LMI is seeking a Logistics Planner/Operational Contract Support (OCS) Analyst for a position supporting the Joint Staff (J4), OCS Division in the Pentagon. This is a great opportunity to join an established team setting the conditions to better plan and manage commercial capabilities in military operations. This position cannot be worked remotely. 

Overview.  The successful candidate will work on a team of subject matter experts to integrate commercial capabilities and OCS, a joint capability described in Joint Publication 4-10—Operational Contract Support, into joint policy, doctrine, operations and campaign planning, processes, systems, training, as well as strategic guidance and concepts. While contracted support is an immense capability and capacity represented by the private sector in military operations, OCS is the government’s capability to harness (plan for, procure, manage, and assess) that commercial capability in military operations. The ideal candidate would have recent experience in one or more of the following areas listed in preferred order:

1. Combatant Command (CCMD), Joint Task Force (JTF), or Service component command experience in planning or managing contracted support to military forces in overseas military operations or joint exercises, experience in military operations planning in a joint or Service component environment to shape, develop, and review operations and campaign plans, annexes, and appendices that integrate commercial capabilities.

• Experience drafting operational, warning, execute, and fragmentary orders
• Experience in joint planning processes, systems, or data (e.g., familiarity with joint operation planning and execution system [JOPES], global force management [GFM], time-phased force & deployment data [TPFDD])

2. Joint Staff or Office of the Secretary of Defense experience in, or working closely with, one of the following Joint Staff Directorates: (J3) Operations; (J5) Plans; (J4) Logistics; (J8) Force Structure, Resources and Assessment, (J7) Force Development; or (J2) Intelligence.

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact with senior staff, as well as tactical and operational officers. The purpose of such interaction is to persuade, motivate, influence, justify, negotiate, or resolve operations or campaign planning matters involving OCS, logistics, and operational relevance (opportunities and risks) of commercial support to operations.
• Expert proficiency in oral and written communications. The candidate must be skilled at writing concisely, expressing thoughts clearly, and developing ideas in logical sequence.  

3. Instructor experience in a military environment teaching joint operational planning, logistics, OCS, or other joint operational doctrine concepts and procedures.
4. Acquisition experience related to contingency contracting, vendor vetting, or developing operational planning factors or contract requirements supporting contingency operations.

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The primary duties of this position are to integrate commercial capabilities into joint operations and campaign planning, processes, systems, and data; review and assess operational plans and orders to ensure adequate planning for contracted support; and to support other joint force development activities (e.g., policy, doctrine) advancing the operational relevance and reality of contracted support to military operations.  To be effective, the candidate should have recent and strong operational or logistics planning experience that lends itself to the following tasks:

1. Operating within the Joint Planning Process, apply strategic and operational OCS guidance to review and offer analytical inputs to CCMD-created CONPLANS and OPLANS, WARNORDS, OPORDS, and FRAGORDS or supporting Service component plans and orders.
2. Originate, conceive, and conduct commercial capability planning and execution research, process analysis, or studies leading to:

• Improvements in joint planning, execution, and integration of commercial capabilities into joint planning processes, procedures, systems, and data
• Planning factors and methods that anticipate contracted support requirements to prompt planners
• Qualitative and quantitative analysis of logistics operations, including application of analytical and simulation models.
• OCS execution tools that enable and support CCMD/JTF headquarters OCS capability
• Instruction on OCS concepts, tactics, techniques and procedures to deploying personnel

3. Review and develop policy, instructions, joint doctrine, manuals, handbooks, procedures, briefings, talking points, information papers, training products, or other guidance as they relate to OCS and contracted support.
4. Adjust to shifts in priorities and manage multiple tasks simultaneously that may include staff support relating to current operations.

A 6-9 month objective of this position, after indoctrination and training, is to become an instructor and administrator for the Joint OCS Planning and Execution Course (JOPEC), which teaches application of OCS in planning and operations.  JOPEC is taught by a two-instructor team to students ranging from senior non-commissioned officers to field grade officers.  JOPEC instructors travel to worldwide sites for the two-week mobile courses, requiring each instructor to travel roughly 6 weeks per year. Sustainment and delivery of this joint-certified course requires coordination with hosting commands and periodic updates to continue being recent and relevant based on operational lessons.

Minimum Qualifications

*NOTE:  Any candidate with School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), Joint Advanced Warfighting (JAWS), Maritime Advanced Warfighting School (MAWS), School of Advanced Warfighting (SAW), or School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS), graduate certification is qualified for this position regardless of other experience.

• Final Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility
• Master's degree and 4 years related experience in joint planning, operational logistics, contingency contracting, or OCS as defined in Joint Publication 4-10, Operational Contract Support, OR a Bachelor's degree and 8 years related experience in joint planning, contingency contracting, or OCS
• Graduate of Phase I Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) or equivalent level joint tour(s)

 Desired Skills

• Graduate of Phase 2 JPME or equivalent level joint tour(s)
• Experience as a U.S. Army Logistics Support Plans and Operations (SPO) Officer or other joint or Service equivalent (J/G/A/N/S-4)
• Recent experience planning and executing combined and joint operations at the theater/CCMD/JTF or component level, experience with the Joint Training System, joint interagency operations planning, logistics, and civil-military operations conducted at CCMD or Service component command level
• Familiarity with key stakeholders and organizations in the joint planning process or OCS Communities of Interest

Targeted Salary Range: $120,000-$152,000

Disclaimer:

The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.

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