Planning Support Subject Matter Expert
Location
Camp Smith, HI
Job Type
Full-time
Category
other-general
Posted
June 06, 2026
**Description**
The Operational Planning & Posture SME is the branch’s technical/functional authority for deliberate planning support and posture-related planning integration. The role defines and sustains planning-support rigor—standards, quality gates, and expert advisory—so high-visibility products remain coherent, defensible, and aligned with guidance across the Joint Planning and Execution Community (JPEC). Unlike the Senior role, the SME does not own daily suspense tracking/battle rhythm execution; the SME intervenes where complexity, risk, or ambiguity threatens outcomes.
**Key Responsibilities**
+ **Define** planning-support standards (templates, quality gates, staffing checklists, traceability expectations, version-control conventions) for branch-wide use
+ **Advise** government leads on complex planning-support approaches (staffing strategy, integration paths, decision points, adjudication methods)
+ **Perform** senior technical review o...
The Operational Planning & Posture SME is the branch’s technical/functional authority for deliberate planning support and posture-related planning integration. The role defines and sustains planning-support rigor—standards, quality gates, and expert advisory—so high-visibility products remain coherent, defensible, and aligned with guidance across the Joint Planning and Execution Community (JPEC). Unlike the Senior role, the SME does not own daily suspense tracking/battle rhythm execution; the SME intervenes where complexity, risk, or ambiguity threatens outcomes.
**Key Responsibilities**
+ **Define** planning-support standards (templates, quality gates, staffing checklists, traceability expectations, version-control conventions) for branch-wide use
+ **Advise** government leads on complex planning-support approaches (staffing strategy, integration paths, decision points, adjudication methods)
+ **Perform** senior technical review o...