Effects Planner

Job Title: Effects PlannerJob Category: IntelligenceTime Type: Full timeMinimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCIEmployee Type: RegularPercentage of Travel Required: Up to 25%Type of Travel: Local* * *

The Opportunity:
Join a team dedicated to advancing national security through innovative irregular warfare and operations expertise. CACI is looking for individuals to join a program that delivers mission-critical advisory, training, and operational support services that help mission partners stay ahead of rapidly evolving global threats. Working across geographic and functional combatant commands, these professionals play a vital role in developing, integrating, and sustaining mission-ready task forces that enhance joint force effectiveness and operational success.
This is an opportunity to contribute to high-impact missions, collaborate with experienced professionals, and support strategic operations that strengthen our nation's defense capabilities around the world. Candidates who thrive in dynamic environments, embrace complex challenges, and are committed to mission excellence will find meaningful opportunities for growth and impact within CACI and on this team.

Responsibilities:

• Applies effects-driven planning to integrate information and/or special capabilities (e.g. PSYOP, IO, Cyber, Space, EW, OPSEC, STO, SAP, ACCM, DDA) into coherent operational concepts supporting campaign objectives.

• Integrates intelligence and develops collection requirements to inform planning, execution, and decision-making.

• Performs network, target system or nodal analysis leveraging diverse intelligence, information and data sources to inform operational targeting and mission planning

• Conducts operational-level target development process, nominating specific targets or actions that support the overall campaign plan.

• Coordinates and synchronizes effects-driven planning and execution with interagency partners, allies, partners, academia, industry vendors, and DoD/DoW stakeholders to ensure unity of effort and de-confliction.

• Assesses risks, dependencies, and second- and third-order effects associated with sensitive and compartmented activities to inform effects prioritization and sequencing across partners.

• Ensures legal, policy, attribution, and operational risk considerations are integrated into plans while producing decision-quality assessments, briefs, and recommendations for senior leaders.

• Manages review and approval processes for sensitive operations

• Develops and incorporates measures of performance and effectiveness, evaluation frameworks, and assessment plans to support refinement of plans and operations.

• Facilitates senior-level meetings, briefings, planning sessions, and operational working groups to enable decision-making and mission integration.

• Produces quality briefs, recommendations, and documentation supporting sensitive activities governance, oversight, and execution

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelors of Arts/Bachelors of Science degree in a relevant field

• 3 years experience planning, coordinating, and synchronizing sensitive activities, IW, OIE, CI, HUMINT, and/or compartmented military or IC activities (e.g. IJISTO, SAP, ACCM, etc).

• 5+ years demonstrated experience in military planning processes including Joint Planning Process (JPP), military decision-making process, joint targeting process, and/or military campaign planning

• Active TS clearance and SCI eligible; willingness to submit to CI Poly

• Proficient in standard military software applications and communication systems

• Demonstrated experience briefing or delivering written operational concepts to executive/senior-level (GO/FO/SES) decision makers 

Desired:

• Completion of advanced OIE or IW relevant training such as FA30 Information Operations Qualification Course, Joint Information Planners Course (JIPC (formerly JIOPC)), OPSEC Planners Course, MILDEC Planners Course, PSYOP Planners Course, Joint Targeting School, Joint Intermediate Target Development Course (or similar service school), STO Planner's Course, Advanced Special Operations Managers Course, Source Operations Course (HUMINT), Special Operations Forces Network Development Course, a US Government Counterintelligence Badge and Credential producing course

• Knowledgeable in intelligence disciplines (e.g. HUMINT, CI Operations, etc), capabilities, limitations, and platforms and relevant Intelligence Community Directives.

Experience with IW or Sensitive Activities planning at the operational level, to include experience at CCMD, Service Component Command, Joint Task Force level or similar organization.

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What You Can Expect:

 A culture of integrity.

At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.

An environment of trust.

CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. You’ll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.

A focus on continuous growth.

Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground — in your career and in our legacy.

Pay Range:

There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.

The proposed salary range for this position is:

$65,000 - $136,500