Strategic Planner- Rock Island, IL

About the role

As a Strategic Planner you will be part of the Global Logistics and Support Services (GLASS) team supporting Army Sustainment Command (ASC) at Rock Island, IL. Your role involves assisting with providing ASC the visibility at TS/SCI level events, preparing and developing staff estimates, courses of action, Operations Orders (OPORDs), Fragmentary Orders (FRAGORDs), and Warning Orders (WARNORDs).

Responsibilities

• Assist with providing ASC the visibility at TS/SCI level events.
• Aid in the preparation and development of staff estimates, courses of action, Operations Orders (OPORDs), Fragmentary Orders (FRAGORDs), and Warning Orders (WARNORDs) related to the Combatant Commanders (COCOMs), joint service component commands, HQ Department of the Army (HQDA), and Army Materiel Command (AMC) plans and orders.
• Analyze and evaluate ASC’s role and mission within the Army.
• Conduct mid and long-range planning.
• Implement action plans.
• Develop detailed sustainment concepts at the 3- and 4-star level commands.
• Create Time Phased Force Deployment Data to support mobilization of sustainment assets.
• Collaborate with the AFSB on regional and worldwide plans.
• Prepare briefings and special studies.
• Maintain operations and plans files in a format/location accessible to ASC.
• Monitor and track changing requirements.
• Perform gap analysis for OPLANs and CONPLANs.
• May be required to travel to remote locations and provide detailed analysis/estimates for emerging mission requirements (e.g., site surveys).

Qualifications

• An active DoD Top Secret (TS)/Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (SCI) security clearance.
• US Citizenship.
• A Bachelor’s degree plus 10 years experience working in support of a Joint, U.S. Army, or component level headquarters.
• An Associate's degree and 12 years experience working in support of a Joint, U.S. Army, or component level headquarters.
• A High School Diploma and 14 years experience working in support of a Joint, U.S. Army, or component level headquarters.
• Graduate of either the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) or Joint Informational Operational Planners Course (JIPOC) are preferred; however not mandatory.
• Should be graduates of military Intermediate Level Education (MEL4) program, the Support Operations Course (Phase 2), and have logistics experience in deployment/combat in a support operations position.
• Possess a functional understanding of the Joint Operation Planning Process (JOPP).
• Broad knowledge of the Army sustainment enterprise at the Department of the Army and how it relates to other procuring headquarters, USTRANSCOM, and other ASCC headquarters is required to ensure strategic lines of communication are nested with current capabilities to enlist support across a wide array of sustainment organizations.
• Recent experience working at the one star or higher level command.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint at the intermediate level.
• The ability to travel up to 10%.

Skills

• Functional understanding of the Joint Operation Planning Process (JOPP).
• Broad knowledge of the Army sustainment enterprise at the Department of the Army and how it relates to other procuring headquarters, USTRANSCOM, and other ASCC headquarters.
• Recent experience working at the one star or higher level command.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

Benefits

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