Strategic Facilities Planner — DoD Master Planning

Cherokee Federal; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match up to 6%

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Life insurance & AD&D

Disability coverage

Holidays

Job summary

Cherokee Federal is seeking a Strategic Planner (Journeyman) to provide strategic planning and programming support for the MCICOM facilities portfolio at Quantico. You will translate facilities requirements, mission priorities, and financial data into defensible planning products and investment strategies.

This in-person role requires a Secret clearance and involves coordinating with multiple government and contractor teams to deliver master plans, POM inputs, and environmental planning studies

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in public administration, business, engineering, urban planning, facilities management, finance, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of strategic planning, programming, capital planning, facilities planning, or portfolio-management experience.
• Strong writing, briefing, stakeholder-engagement, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze facility requirements, mission drivers, project data, funding profiles, and execution trends to support investment decisions.
• Develop and maintain planning products, including FYDP inputs, POM issue papers, project-justification packages, decision briefs, and executive summaries.
• Coordinate with headquarters, regional commands, installations, engineers, financial managers, and project teams to collect and validate planning data.
• Identify capability gaps, funding shortfalls, portfolio risks, sequencing conflicts, and investment opportunities.
• Support prioritization of projects using mission impact, readiness, condition, risk, affordability, and execution criteria.
• Translate complex technical, financial, and operational information into clear recommendations for senior Government leaders.

Skills

Strategic planning

Financial analysis

Policy briefing

Stakeholder engagement

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

MS Project

Job description

Cherokee Federal is seeking a Strategic Planner (Journeyman) to provide strategic planning and programming support for the MCICOM facilities portfolio at Quantico. You will translate facilities requirements, mission priorities, and financial data into defensible planning products and investment strategies.

This in-person role requires a Secret clearance and involves coordinating with multiple government and contractor teams to deliver master plans, POM inputs, and environmental planning studies