Strategic Information Operations Planning Support SME with Security Clearance

---

Job description

Who we are: Lawelawe is a Native Hawaiian Owned Small Disadvantaged Business (NHO SDB) that specializes in providing a range of services to federal government clients, including program management, digital solutions, human capital and training, and medical staffing. Lawelawe leverages our NHO status to secure federal contracts that not only drive business success but also support our overall mission to uplift economically disadvantaged Native Hawaiian families and preserve the Native Hawaiian heritage. You Are: You're an experienced Information Operations (IO) professional with a deep understanding of the complexities of the Information Environment (IE). You thrive in collaborative environments, working seamlessly with Combatant Command (CCMD) and Unified Command staff, as well as joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multi-national (JIIM) partners. Your expertise lies in mission analysis, problem-solving, and the creative application of information-related capabilities (IRC) to achieve operational success. You bring a strategic mindset, integrating intelligence community insights and innovative concepts to counter adversarial information tactics. With a strong ability to review, analyze, and operationalize directives, you excel in guiding tactical and operational planning, ensuring measures of performance (MOP) and effectiveness (MOE) are met. Your work is characterized by a keen awareness of cultural considerations and a commitment to security, accreditation, and risk management in all planning and execution phases. How you will make an impact: You will make an impact by leveraging your extensive expertise in Information Operations (IO) to enhance mission success and operational effectiveness. By serving as a key advisor, you will ensure seamless integration and synchronization of IO efforts across Combatant Command (CCMD) staff, subordinate units, and JIIM partners. Your ability to conduct thorough mission analysis, develop innovative strategies, and apply creative problem-solving will directly contribute to countering adversarial actions in the Information Environment (IE). Your contributions will also include the operationalization of IO-related directives, where your guidance will be crucial in refining tactical and operational plans. By tracking and measuring performance (MOP) and effectiveness (MOE), you will provide actionable insights that drive continuous improvement and ensure mission objectives are met. Through your strategic vision, attention to cultural nuances, and commitment to security and risk management, you will play a pivotal role in shaping successful outcomes in complex, multi-dimensional operational environments. Responsibilities: Support and serve as an IO functional expert and action officer, conducting strategic and theater deliberate, contingency, and crisis planning support at the COCOM level.
When required, provide briefings to CDR USSOUTHCOM and J-staff directors and other staff elements. Conduct meetings and briefings with US ambassadors, country teams, and foreign military and civilian officials when required.
Support coordination between the SOUTHCOM J39 and other internal and external senior and junior staff agencies and elements.
Provide support on IO actions, policy, and authorities, which may include developing proposed IO Strategy, Guidance, and Concept of Operations (CONOP), coordinating themes and messages, gaining situational awareness, and providing support to Operational Planning Teams (OPT) and working groups, and preparing IO input for USSOUTHCOM Numbered Plans, OPORDS, FRAGOs, and EXORDs. These documents, CONOPS, briefings, etc., must be ready and error-free prior to the due date.
Support unified, component, subordinate commands, and JTF-level staff to communicate current IO, OPSEC, and MISO policy, doctrine, best practices, procedures, and employment.
Provide support for compiling and reporting accurate data to measure the performance of all IO programs and activities. Support Theater IO campaign planning, ISO the Theater Campaign Plan. These documents, CONOPS, briefings, etc., must be ready and error-free prior to the due date.
Preparation of information papers, decision papers, CONOPs, correspondence, briefings, SJS taskings, and other joint documents required to support the IO mission.
Support the government by coordinating and synchronizing USSOUTHCOM IO and IRC in the AOR, with coordination completed per government timelines. Coordinate IO with other COCOMs and DOD IO supporting agencies.
Provide IO planning support and coordination to U.S. Country Team and Office of Security Cooperation to assist in the planning and conduct of IO to include assisting PNs develop a capacity to conduct IO.
Provide support and input to the Joint Training Management System (JTMS), Joint Lessons Learned System (JLLS), and Defense Reporting Readiness System (DRRS), and Theater Security Cooperation Management Information System (TSCMIS).
Support the integration of DOD Rewards Program into USSOUTHCOM IO plans, programs, and activities.
Contractor shall provide simultaneous planner support for the following key areas: Current Operations, Future Operations, Future Plans, Military Information Support Operations (MISO), Deliberate Theater and Strategic Plans, Contingency and Crisis Operations.
Contractor shall provide planner support for Theater Integration, Readiness and Command Exercises and Conferences, OPSEC Surveys, Counter Transnational Organized Crime (C-TOC), PN and USSOUTHCOM Campaign Plan (SCP) engagements, Network Exploitation, FBI and Interagency, assigned Battle Rhythm Boards, Bureaus, Centers, Cells, and Working Groups (B2C2WG) and Operational Planning Teams.
Maintain coordination with the USSOUTHCOM Public Affairs Office, J5, J7/9, Strategic Communications Office, and other Interagency offices and organizations as required weekly and daily during crisis events.
Contractor shall moderate IO and IRC working groups and OPTs when required.
When tasked, provide advice and assistance to senior USSOUTHCOM leadership on planning, conducting, and coordinating strategic and operational IO.
Submit monthly status reports NLT 10 days after the first day of the following month covering key tasks completed during the previous month.
USSOUTHCOM IO advisor to the J39, Information Related Capabilities Working Group, and other staff offices for all matters of information operations and staffing daily.
Plan and draft work schedules, meetings, operational planning teams, and other staff managerial functions per J39 timeline to support COCOM planning and operations.
Assist daily in the management of J39 IO planning support to ensure proper staff functioning to include briefing preparation, IO portal page maintenance, document preparation, IO travel coordination, IT support coordination, weekly property accountability, maintenance of work area, support in materials acquisition. Standard is no errors in delivery prior to task requirement date. Must meet USSOUTHCOM policy objectives or per guidance from Chief of Staff, Office of Primary Responsibility, or J39-provided standards.
Focus and coordinate IO team representation daily in the Joint Effects Steering Group, Joint Effects Working Group, Strategic Assessments Working Group, Joint Effects Board, and the CDR's Effects Board. Action and coordinate taskings by these groups and provide required inputs. This is to be done for every B2C2WG event when scheduled.
Assist daily in the development of non-kinetic targets and integrate into command target priority list.
Maintain required daily coordination across the USSOUTHCOM staff, Interagency and DOD targeting, effects, and assessments offices and organizations.
Consolidate situation reports, monthly division briefings, and coordination of operational requirements to outside agencies, Joint Staff and service components.
Responsible daily for maintaining government property inventory for contract personnel to include common items used to support contract functions.
Assist daily in the preparation of documents, memorandums, and system support and content to computer-based IO and IRC data.
Assist daily in executive preparation of materials (briefings, etc.) to ensure the functioning of staff tasks. Data prepared without error 72 hours prior to submission to tasking authority.
Support and serve as action officer for IO conducting strategic and theater deliberate, contingency, and crisis planning support at the COCOM level.
Provide support on IO actions, policy and authorities, which may include developing proposed IO Strategy, Guidance, Concept of Operations (CONOP), coordinating themes and messages, gaining situational awareness and providing support to Operational Planning Teams (OPT) and working groups, and preparing IO input for USSOUTHCOM Numbered Plans, OPORDS, FRAGOs, and EXORDs. These documents, CONOPS, briefings, etc., must be ready and error free 48 hours prior to the due date.
Provide support to unified, component, subordinate commands and JTF level staff to communicate current IO, OPSEC and MISO policy, doctrine, best practices, procedures, and employment.
Conduct Theater IO campaign planning ISO the Theater Campaign Plan.
Provide support compiling and reporting accurate data to measure the performance of all IO programs and activities. Support Theater IO campaign planning ISO the Theater Campaign Plan. These documents, CONOPS, briefings, etc., must be ready and error free 48 hours prior to the due date.
Preparation of information papers, decision papers, CONOPs, correspondence, briefings, SJS taskings, and other joint documents required to support the IO mission 24 hours prior to suspense date with all re-writes completed click apply for full job details

<!– job description page –>