Special Operations Planner - J7

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Join us in supporting the United States Space Command (USSPACECOM), one of the nation’s eleven unified combatant commands responsible for space operations critical to joint war fighting. We are seeking an experienced Joint Force Development Specialist to serve as an embedded contractor supporting the USSPACECOM headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in joint training, doctrine development, lessons learned processes, and exercise design – including familiarity with space domain operations and space war fighting integration – and can produce decision-ready products for senior leadership under dynamic, time-sensitive conditions.

• Support and lead joint force development efforts across training program design, doctrine authorship, lessons learned integration, and readiness assessment in support of USSPACECOM’s mission to deter aggression and defend U.S. and allied interests in the space domain
• Develop, review, and staff joint doctrine publications, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and related guidance that integrate space war fighting capabilities into joint operations, coordinating inputs across USSPACECOM Directorates, Service Components, and the Joint Staff J7
• Manage and advance USSPACECOM’s lessons learned program, including collection, analysis, and dissemination of observations, insights, and lessons (OIL) derived from real-world operations, exercises, and wargames; coordinate with the Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS) to ensure institutional knowledge is captured and actioned
• Plan, coordinate, and execute joint training events, exercises, and wargames – including scenario design, Master Scenario Event List (MSEL) development, training audience coordination, execution support, and After Action Reviews (AARs) – to assess and improve USSPACECOM joint force readiness
• Assess joint qualification and readiness of assigned forces; support the development and tracking of individual and collective training requirements aligned to USSPACECOM’s Universal Joint Task List (UJTL) and Mission Essential Task Lists (METLs)
• Support the development and coordination of USSPACECOM’s Joint Training Plan and associated exercise schedule, ensuring events are sequenced to build proficiency across the full range of space war fighting missions
• Develop and present decision-ready products – including briefings, staff packages, training assessments, doctrine summaries, and readiness reports – for senior and flag-level leadership
• Coordinate with Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) institutions, Space training organizations, and interagency partners to align force…