Communications Synchronization Strategic Planner

About the Position

Dexis is recruiting for an experienced Communications Synchronization Strategic Planner to support U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) in developing and synchronizing strategic communication efforts. The position focuses on integrating communication plans across Public Affairs, Information Operations, and Key Leader Engagement while ensuring alignment with U.S. Government strategic messaging. This position is contingent upon contract award.

Responsibilities:

The Communications Synchronization Strategic Planner will develop and coordinate comprehensive communication strategies that support USCENTCOM objectives. This role involves managing Key Leader Engagement data, developing strategic messaging content, and ensuring synchronization of communication efforts between USCENTCOM, subordinate commands, Joint Staff, and interagency partners.

Key duties include:

• Providing expertise on the development and synchronization of Communication strategies and plans
• Providing subject matter expertise input during the drafting of Key Leader Engagement (KLE) policies
• Providing recommendations in the design of KLE management tools and managing data within these tools, to include KLE data, KLE read-outs, and strategic messaging content as appropriate.
• Providing senior onsite support to the development of Communication initiatives or strategies including themes, narratives, actions, activities, and key audience identification
• Tracking key themes and messages from USG leaders to keep Concept Plans and OPLANs communication efforts synchronized with USG strategic messaging.
• Providing expertise on methodologies and processes for unifying communications efforts between USCENTCOM, subordinate commands, Joint Staff, and Inter-agency.
• Providing expertise on the integration of Communication plans, operations and assessments across the disciplines of Public Affairs, Information Operations, and Key Leader Engagement.
• Coordinating with appropriate USCENTCOM directorates to align communication efforts in support of designated plans
• Developing and delivering, as required, effective oral and written presentations, to include briefs to senior leaders, on topics within the scope of the task order
• Developing and updating, as needed, Annex Y: Commander's Communication Strategy for CONPLAN s, OPLANs, and OPORDs
• Providing coordination of FOIAs and MDRs according to legal standards set by the various laws governing the processing, declassification, and release of information from designated USCENTCOM files. This includes thorough searching of files controlled by CCJ5 for information relevant for government personnel to determine declassification and ability to disseminate information based on a detailed knowledge of existing legal statutes, current USCENTCOM information strategies and advising CCJ5 on the FOIA and MDR Program in accordance with USCENTCOM directives to ensure plans and orders are properly safeguarded

Qualifications

• Have a minimum of 5 years of planning experience in at least one information related area: Public Affairs (PA), Information Operations (IO), Key Leader Engagements (KLE), or Civil Affairs (CA)
• Experience in developing strategic communication plans
• Strong written and oral presentation skills
• Appropriate security clearance (TS/SCI or Secret, depending on position)

Preferred Qualifications

• Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) I completion
• Corporate Marketing experience
• Prior experience at USCENTCOM
• Knowledge of CENTCOM Area of Responsibility