Nakupuna Companies

Nakupuna Companies

Operational Planning & Posture Subject Matter Expert (MARFORPAC G-5 Plans)

Honolulu, HI, US

No sponsorship$160k-$200kDetected 730 days ago
CybersecurityCompensationLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingMentoring

About the role

  • Unlike positions responsible for daily planning execution, this role provides senior-level expertise in resolving complex planning challenges, mitigating risk, and improving the quality and consistency of planning products and processes.
  • Resolve complex planning integration challenges involving conflicting guidance, misaligned assumptions, incomplete inputs, and competing priorities while recommending defensible tradeoffs and mitigation strategies.
  • Translate policy and higher headquarters guidance into actionable planning inputs and posture initiative implications, as directed by government leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Define branch-wide planning support standards, including templates, quality gates, staffing checklists, traceability expectations, and version control conventions.
  • Advise government leadership on complex planning support approaches, including staffing strategies, integration methods, decision points, and adjudication processes.
  • Conduct senior-level technical reviews of high-visibility briefing materials, information papers, and final planning documents to ensure clarity, consistency, and decision-ready quality.
  • Mentor Senior Planning Support Specialists and junior personnel through targeted reviews, coaching, and examples focused on advanced staff writing, editorial judgment, and staffing discipline.
  • Overview The Operational Planning & Posture Subject Matter Expert (SME) serves as the branch's technical and functional authority for deliberate planning support and posture planning integration.
  • This position establishes and maintains planning support standards, quality assurance measures, and expert advisory services to ensure high-visibility planning products are coherent, defensible, and aligned with guidance across the Joint Planning and Execution Community (JPEC).
  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Deep functional expertise in deliberate planning support and posture planning integration.
  • Ability to influence stakeholders through technical expertise and credible advisory support.
  • Autonomy and Accountability The Operational Planning & Posture Subject Matter Expert serves as the technical authority for planning support standards and quality review thresholds while government leadership retains final approval authority.

Requirements

  • Ability to engage in and follow audible communications in emergency situations.
  • Ability to sit for prolonged periods at a desk and working on a computer.
  • Ability to walk for extended periods throughout the work day including moving between buildings and covering long distances by foot.
  • Master's degree (or equivalent practical experience) in a relevant field.
  • Minimum of ten (10) years of experience supporting joint or Service planning and senior leader decision support, including production and critical review of staff products.
  • Ability to comply with government workplace requirements and obtain and maintain any required access or eligibility.
  • Doctoral degree in a relevant field.

Compensation

  • The projected compensation range for this position is $160,000 to $200,000 (annualized USD).
  • The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Nakupuna Companies' total compensation package for employees.

Benefits

  • Completion of career-level and intermediate-level military professional education, including Expeditionary Warfare School, Marine Corps Command and Staff College, or equivalent service schools.
  • Strongly Preferred Qualifications Intermediate or advanced operational planning education, including JAWS, SAMS, MAWS, SAASS, Service War Colleges, Joint War Colleges, or equivalent fellowships.
  • Senior Professional Military Education (PME), including Command and General Staff College (CGSC/ILE), Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Naval War College, or equivalent institutions.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Enhance Operational Planning Team (OPT) and working group outcomes by strengthening analytical framing, planning narratives, and decision-quality criteria.
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