Operational Planning & Posture Subject Matter Expert Halawa,

Position: Operational Planning & Posture Subject Matter Expert Halawa, HI, US
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Job Title:

Operational Planning & Posture Subject Matter Expert Job Category:
Project and Program Management Time Type:
Full time Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI Employee Type:
Regular Percentage of

Travel Required:

Up to 10%
Type of Travel:
Local*
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** The Operational Planning & Posture SME is the branch’s technical/functional authority for deliberate planning support and posture-related planning integration. The role defines and sustains planning-support rigor—standards, quality gates, and expert advisory—so high-visibility products remain coherent, defensible, and aligned with guidance across the Joint Planning and Execution Community (JPEC). Unlike the Senior role, the SME does not own daily suspense tracking/battle rhythm execution;

the SME intervenes where complexity, risk, or ambiguity threatens outcomes.

This position is located at Camp Smith, Hawaii.
** Responsibilities:
*** Define planning-support standards (templates, quality gates, staffing checklists, traceability expectations, version-control conventions) for branch-wide use
* Advise government leads on complex planning-support approaches (staffing strategy, integration paths, decision points, adjudication methods)
* Perform senior technical review of high-visibility briefs, information papers, and final planning documents to ensure clarity, consistency, and decision-readiness
* Resolve the hardest integration problems (conflicting guidance, misaligned assumptions, incomplete inputs) and recommend defensible tradeoffs and mitigation paths
* Translate policy/guidance into actionable planning inputs and posture initiative implications (as directed by government leads)
* Coach Senior and junior staff on advanced staff writing, editorial judgment, and staffing discipline through targeted reviews and exemplars
* Strengthen Operational Planning Team (OPT)/working group outcomes by shaping narratives, analytical framing, and decision-quality criteria (not meeting administration)
* Assess systemic bottlenecks and recommend repeatable improvements to reduce rework and improve first-pass acceptance (without taking over daily execution)
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* Qualifications:

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** Master's degree (or equivalent practical experience) in a relevant field
* Career level and intermediate level military education (Expeditionary Warfare School, Marine Corps Command and Staff College (other service equivalents))
* 10+ years deep experience supporting joint/service planning and senior-leader decision support, including production and critical review of staff products
* Demonstrated mastery of JPEC planning forums and staffing dynamics (e.g., OPTs, joint planning groups (JPGs))
* Knowledge and application experience in the Marine Corps Planning Process (MCPP) and Joint Planning Process (JPP)
* Expert capability drafting/editing planning products and enforcing consistency, traceability, and formatting discipline            •
* Ability to comply with government workplace requirements and obtain/maintain any required access/eligibility
* Strongly Preferred:
** Intermediate or top-level operational planning education (e.g., JAWS/SAMS/MAWS/SAASS/Service and Joint War Colleges or Fellowships
* Senior PME (e.g., CGSC/ILE, USMC CSC, Naval/War College equivalents)
* Prior experience with USINDOPACOM, MARFORPAC, HQMC, a combatant command, Service component, or MEF HQ
* Doctoral degree in a relevant field
** Skills & Competencies
*** Deep functional expertise in deliberate planning support and posture planning integration
* Advanced analytic framing and problem-solving under ambiguity
* Expert-level writing/editing and product coherence management
* Influence without authority; credible advisory presence with senior stakeholder
* Standards-setting, coaching, and quality assurance mindset
* Autonomy, Decision Authority & Accountability
* Owns technical/functional standards and review thresholds for planning-support quality (government leads retain final approval authority)
* Decides when to elevate…