About this role
Job Description
Employee plans and carries out assignments independently; conceives and defines solutions to highly complex problems; analyzes, interprets, and reports findings of projects; and guides technical and programmatic work of team members in comparable junior grades. Completed work and reports are reviewed for feasibility, compatibility with other work or effectiveness in meeting requirements or expected results.
Planning and Integration: Serves as a lead planner responsible for the development, integration, and assessment of command strategies, plans, and concepts. Independently analyzes higher-level strategic direction to create and refine supporting operational-level plans and roadmaps. Ensures all planning efforts are coherent, technically sound, and synchronized across the organization.
Analysis and Assessment: Conducts comprehensive analysis of the strategic environment, operational requirements, and resource constraints. Assesses the effectiveness of existing plans and programs, identifies capability gaps or programmatic risks, and develops well-researched recommendations for mitigation or resolution. Prepares and presents findings to command leadership.
Staff Coordination and Integration: Serves as a key facilitator for planning efforts across the
STARCOM staff, subordinate units, and with external partners. Leads and guides integrated planning teams and working groups to build consensus, deconflict requirements, and ensure unity of effort in support of the command's strategic objectives.
Requirements and Resource Integration
Serves as a subject matter expert on the integration of resources into planning. Analyzes and validates programmatic requirements, ensures that plans are resource-informed and provides expert input into the command's resource allocation and corporate processes.
Articulates planning-driven requirements to the appropriate resource managers.
Required Experience
Knowledge of planning and analysis principles to develop and assess strategies, operational plans, and programmatic requirements.
Skill in leading and facilitating cross-functional teams and working groups to build consensus, solve complex problems, and integrate efforts across a large organization.
Ability to coordinate and synchronize planning efforts across a headquarters staff, with subordinate units, and with external partners to ensure unity of effort.
Skill in analysis and communication to assess the effectiveness of plans, identify risks or gaps, and clearly articulate well-researched findings and recommendations to mid- and senior-level leaders.
Knowledge of requirements and resource allocation processes to ensure that plans are resource-informed and to effectively advocate for planning-driven programmatic needs.
Preferred Experience
A branch chief who can turn requirements (more specifically related to accessions and initial-training needs) from across the command into one prioritized demand signal the CC can defend. They should know the pipeline well enough to test a weak case, and experienced enough to leave the requirement with the delta when appropriate. The Branch Chief can turn an operational shortfall into a clear, documented need the command can prioritize and the service can resource.
Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities
Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise. May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments. Employee needs to obtain and maintain approval to access the portfolio of Special Access Programs required to perform daily duties.
This position is designated as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Testing Program. Illegal drug use by employees in sensitive positions present a clear threat to the mission of the Air Force, national security, and public safety. It is required that you
- (a) refrain from the use of illegal drugs and
- (b) if requested, submit to urinalysis testing.
Certificates/Security Clearances/Other
Position is designated special-sensitive and requires a TOP SECRET (TS) security clearance with eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), other intelligence-related Special Sensitive information, or involvement in Top Secret Special Access Programs (SAP) to fully perform the duties and responsibilities of the position. A non-disclosure agreement must be signed. Employeemust be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret w/SCI clearance.