SOF Desk Officer

The Ascendancy Group

$75K — $95K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of related experience, or 8+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Experience as a HUMINT Desk Officer specifically for IA, DoW/Joint, or SOF.
  • Knowledgeable in HUMINT reporting and processing requirements.
  • Expertise in GCOMS/G2G cable reporting and quality evaluation.
  • Familiar with real-time management systems and tools for intelligence collection.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Detail-oriented with strong analytical capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a liaison for SOF Desk operations.
  • Support dataflow management and team requests.
  • Advise on policies and procedures for internal and external requirements.
  • Review and process HUMINT operational reporting.
  • Ensure compliance with MACOM and DIA's specified policies and guidance.
  • Act as a focal point for SA and HUMINT operational reporting.
  • Monitor performance metrics for the SAMMC mission.

Benefits

  • Access to specialized training and professional development opportunities.
  • Supportive work environment for collaboration with Intelligence Community partners.
  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge intelligence tools and methodologies.
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

Description

Overview

As a SOF Desk Officer, you will provide SA case management support and HUMINT technical oversight to 1st Special Forces Command and ARSOF Sensitive Activities Mission Management Cells (SAMMC) in accordance with Intelligence Community, Service, and Joint SOF policies and procedures. You will support the planning and execution of SA core competencies, manage case documentation and intelligence reporting, and monitor security, risk, and operational controls to protect personnel and missions. You will coordinate with Intelligence Community and Joint Force partners, advise operational personnel on SA activities, and support the integration of Multi-Domain Intelligence to enhance case execution, operational planning, and mission effects. You will also assist in the employment of sensitive capabilities and contribute to risk management throughout the operations cycle.

Security Requirement:
  • Current Top Secret/Specialized Compartmented Information Security Clearance.


Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Serves as a SOF Desk Officer.
  • Provide support for dataflow management requests and support teams.
  • Serve as an advisor on internal and external requirements policies, processes, and procedures.
  • Review HUMINT operational reporting and the processing of Intelligence Community standard formats and inputs.
  • Ensure compliance with local Major Command (MACOM) and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) specified policies and guidance.
  • Assist SA and HUMINT case management as focal point for operational reporting.
  • Maintain reporting metrics to support the SAMMC mission.
  • Utilize intelligence tools for qualitative review of platform/collector performance.
  • Support monthly reporting of HUMINT reporting metrics.
  • Monitor and track requirements documentation actions.
  • Implement efficient data management processes, ensuring data quality and integrity, and facilitating seamless retrieval and analysis of information.
  • Solicit, analyze, document, and facilitate prioritization and validation of analyst needs.
  • Provides consistent real-time updates of collection and planned collection requirements through existing databases.


Requirements

Position Requirements:

Required:
  • A bachelor's degree and 4+ years of experience or 8+ years of relevant work experience. Experience should be as a HUMINT Desk Officer related to IA, DoW/Joint, or SOF HUMINT experience.
  • Applicable experience in HUMINT reporting, processing, and collection requirements.
  • Demonstrated expertise in GCOMS/G2G cable reporting, quality checking, and evaluation.
  • Working knowledge of the tools, methods, and concepts of portals and other real-time or near-real-time knowledge and collection management systems.
  • Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Strong attention to detail.

Desired:
  • Experience supporting USASOC or Joint SOF organizations.
  • Must work independently with limited government oversight and function effectively as part of a team in a joint working environment.
  • Experience conducting intelligence analysis and planning supporting Theater Special Operations Commands.
  • Experience in a deployed environment supporting SOF Sensitive Activities.

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