SOSi
Government
EffectsPlanner-Expert
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“Effects Planner-Expert at SOSi. Skills: Operational Planning, Target Development, Strategic Guidance Analysis, Briefing Senior Leaders. The Effects Planner facilitates and coordinates operational-level planning, synchronization, and integration, providing support for analytics, assessments, and target development. This role involves refining priorities with national-level objectives, drafting special operations documents, and advising staff on their interpretation and application.”
What You'll Achieve.
Develop Measures of Performance (MOPs) and Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) to assess whether an operation is achieving its intended results. Analyze the results of ongoing operations and provide formal assessments to leadership on their effectiveness.
Industry & Context.
analytic leadership; identify key vulnerabilities
This position is contingent upon award of contract. Travel is required to various CONUS and OCONUS non-hazardous locations.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Master’s degree in Public Policy, Government, International Affairs/Relations, or closely related or War College graduate. Minimum 20 years of combined work-related experience with minimum of 10 years since 2015 as a Planner at the O-6 or higher level within the customer’s Enterprise or Interagency equivalent. Active in scope TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Poly.
Nice to Have
Demonstrates ability to define problems, supervise studies and lead surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions. Demonstrates analytic leadership and expertise in identifying, planning, developing, and executing analytic production methodologies, tradecraft and techniques aligned with Planning activities. Demonstrates extensive ability to provide strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to Defense planners and policymaker (e. g. General/Flag Officer level or higher). 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.
What You'll Do.
The Effects Planner facilitates and coordinates operational-level planning
providing support for analytics
and target development. This role involves refining priorities with national-level objectives
drafting special operations documents
and advising staff on their interpretation and application.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Leads cross-functional planning teams to synchronize effects into a cohesive operational plan and facilitates working groups to deconflict resources, timing, and objectives between different subordinate commands and staff sections.
Communication Scope
briefings; reports
Process & Methodology
synchronization, integration
Full Job Description
Founded in 1989, SOSi is among the largest private, founder-owned technology and services integrators in the defense and government services industry. We deliver tailored solutions, tested leadership, and trusted results to enable national security missions worldwide. This position is contingent upon award of contract SOSi is seeking an Effects Planner-Expert to support our government customer in Tampa, FL. The Effects Planner facilitates and coordinates 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 staff on their interpretation and application. Essential Job Duties: * 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 d
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