Position Responsibilities
- Provide expert advice and conduct detailed planning support of Special Activities (Title 10/Title 50), operational planning, coordination and oversight.
- Provide strategic and operational level planning support pertaining to DoD-wide strategy future issues and strategic foresight, policy, doctrine, decisions, trends, concepts and studies.
- Coordinate in developing and packaging of POTUS and Secretary of Defense level requests for authority and operational concepts specific to Special Operations and non-conventional means to achieve strategic objectives.
- Provide senior staff advice and recommendations regarding the establishment, management and execution - level analysis for risk management in support of National Defense strategic priorities including, but not limited to:
- National Mission Force Operations
- Theater Special Operations Forces
- Sensitive and Clandestine Operations
- Personnel Recovery Operations
- Focal Point Operations
- Analyze strategies, policies, doctrine, plans, capability gaps and emerging trends to support decision-making related to current Special and Sensitive Activity operations.
- Analyze specific legal authorities required to execute sensitive operations in support of existing orders and make recommended authority and Rule of Engagement Changes within legal operational restrictions.
- Coordinate and integrate plans with supporting/supported interagency partners.
- Review and analyze selected publications to determine congruence with or divergence from existing policy and doctrine.
- Provide expertise and analytical support within the SAP, STO and ACCM channels as they pertain to the Special Activities Branch in support of Counter Terrorism and Great Power Competition.
- Provide record message traffic preparation and handling support to Special Activities Branch including FRAGOs, OPORDs, Night Orders and Theater Country Clearances.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, Master's degree preferred, or demonstrated capacity to operate at GCC level planning and operations execution.
- Five (5) years of strategic and operations planning at the Brigade and Division level, specific to SOF and interagency operations under Title 50.
- Five (5) years experience at strategic and operational planning, coordination at the GCC level with a focus on sensitive and special operations, enabling SOF operations.
- Expertise in coordination and planning of Special Activity Operations, to include capabilities, Tactics Techniques and Procedures (TTP), authorities, oversight and C4I requirements for all SOF and Title 50 operations.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the Title 50 support process for a CCMD AOR. Must be able to staff Title 50 support requests with little to no oversight.
- Expertise in Personnel Recovery Operations, capable of providing support to PR operations and exercises in the CCMD AOR.
- Experience in Focal Point Operations Center (FPOC) and Operations Control Center (OCC) operations, providing support to sensitive operations to enable CCMD Command decision making.
- Experience with record message traffic handling, including the Automatic Message Handling System (AMHS) interface.
- Experience and depth in CCMD operations and the operating environment.
- Active TS/SCI clearance and the ability to be granted access to SAP programs.
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent computer skills, Video Teleconference capability (VTC) equipment and SharePoint usage.
- Superior Microsoft Office skills, including Outlook and PowerPoint.
- Superior oral and written communication skills, including expert ability to communicate effectively with people of all levels, deliver effective oral presentations, prepare assessments, and represent the CCMD in interagency meetings.
- Superior interpersonal, organizational and management skills and an expert ability to conceptualize and lead complex analytical projects.
