Job DescriptionEffects Planner - MidPlease Note:This position is pending a contract award.If you are interested in a future with Cherokee Federal, APPLY TODAY!Although this is not an approved position, we are accepting applications for this future and anticipated need.This position requires an active
TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance with the ability to obtain a
Counterintelligence Polygraph to be considered.
A government contract requires that this position be restricted to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. You must provide documentation that you are a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident to qualify.
Cherokee Strategic Edge is seeking an Effects Planner to support USSOCOM. The Effects Planner facilitates and coordinates all aspects of operational-level planning, synchronization, and integration.
Compensation & Benefits:Pay commensurate with experience.
Full time benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, and other possible benefits as provided. Benefits are subject to change with or without notice.
Effects Planner - Mid Responsibilities Include:- 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.
- Analyze national-level strategic guidance to ensure all operational plans and priorities are nested within and supportive of strategic directives.
- Refine, prioritize, and advocate for the plans and resource requirements of subordinate commands during higher-level planning conferences.
- Draft, write, and staff major special operations related documents, such as Concept of Operations (CONPLANs), Operations Orders (OPORDs), and formal planning guidance.
- Serve as the subject matter expert on a published plan, advising military staff and subordinate units on its interpretation, application, and intent.
- Prepare and deliver briefings to senior leaders on the details of a proposed or current plan, outlining the intended effects and synchronization.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Effects Planner - Mid Experience, Education, Skills, Abilities requested:- Current TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph
- Bachelor's degree in Public Policy, Government, International Affairs/Relations, or closely related discipline; or 12 years of military experience as a Planner
- Minimum 10 years of combined work-related experience with minimum of 5 years since 2020 as a Planner at the O-6 or higher level within USSOCOM Enterprise or Interagency equivalent.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional planning teams
- Experience facilitating working groups to deconflict resources, timing, and objectives between different subordinate commands and staff sections.
- Ability to identify key vulnerabilities and nodes within a target system that, if acted upon, will produce the desired effect.
- Skilled at translating complex operational problems into clear, concise briefings and reports that directly inform planning and operations.
- Works with a high degree of autonomy to tackle difficult and ambiguous planning scenarios.
- Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal
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Keywords:
- MDMP
- Special Technical Operations
- CONOPS
- OPORDS
- Information Operations
