Operations in the Information Environment (OIE) Advantage Targeting Planner – DoD TS/SCI – Camp Humphreys - Korea

Peraton is seeking an experienced OIE Advantage Targeting Planner, in support of a US Government client at Camp Humphrey in South Korea, to provide targeting planning ana analysis in support of the OIE (Operations in the Information Environment).

This Position is an accompanied OCONUS assignment at Camp Humphreys Korea

As our OIE Targeting Planner you will have the opportunity to:

• Manage the command’s integrated strategic communications process, coordinating with a broad range of stakeholders, and aligning information forces and activities to the campaign plan.
• Apply a targeting-like methodology to information and strategic communications planning from the identification of desired effects, through execution and assessment.
• Understand the nuances between traditional fires/targeting and a cognitive-focused targeting-like process.
• Advise and educate core information planners and information forces on the targeting-like methodology needed to achieve strategic objectives in the information environment.
• Provide expert mission analysis, analytic problem solving, and assessment skills.
• Creatively employ information forces and information capabilities
• Support the development of innovative concepts to counter adversarial use of information and malign narratives
• Develop plans and concepts to leverage the inherent informational aspects of joint force activities in the theater.
• Conduct target audience analysis and open source research to establish baselines for future campaign and operational assessments.
• Conduct assessment of information activities and OIE. Identify and track measures of performance through attainment of measures of effectiveness
• Support broad spectrum strategic communications planning with J39/IO, COMMSTRAT, PAO, and other stakeholders
• Have an expert knowledge of joint targeting
• Have a working knowledge of information operations (IO), military deception (MILDEC), public affairs (PAO), key leader engagements (KLE), civil affairs (CA), communication strategy (COMMSTRAT) operations security (OPSEC), or other cognitive-focused information activities.
• Understand how to integrate and synchronize joint information capabilities and activities.
• Demonstrate expertise in oral, visual, & written communications and briefing techniques.
• Be able to effectively advise, negotiate and persuade various managers, military officials, and senior leaders
• Demonstrate effectiveness at gaining acceptance of recommended concepts, ideas, guidance, policies and regulations. 

Required Qualifications: 

• Minimum of 8 years of planning experience with BS/BA, minimum of 6 years with MS/MA. May consider an additional four years of relevant experience in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree.
• Expertise in joint targeting, operational planning process, military decision-making process, and military campaign plan planning, and knowledge of developing and accessing tactical and operational level OIE plans and orders.
• Have a minimum of 5 years of experience with non-lethal targeting at the service or joint level in support of operations at Combatant Commands or Joint Task Forces.
• Knowledge of service departments (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force) functions and their relationships to COCOM to coordinate OIE in appropriate channels, e.g., Army, Navy, Air Force, or Joint with experience with joint and/or combined military operations and interagency coordination with knowledge of DoD, joint, and Army service doctrine, regulations, and policies.
• Able to develop planning processes and lead planning teams.
• Experience with integrating, coordinating, and synchronizing adjacent and supporting operations, as well as developing support for related capabilities and their activities. Be familiar with, certified in, or have applicable operational/field time experience in one or more of the following:
  • Psychological Operations
  • Public Affairs
  • Civil Affairs
  • COMMSTRAT
  • OPSEC
• Ability to work effectively within a task organized working groups
• Adept at developing and utilizing information products that leverage current and emerging technologies to inform planning, improve coordination, and enable timely decisions.
• Must possess a valid US Passport, not expiring within 6 months
• Current DoD Top Secret security clearance, with ability to obtain TS/SCI 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Joint targeting school graduate
• Experience as a non-lethal targeting officer at COCOM or other strategic command
• Experience with the INDOPACOM AOR
• Expertise in planning, integrating, and coordinating with interagency and intelligence community entities
• Must demonstrate creative thinking and ability to learn new skills .
• Must be flexible and adaptable
• Relevant information operations training such as:
  • Joint information operations planner course
  • Defense OPSEC planner course
  • MISO planners course
  • MILDEC planners course
  • Irregular warfare course

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