GCP-V Transregional Sync Team Analyst

This position provides subject matter expertise to support the USSOCOM J5 Plans and Integration program. The Global Campaign Plan-Violent Extremist Organizations (GCP-V) Transregional Sync Team Analyst will provide support to the overall planning of Special Operations and Special Operations Forces (SOF) to support persistent, networked, and distributed Global Combatant Command (GCC) operations. Residing in the J51 Plans and Sensitive Activities, you will be expected to help develop the command's strategic plans across the Department's defined problem sets, provide strategic-level insight, globally synchronized analysis, and understanding to prioritize the best use of SOF to develop approaches for the global application of SOF in support of DoD's Global Campaigns. The GCP-V Transregional Sync Team Analyst will assist with strategy development, planning, analysis, and assessment in support of SOF-peculiar and SOF-exquisite capabilities. The GCP-V Transregional Sync Team Analyst shall have a deep geopolitical understanding of regional and country-specific areas of interest. They shall also have a deep understanding of SOF-peculiar and SOF-exquisite capabilities.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
The GCP-V Transregional Sync Team Analyst shall perform tasks such as:

• Support the development of the Global Campaign Plan - Violent Extremist Organizations (GCP-V).?Organize the assessment of the plan, executed via the Transregional Synchronization Forum (TRSF) which evaluates the effectiveness of the execution of the GCP-V. The Contractor shall perform tasks such as: Creating and maintaining the assessment structure; and analyzing GCP-V objectives, Lines of Effort, and Intermediate Military Objectives assigned to Geographic and Functional CCMDs, JSOC, and the interagency.
• Provide subject matter expertise on counterterrorism; support the Transregional Synchronization Forums (TRSF).
• Support USSOCOM inputs into the CJA; and review of current operational intelligence reports on a continuous basis, in particular those that refer to countering terrorism and violent extremist activities.
• Conduct directed threat analysis research and fusion of all-source data and information that supports analysis to enhance the ability of SOCOM as the Coordinating Authority (CA) for GCP-V to develop multi-disciplined products.?The contractor shall examine a wide range of threat reporting, including all-source information analysis in order to define the effectiveness of the GCP-V and identify any gaps, seams, and shortfalls leading to resource recommendations for the CA to provide to the CJCS.?The contractor shall assist in the maturation of a common operating picture for CVEO-related campaigns. Specialized analytical capabilities will enable and enhance strategic and operational assessments, analysis of the current environment, and analysis related to emergent threats.?The contractor shall coordinate these activities when required with DoD subject matter experts, and the IA and PN contacts.
• Organize/conduct/support Assessments Exchange Workshops and/or site visits to subordinate commands, and coordinate with the GCP-V assessment community of interest for the production of the campaign assessment.
• Prepare assessment data call messages to all participants; develop Program of Action and Milestones timelines to ensure timely production and completion of campaign assessment products.
• Provide assessment expertise and support including review of strategic documents, coupled with analysis of operational documents.
• Serve as co-lead writer for bi-annual GCP-V assessments and make recommendations for future plan revisions.
• Prepare assessment products for 1-2-star Joint Planning Board, 3-star JCS-led OPSDEPS, and 4-star Think Tanks.
• Serve as lead AO for the development and coordination of specific CJCS-directed Strategic Questions to be presented at the JCS TANK.
• Analyze CCMD assessments of progress against GCP-V objectives and collate input into the GCP-V assessment.?
• Develop assessment methodology and framework to include strategic effects criteria and rating scales to assess progress toward achieving campaign objectives and end states. Collaborate on the development of the strategic effects for the GCP-V assessment cycle.
• Develop recommendations for the Joint Staff for adjustments to the D-ISIS campaign plan.
• Contribute to the development of the way ahead and best practices on the assessment process from a strategic point of view.?
• Provide expertise/ background in radical Islam for ongoing analytical work on Transregional Network Enablers.
• Develop senior leader briefings, talking points, and info papers related to the assessment and broader CVEO efforts.?
• Review Joint Staff and other CCMD/JSOC?products for SOCOM inputs.
• Brief senior leaders on assessment and strategic questions.
• Collaborate across SOCOM enterprise and CCMDs on related CVEO efforts.
• Augment J3 Operations Officer and/or Senior Leadership in the execution of daily J3 taskings and management functions.
• Conduct and prepare executive-level, research-based strategic level studies and assessments and papers to analyze, assess, and synchronize CVEO strategic documents.
• SME with the geopolitical expertise necessary to conduct CVEO studies and assessments for the analysis, assessment, and synchronization of the command strategy, command policy, action plan, and strategic assessment.
• Expert knowledge of strategic theory, SOF strategic roles and missions, and experience with the various national-level strategic documents.
• Provide expert knowledge of the mission, organization, and interrelationships of DOD, Joint Staff, and interagency working groups, and other Government agencies/activities.

Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:

• 4 years experience developing, producing, and/or synchronizing strategic or campaign level assessments for 4-star Combatant Command(s), Joint Staff, and/or OSD which includes 2 years of counter-terrorism assessment.
• 4 years of SOF experience - operational or HQ-based.
• Must have at least 4 years experience as either: A staff officer or NCO in a major command or higher headquarters, and achieved Joint Professional Military Education level 1 (for former officers, this includes Army CGSC/ILE, Naval War College, Air Command and Staff College, Marine Command and Staff College; for former enlisted this includes Enlisted JPME courses), or a civilian or contractor in a major command or higher headquarters and have a graduate-level degree.
• Active TS clearance. Eligible for SCI.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The team member is frequently required to reach with hands and arms.
• The team members are required to type using a keyboard and mouse.
• The team member must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Office Environment.

US Citizenship Required: Due to the requirements of the federal contract that this position supports, U.S. citizenship is required. Citizenship will be confirmed via I-9/E-Verify at the start of employment.