Advisory Role: Coach, mentor, observe, and recommend without replacing Government staff execution responsibilities or assuming inherently governmental functions.

Skills

Top Secret clearance

SCI eligibility

Joint SOF planning

Crisis action planning

Operational design

JOPP/JELC/JTS/JTT

Job description

JCTM is seeking an expert Joint SOF Operations & Plans SME to advise senior leaders and battle staffs in planning, execution, and assessment of full-spectrum SOF training and readiness activities. The role focuses on Joint SOF HQ C2, crisis action planning, operational design, and integration across multi-domain environments.

The ideal candidate brings 15+ years of Special Operations experience, active TS/SCI eligibility, and a track record in J3/J5/J35 planning, DRRS, and SOF-CF