If you love high profile and challenging projects supporting the U.S. Marine Corps, Serco has great opportunities for you! We have a requirement for a number of Senior Operational Planning subject matter experts (SMEs) that will be part of a dynamic team serving at the headquarters, Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC). Your expertise, energy and enthusiasm will positively impact outcomes in a region of great strategic interest to the United States. Serco currently supports the Marine Corps through the MARFORPAC IDIQ contract vehicle. Currently, we provide onsite support to the MARFORPAC G-3, the I Marine Expeditionary Force G-1, and the 1st Marine Division G-3.

This position is contingent upon your ability to maintain your TS/SCI Clearance.

The Senior Operational Planner SMEs provide the command with demonstrated and specialized expertise to MARFORPAC on the assessment, development, refinement, coordination, integration, facilitation, and synchronization of theater, component, subordinate plans in the dynamic Indo-Pacific area of operations. These include operational concepts, campaign plans, contingency plans (CONPLANs), operational plans (OPLANs), operational orders (OPORDs), etc.

In this role you will:

• Analyze a range of INDOPACOM, MARFORPAC, Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEFs) and relate planning documentation.
• Provides operational insight and assists in the development and prioritization of requirements, strategy development, capability assessments, analyses of alternatives, and documentation development and analyses.
• Provide recommendations to plans and planning to implement opportunities, increase operational effectiveness, ensure efficient employment of limited resources, mitigate vulnerabilities and risks, and facilitate integration with joint and partners forces.
• Make recommendations for exercises that enhance the intent, effectiveness, and readiness of plans and orders in contested environment including synchronization and integration with other services and partners.
• Assist in the planning for amphibious operations in the theater.
• Support operational planning teams (OPTs) and other work group.
• Support MARFORPAC inputs into periodic assessment of planning requirement estimates and risks.
• Produce, review, and provide recommended improvement for accurate meeting minutes.
• Provide necessary updates to required tracking database systems including task tracking systems, messaging systems, and Command and Control Information Environment (C2IE) database.

To be successful in this role, you must have (required):

• Bachelors Degree in relevant field with a minimum of 10 years of operational planning experience.
• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance (may be an interim clearance).
• Experience in applying military planning process at the component and/or combatant command level.
• Travel up to 10% may required.

To be successful in this role, you should have (desired):

• Master’s (MA/MS) degree including especially graduate of military intermediate-level school, top-level school, and/or advanced warfighting studies programs.
• Extensive understanding of political military situation in the Indo-Pacific region.
• Understanding of USINDOPACOM and MARFORPAC organization, command relationships, assigned commands, and direct reporting units.
• Advanced proficiency with groupware applications (e.g., SHAREPOINT, MS Teams) and the Microsoft Office suite (e.g., MSWord, Power Point, Excel, etc.).
• Advanced proficiency in written and verbal communication.
• Critical thinking and analytic skills.
• Comfortable working with a wide range of stakeholders and functional teams.

**Serco Inc. is using this posting for the purpose of responding to a proposal. We are seeking qualified candidates in the event of a contract award. This position is not currently funded/active.  Should Serco be awarded the contract, and you meet the qualifications of the position, you will be considered in the selection process.**

In compliance with local laws regarding pay transparency, the salary range for this role is $144,889.17 to $241,481.96; however, Serco considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills

Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. In North America, Serco’s 9,000+ employees strive to make an impact every day across 100+ sites in the areas of Defense, Citizen Services, and Transportation. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state, provincial and local governments, and commercial clients. While your place may look a little different depending on your role, we know you will find yours here. Wherever you work and whatever you do, we invite you to discover your place in our world. Serco is a place you can count on and where you can make an impact because every contribution matters.

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