Strategy, Plans, Exercises, and Policy Planner

Position: Strategy, Plans, Exercises, and Policy Planner

Location: MacDill AFB, FL

Clearance: TS/SCI

Education: Graduate of Advanced Military Studies Program or equivalent Senior Service College is preferred

Responsibilities:

The Strategy, Plans, Exercises, and Policy Planner performs specific planning requirements and collaborates with military and government personnel to accomplish tasks that support the long-range planning requirements of USCENTCOM. This includes providing technical recommendations to joint planning teams and working groups regarding the Joint Operational Planning Process, Joint Operational Planning, Execution System, Exercise/Training Planning, and Joint Doctrine.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Provide analyses and recommendations for high-priority USCENTCOM implementation and planning efforts involving joint, interagency, and multinational partners and allies.
• Provide support in the implementation and planning efforts of counterparts in USCENTCOM Component Commands, other key Combatant Commands, the Joint Staff, the Office of Secretary of Defense, and counterparts in other Federal departments and agencies.
• Provide support and assistance to directed joint planning teams and working group with coordination between staff, and coalition and regional partner representatives for operations in the USCENTCOM AOR.
• Provide analyses, recommendations, and draft products, for joint planning teams and working group approval in developing of orders, analyses, estimates, and briefings for USCENTCOM leadership and primary staff.
• Conduct all aspects of the Joint Operational Planning Process including: Mission Analysis, Course of Action (COA) Development, COA Analysis (Wargaming), COA Comparison and Decision.
• Conduct Plans and Order Development: Analyze COA decision, mission statement, commander's intent, and guidance to develop plans and/or orders that direct subordinate actions.
• 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. Continuously maintain running estimates that allow for plans and orders refinement.

Qualifications:

The candidate must have the following qualifications:
• Minimum of 3 years of planning experience with comprehensive knowledge of Joint Publication 5-0.
• Experience in a military or civilian capacity at a Geographic or functional Combatant Command Headquarters.

Travel: Travel required to AOR.

Other Requirements:

We seek:
• Highly-motivated self-starters
• Resourceful individuals with extraordinary intellectual capability and the ability to rapidly learn and apply new concepts
• Individuals who have a "let me try" attitude and are resilient, present an opinion/position, justify it, and then accept whatever decision is made and charge forward
• Individuals who view criticism as an opportunity to improve ("let me try again")
• Individuals who think and create, enhancing the company with a steady flow of fresh ideas, perspective, and energy.

Direct Inquiries and Resumes to:

Mitchell Jimenez
Corporate Recruiter
Gemini Industries Inc.
501 East Kennedy Blvd
Tampa, FL

[email protected]