Description
Personnel Recovery Operations Specialist:
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Job Summary
B&A is looking for a Personnel Recovery Operations Specialist to join a contract with the federal government in support of an important mission. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with a great team while supporting USPACOM’s strategic and operational Personnel Recovery (PR) objectives by providing PR expertise and advising the Joint Personnel Recovery Center (JPRC) Director and PR Branch Chief on courses of action. Responsibilities include contributing to the development and revision of PR regulations, directives, and theater plans; supporting theater PR integration for assigned, apportioned, or transiting forces; and supporting PR readiness and training. You will also participate in exercises, support contingency response operations, and perform watchstanding duties during regular and non-duty hours, including weekends, holidays, and night shifts.
Responsibilities
Provide detailed monitoring of the command’s PR architecture, posture status, and mission tracking. All reporting is performed in accordance with established PACOM JPRC standard operating procedures.
Perform roles and responsibilities via existing or emerging classified and/or unclassified (Outlook, MiRC, etc.) cyber tools and follow the common operating picture on classified and/or unclassified systems.
Track and report status of theater PR assets and advise JPRC director on emerging requirements regarding changes to PR forces or their positioning.
Provide detailed inputs to the development or modification of theater PR plans, intelligence, and/or information operations in support of PR.
Deliver direct support (via inputs, material gathering, and information capture) to the development/update of theater PR mission analysis.
Support the prosecution/resolution of theater isolating events to include monitoring/coordinating PR execution tasks (report, locate, support, recover, reintegrate) during all phases of operations and/or exercises.
Contribute to the establishment/maintenance of positive relationships throughout the command headquarters, the service components, the sub-unified commands, and the interagency. Build or leverage relationships with key actors as pertains to PR, and advocate for the increase of PR capabilities throughout the command.
Prepare venues, talking points, and briefing products for PR working groups and participate in PR working groups and/or headquarters exercises while capturing “minutes” for lessons learned or after-action reviews.
Operate JPRC equipment and software tools (existing and emerging) for the coordination of PR processes during all phases of operations and/or exercises. This includes, but is not limited to, cyber network processing terminals with access to mapping software, “chat” tools, and near-real time communications such as e-mail, voice, and virtual conferencing.
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s Degree, or inlieu of degree, at least 10 years of experience in the DoD.
Required Skills
Knowledge of PR authorities, doctrine, and procedures to include published regulations and manuals.
Familiarity with strategic/campaign plans and the PR appendix to combatant command OPLANS.
Experience developing and…