USSOCOM J3 -International SOF SME

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Position:USSOCOM J3
-International SOF Support SME

Location: MACDILL AFB, FL

Job :1039-P

# of Openings:3

The International Special Operations Forces (SOF) Support Subject Matter Expert (SME) provides expert advisory and operational support to the J3 International (J3-I) Division at U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Assigned to the J3-I Plans and Operations Branch, this role serves as a critical bridge between USSOCOM and its global network of Allied and Partner Nation (A/PN) SOF organizations, ensuring their capabilities and strategic interests are effectively integrated into U.S. SOF planning and operational frameworks.

The SME’s primary responsibility is to provide clarity to partner nations on U.S. SOF operational requirements and coordinate PN SOF support to U.S. operations where national and security interests align. This work is conducted in close collaboration with Theater Special Operations Commands (TSOCs), key USSOCOM staff directorates (J33, J35, J5), and NATO SOF Headquarters. A secondary focus is closing partner nation operational information gaps and contributing to the development of the international SOF Common Operating Picture (SOFCOP).

• Identify international SOF requirements and areas requiring deconfliction, synchronization, and coordination with U.S. SOF operational headquarters, TSOCs, and other command elements.
• Manage and maintain the portal-based tracking mechanism for all Partner Nation (PN) requests for support, information, and guidance; track and action U.S. requests for PN SOF support and capabilities to ensure effective support to the Combatant Commands.
• Support development of and maintain a Common Operational Picture (COP) of PN SOF operations and activities, ensuring their strategic interests are accurately represented in USSOCOM planning forums, including the Global SOF Synchronization Process (GSOS).
• Plan, schedule, draft content for, and execute coordination events—including planning meetings, Secure Video Teleconferences (SVTCs), and collaborative planning sessions—with TSOCs, SOF components, NATO SOF Headquarters, and PN SOF headquarters.
• Plan, coordinate, and prepare PN SOF inputs to key USSOCOM and TSOC planning processes, including senior leader seminars, GSOS, Trans-Regional Synchronization Forums (TRSF), Strategic Coalition Alignment Forums (SCAF), and J3-I communities of interest and communities of action.
• Enhance USSOCOM enterprise planning efforts by integrating PN SOF units and capabilities; develop and maintain metrics to assess the depth and quality of enterprise-level PN SOF integration.
• Coordinate with the Foreign Disclosure Office (FDO) for the release of USSOCOM, combatant command, and DoD plans and documents to PN SOF representatives; maintain a tracking mechanism for information requests and disclosure actions.
• Collect information from PN SOF organizations and contribute to J3-I situation reports that maintain command situational awareness and synchronize inputs across SOLO, embassy, TSOC, and Geographic Combatant Command reporting channels.
• Manage the daily operations of the J3-I facility, including access control to secure collaboration spaces, SVTC planning rooms, SCIFs, conference areas, and individual PN secure country rooms.
• Perform close-out and escort duties in accordance with the Division’s Security Procedures.

• Bachelor’s degree in any field from an accredited university.
• Graduate of a U.S. SOF component selection and assessment program, such as the U.S. Army Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC), Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S), or a service-equivalent SOF component program.
• Graduate of a Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) course, Intermediate Developmental Education (IDE) course, or Senior Professional Military Education (SPME) course.

• Minimum one…