Senior Strategic Planner

Kinsley Power Systems; Town of Florida, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Defense seeks a Senior Strategic Planner at MacDill AFB, Florida, to lead the development of plans and orders. The role analyzes COA decisions, commander’s intent, and guidance to direct subordinate actions within joint planning structures.

Responsibilities include coordinating task order activities, producing analyses for joint planning teams and USCENTCOM leadership, and supervising Joint Operational Planning processes from mission analysis to COA decision.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI clearance required.
• Experience in joint strategic planning and planning processes.
• Ability to lead cross-functional planning teams.

Responsibilities

• Organize, direct, and coordinate planning and production of all task order activities.
• Provide analyses, recommendations, and draft products for joint planning teams and working group approval in developing orders, analysis, estimates, and briefings for USCENTCOM leadership and primary staff.
• Assist with evaluations and recommendations to the respective CCJ5 branches as they direct, coordinate, and conduct joint combatant command level planning processes.
• Supervise all aspects of the Joint Operational Planning Process including: Mission Analysis, COA Development, COA Analysis (Wargaming), COA Comparison and Decision.
• Conduct orderly handover of a plan into an order to those tasked with execution of the operation.
• Facilitate coordination across working groups, OPTs and admin support staff in support of plans and activities.
• Assist with the management of working groups with a comprehensive view of operations by contributing to reports, analytical research, and assessments.

Skills

Clearance TS/SCI

Joint planning

Plan development

Leadership

Education

Master’s degree in JAWS/SAMS/SAW/MAWS or Senior Service College

Job description

Location: MacDill AFB, Florida

Clearance: TS/SCI

Education: Master’s degree from a Joint Advanced Warfighting School (JAWS), School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), School of Advanced Warfighting (SAW), Maritime Advanced Warfighting School (MAWS), or Senior Service College equivalent program.

Responsibilities:

The Senior Strategic Planner supervises Plans and Order Development: Analyze COA decision, mission statement, commander’s intent, and guidance to develop plans and/or orders that direct subordinate actions.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Organize, direct, and coordinate planning and production of all task order activities.
• Provide analyses, recommendations, and draft products for joint planning teams and working group approval in developing orders, analysis, estimates, and briefings for USCENTCOM leadership and primary staff.
• Assist with evaluations and recommendations to the respective CCJ5 branches as they direct, coordinate, and conduct joint combatant command level planning processes.
• Supervise all aspects of the Joint Operational Planning Process including: Mission Analysis, Course of Action (COA) Development, COA Analysis (Wargaming), COA Comparison and Decision.
• Conduct orderly handover of a plan into an order to those tasked with execution of the operation. Provide staffs with the situational awareness and rationale for key decisions necessary to ensure that there is a coherent transition from planning to execution.
• Facilitate coordination across working groups, Operational Planning Teams (OPT) and admin support staff in support of plans and activities.
• Assist with the management of working groups with a comprehensive view of operations by contributing to the preparation of reports, by conducting analytical and statistical research, and by providing alternative solutions and assessments of the long range impact of work processes and other implications of studies and projects.

Qualifications:

The candidate must have the following qualifications:

• Minimum of 10 years of planning experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of planning experience at the Geographic or Functional Combatant Command Headquarters
• Experience in joint strategic planning.

Travel: Travel required to AOR.