Summary:

The SL – Lessons Learned Specialist will support the USSOCOM J-7 Joint Special Operations Forces (SOF) Development and Design directorate with a Lessons Learned Program (LLP). The J79-LL, SOF Lessons Learned (LL) Program is responsible for the SOF Lesson Learned Program (SOFLLP). The SOFLLP applies lessons learned to the full range of joint operations to develop policy and for gathering, developing, and disseminating joint lessons learned across the DoD. The purpose of this task is to support CDR USSOCOM with critical information for SOF Force Development and Force Design and related HQ Lines of Operation. Each of these LLP’s will execute their duties through collection, data management, analytics, and dissemination of essential insights to support the mission. These duties include the discovery, knowledge development, implementation, and sharing of observations, issues/insights, lessons, and best practices from operations, activities and investments (OAI).

Specific duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Oversee Component LL processes employing knowledge of Component Commands’ current and historical staff roles, areas of responsibility and subordinate organizations. 
• Interpret Component Command senior-level guidance and incorporate into the LL planning and execution of engagements, experiments, and exercises to resolve issues based on newly collected observations, insights and lessons learned.
• Manage Component Lessons Learned analytical studies involving programs or policies cutting across the military Services and government agencies and incorporates adjustments to doctrine, policy, training, equipping, and organizing (BA/BS level documentation).
• Regularly meet with Component Commands military leadership to provide recommendations on focus area studies, command synchronization efforts and quarterly feedback.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to develop standards for new or existing requirements that may alter training or operational missions and programs.
• Manage all CONUS/OCONUS administrative requirements for supported personnel including travel, clearances, country bulletins, reports, etc.
• Compile Before Action Reports (BAR), After Action Reports (AAR), Executive Summaries, Post Activity Bulletins and Requests for Information (RFI). Documentation shall be complete, include substantiated findings with recommendations, be distribution ready and consistent with a high level of quality control. The documentation shall also be audience-specific and captured at the appropriate security level.
• Develop and maintain an electronic continuity resource that may be accessed by all stakeholders. To include key resources and points of contact.
• Travel to select locations on military aircraft, vessels, and vehicles, to conduct specified LL collection efforts, to ensure that real-time lessons are collected in both hostile and non-hostile areas of operations.

Required Qualifications:

• BA/BS Humanities, Science, Business, Mathematics – OR – Prior service E8, CW3, or O4 can be substituted for education requirements 
• 7 years of prior service experience, including 2 years of experience working with a Component staff as a staff officer/NCO supporting the DOTMLPF-P, SOFCIDS process
• 1 years’ experience using unclassified and classified collaborative communications systems, such as MS TEAMS, ZOOM, or similar virtual meeting platforms
• Graduate from Component specific SOF qualified course or additional service requirement for the supported unit.

Clearance:  Requires an active TOP SECRET clearance

Location: Camp Lejeune, NC 

Travel: Travel is required to various CONUS and OCONUS non-hazardous and OCONUS hazardous locations in order to collect observations, insights, and lessons to accomplish the objectives of this task.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION Yorktown Systems Group, Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, are a committed team of dedicated former military and civilian professionals who believe in providing ethical and quality services to Government customers. Our leadership team is composed primarily of Veterans who are now serving in a corporate environment rather than in uniform. Our customer's missions become our own and we are committed to working as a team to achieve success. Because of the depth and experiences of our corporate leadership, we can assure all our customers that "we will do what we say we can do" and will focus on our customer's missions rather than corporate goals. Our business model is based on a personal commitment from our leaders to maintain contact with our customers to continually and consistently gauge our performance. Yorktown Systems Group was founded on the idea that providing quality and ethical services with a laser focus on our customer's goals is an effective long-term business model. Our mission, therefore, is to help our customers meet their requirements and goals. The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This provision shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of such employee's essential job functions discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless such disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or is consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. The Unconventional, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yorktown Systems Group, Inc.

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