What you will be doing:

• Provide expertise to facilitate Concepts of Operations (CONOP), Course of Action (COA) development, and other activities related to Advanced Special Operations (ASO), Preparation of the Environment (PE), Unconventional Warfare (UW), NAR/Personnel Recovery (PR)/Search and Rescue (SAR), and other sensitive programs throughout the US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR).
• Assist in the development and coordination of sensitive activities projects, collection requests, and requests for information for assigned and/or deployed collectors focused on the USNORTHCOM AOR.
• Provide COA, analysis, recommendations and evaluation of reports and products developed by Special Operations personnel conducting HUMINT and other compartmentalized programs.
• Coordinate, execute, attend, and participate in interagency committee meetings, conferences, and working groups for the coordination and de-confliction of operations affecting the USNORTHCOM AOR.
• Prepare briefs for Commander SOCNORTH (CDRSOCNORTH) that inform other Combatant Commands (COCOM), the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), Intelligence Partners, and Congress on the capabilities, limitations, and value of ASO operations within the USNORTHCOM AOR.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for the development and review of operational requirement tasking for ASO overt and controlled operations currently assigned in the AOR. This includes making recommendations on the prioritization of operational tasks for appropriate activities and incorporating tasks when additional requirements are received.
• Facilitate the development of ODs, OPs, Operational Orders (OPORD), CONOP, Contingency Plans (CONPLAN), Automated Message Handling System (AMHS) traffic, Coordination Elements cables, and other official communications for units Operational Control (OPCON) to assigned Command, to include input to all other documents pertinent to assigned countries.
• Facilitate developing strategies for implementing collection requirements to integrate ASO into UW, PE, and NAR/PR/SAR operations in the AOR.
• Facilitate discussions in intelligence collection meetings to satisfy long-range campaign plan recommendations.
• Ensure OPSEC is incorporated into all products to ensure integrity of developed recommendations.
• Provide expertise in support of HUMINT collection and HUMINT Operations Support programs.
• Maintain knowledge of Joint Special Operations Forces (JSOF) doctrine, Tactics, Techniques, & Procedures (TTP), and mission profiles.
• Maintain knowledge of adversaries’ methods of conducting operations.
• Track SOF operations and sensitive activities that occur in foreign or domestic environments throughout the AOR and identify mitigation measures.
• Communicate with personnel within SOCNORTH, other Geographic/Functional Combatant Commands, Interagency, and law enforcement partners to inform of SOCNORTH J3X duties, roles, and responsibilities as they pertain to the USNORTHCOM AOR.
• Perform duties to support for up to two exercises and contingency operations annually that are approximately five days in duration each. These events will necessitate flexibility with work hours (i.e. shift work or work days in excess of eight hours).

What you will need:

• BA/BS degree with a master’s degree highly desired.  Education may be traded for experience per the GSA OASIS model contract policies and procedures.
• 8 years of applicable experience supporting multi-source intelligence collection, processing, reporting, and analysis requirements with hands-on experience supporting ASO, PE, UW, and/or NAR/PR/SAR missions in the DoD environment. 
• Experience with HUMINT collection and operations support. 
• Understanding and familiarity with intelligence collection and processing tools, processes, and procedures used by functional and geographic COCOMs and experience supporting SOF requirements. 
• Advanced Special Operations Techniques Course, Advanced Special Operations Techniques Manager’s Course, and Any Special Forces Intelligence Courses highly desired
• Top Secret/SCI clearance required
• CI Poly highly desired