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Effects Planner - Expert

Core One
Tampa, FLPosted 5 weeks ago

Role Overview

Core One is hiring a principal-level Effects Planner - Expert. This is a contract role in Tampa. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.

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Job description

Join our team at Core One! Our mission is to be at the forefront of devising analytical, operational and technical solutions to our Nation's most complex national security challenges. In order to achieve our mission, Core One values people first! We are committed to recruiting, nurturing, and retaining top talent! We offer a competitive total compensation package that sets us apart from our competition. Core One is a team-oriented, dynamic, and growing company that values exceptional performance!

*This position requires TS/SCI w/ability to sit for CI Poly

Responsibilities:

The Effects Planner facilitates and coordinates all aspects of operational-level planning, synchronization, and integration. They provide planning support encompassing analytics, assessments, target development, and planning advocacy for subordinate commands. Planners refine and align priorities with national-level objectives, ensuring operational goals are nested within strategic directives. They draft special operations related documents, including plans, orders, and authoritative guidance, and advise military staff on their interpretation and application. The contractor shall perform tasks such as:

  • Lead cross-functional planning teams to synchronize effects into a cohesive operational plan.
  • Facilitate working groups to deconflict resources, timing, and objectives between different subordinate commands and staff sections.
  • Conduct analysis to identify key vulnerabilities and nodes within a target system that, if acted upon, will produce the desired effect.
  • Develop Measures of Performance (MOPs) and Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) to assess whether an operation is achieving its intended results.
  • Lead the operational-level target development process, nominating specific targets or actions that support the overall campaign plan.
  • Analyze the results of ongoing operations and provide formal assessments to leadership on their effectiveness.
  • Analyze national-level strategic guidance to ensure all operational plans and priorities are nested within and supportive of strategic directives.
  • Refine, prioritize, and advocate for the plans and resource requirements of subordinate commands during higher-level planning conferences.
  • Draft, write, and staff major special operations related documents, such as Concept of Operations (CONPLANs), Operations Orders (OPORDs), and formal planning guidance.
  • Serve as the subject matter expert on a published plan, advising military staff and subordinate units on its interpretation, application, and intent.
  • Prepare and deliver briefings to senior leaders on the details of a proposed or current plan, outlining the intended effects and synchronization.

Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in Public Policy, Government, International Affairs/Relations, or closely related discipline; or War College graduate.
  • Minimum 20 years of combined work-related experience with minimum of 10 years since 2015 as a Planner at the O-6 or higher level within USSOCOM Enterprise or Interagency equivalent.
  • Demonstrates ability to define problems, supervise studies and lead surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions.
  • Demonstrates analytic leadership and expertise in identifying, planning, developing, and executing analytic production methodologies, tradecraft and techniques aligned with Planning activities.
  • Demonstrates extensive ability to provide strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to Defense planners and policymaker (e.g. General/Flag Officer level or higher).
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional planning teams.
  • Experience facilitating working groups to deconflict resources, timing, and objectives between different subordinate commands and staff sections.
  • Skilled at translating complex operational problems into clear, concise briefings and reports that directly inform planning and operations.
  • Works with a high degree of autonomy to tackle difficult and ambiguous planning scenarios
  • Ability to identify key vulnerabilities and nodes within a target system that, if acted upon, will produce the desired effect.

Security Clearance: TS/SCI with ability to sit for CI Poly.

 

Core One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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Where is the Effects Planner - Expert position at Core One located?

This position is based in Tampa. Core One has not indicated remote or hybrid options for this role, so candidates should plan for on-site work.

What does a Effects Planner - Expert at Core One earn?

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When was the Effects Planner - Expert role at Core One posted?

This role was posted on June 11, 2026 (35 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.

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