Effects Planner - Mid Security Clearance

Position: Effects Planner - Mid with Security Clearance
Effects Planner
- Mid

Please Note:

This position is pending a contract award. If you are interested in a future with Cherokee Federal, APPLY TODAY! Although this is not an approved position, we are accepting applications for this future and anticipated need. This position requires an active TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence Polygraph to be considered. A government contract requires that this position be restricted to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents.

You must provide documentation that you are a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident to qualify. Cherokee Strategic Edge is seeking an Effects Planner to support USSOCOM. The Effects Planner facilitates and coordinates all aspects of operational-level planning, synchronization, and integration. Compensation & Benefits:
Pay commensurate with experience. Full time benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, and other possible benefits as provided. Benefits are subject to change with or without notice. Effects Planner
- Mid

Responsibilities Include:

* Provide planning support encompassing analytics, assessments, target development, and planning advocacy for subordinate commands.

* Refine and align priorities with national-level objectives, ensuring operational goals are nested within strategic directives.

* Draft special operations related documents, including plans, orders, and authoritative guidance, and advise military staff on their interpretation and application.

* 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.

* Performs other job-related duties as assigned Effects Planner - Mid Experience, Education, Skills, Abilities requested:
* Current TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph

* Bachelor's degree in Public Policy, Government, International Affairs/Relations, or closely related discipline; or 12 years of military experience as a Planner
* Minimum 10 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.
* Must pass…