Senior Effects Planner with Security Clearance

Prescient Edge is seeking a Sr. Effects Planner to support a Federal Government client. Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award. Sr. Effects Planner Benefits:
At Prescient Edge , we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:
* A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
* Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
* A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
* Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
* A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Description:

* Effects Planner shall facilitate and coordinate all aspects of operational-level planning, synchronization, and integration.
* They provide planning support encompassing analytics, assessments, target development, and planning advocacy for subordinate commands.
* Planners refine and align priorities with national-level objectives, ensuring operational goals are nested within strategic directives.
* They draft special operations related documents, including plans, orders, and authoritative guidance, and advise military staff on their interpretation and application.
* Should perform tasks such as:
* Lead cross-functional planning teams to synchronize effects into a cohesive operational plan.
* Facilitate working groups to deconflict resources, timing, and objectives between different subordinate commands and staff sections.
* Conduct analysis to identify key vulnerabilities and nodes within a target system that, if acted upon, will produce the desired effect.
* Develop Measures of Performance (MOPs) and Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) to assess whether an operation is achieving its intended results.
* Lead the operational-level target development process, nominating specific targets or actions that support the overall campaign plan.
* Analyze the results of ongoing operations and provide formal assessments to leadership on their effectiveness.
* Analyze national-level strategic guidance to ensure all operational plans and priorities are nested within and supportive of strategic directives.
* Refine, prioritize, and advocate for the plans and resource requirements of subordinate commands during higher-level planning conferences.
* Draft, write, and staff major special operations related documents, such as Concept of Operations (CONPLANs), Operations Orders (OPORDs), and formal planning guidance.
* Serve as the subject matter expert on a published plan, advising military staff and subordinate units on its interpretation, application, and intent.
* Prepare and deliver briefings to senior leaders on the details of a proposed or current plan, outlining the intended effects and synchronization.

Job Requirements Desired experience:
* Minimum 15 years of combined work-related experience with minimum of 5 years since 2020 as a Planner at the O-6 or higher level within USSOCOM Enterprise or Interagency equivalent.
* Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional planning teams.
* Experience facilitating working groups to deconflict resources, timing, and objectives between different subordinate commands and staff sections.
* Ability to identify key vulnerabilities and nodes within a target system that, if acted upon, will produce the desired effect.
* Skilled at translating complex operational problems into clear, concise briefings and reports that directly inform planning and operations.
* Works with a high degree of autonomy to tackle difficult and ambiguous planning scenarios.

Education:

* Master's degree in Public Policy, Government, International Affairs/Relations, or closely related discipline; or War College graduate; or a Bachelor's degree in Public Policy, Government, International Affairs/Relations, or closely related discipline with 5 additional years of senior-level experience; or 15 years of military experience as a Planner. Security clearance:
* Active TS/SCI and with the…