Mid-level Collection Strategist (Contractor support to ISR collection management assessments) - CENTCOM

Description

Celestar Corporation is seeking a Mid-level Collection Strategist (Contractor support to ISR collection management assessments) supporting the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) Directorate of Intelligence (J2) located at MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida and at a variety of other locations throughout CONUS/OCONUS and the USCENTCOM Area of Responsibility (AOR). If interested and qualified, we welcome you to apply for this challenging opportunity.

ANTICIPATED AWARD MONTH: June, 2024
ANTICIPATED START MONTH: December, 2024
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 Base Year + 4 Option Years
LOCATION: CENTCOM HQ on MacDill AFB (Tampa, FL)

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT: Active TS/SCI with Poly Security Clearance

About Us:

Celestar, a Veteran Owned Company is Very Competitive with Salaries and Benefits. As an example, we offer Company Paid Benefits that include Employee and Family Dental Insurance, Employee Health Insurance, Life Insurance and Disability Insurance as well. We also offer a 401K retirement company match, paid Holidays and Personal Time off.

Responsibilities:

·        The Contractor shall research, support development of and prepare intelligence assessments in formats approved by DIA/CENTCOM, meet, or exceed DIA/CENTCOM quality and tradecraft standards, and provide products within mutually agreed upon timelines.

·        Contractor general ISR related skills and knowledge: Contractor shall utilize, build, maintain research, establish, administer, and update knowledge of the primary Collection Requirements Management systems for support to collection ISR planning, operations, and assessments.

·        Contractor must demonstrate proficiency with current collections systems used in CENTCOM AOR and be postured to readily adapt to future systems as technology and processes evolve.

·        Demonstrates CM knowledge, skills, and abilities in accordance with DoD standards to support collection ISR planning and strategy development, collection requirements management, ISR operations, and assessments for DoD CM certification and professionalization of the workforce.

·        Contractor shall attempt the DIA CCMP-F certification exam within one year.

·        Supports and performs TMT, E-Task, JSAPs, and other associated tasking mechanisms, content management, or other functions supporting collection ISR planning, operations, and assessments for overarching ISR Division daily operations. This includes support to meetings, conferences, teleconferences, and working groups as required; provide input and update the weekly wrap-ups; attend weekly ISR synch or associated meetings; knowledge and content management; assist in producing and delivering briefings to DoD, Service, and Command staff; assist in development and delivery of training; Contractor personnel shall also serve as a mission management representative on working

groups with functional or multi-disciplinary emphasis that involve collection management issues and at conferences, weekly meetings, special projects, and briefings involving areas of responsibility.

·        Collection Strategist tasks: The Contractor will sustain, further develop, and deliver an ISR dashboard depicting, at a minimum, MTI, GEOINT, FMV, SIGINT and PED effectiveness.

·        The dashboard will enable identifications of trends, warn of critical shortfalls, or warn of departure from expected norms.

·        The dashboard will be a key enabler of short-term allocation or re-allocation decisions.

·        The Dashboard will be based upon authoritative data captured according to USCENTCOM directives and contained within mission tracker spreadsheets and the Master Tracker Database.

·        Innovate, develop, and implement methods of communicating and visualizing key information.

·        Present ISR activities and operations in order to enable customers, decision makers and other ISR stakeholders to visualize trends and understand key ISR data.

·        Identify issues potentially requiring a decision or other action. The Dashboard

·        will be available on both SIPR and JWICS.

·        Assess single and multi-INT collection platforms. Detail the effectiveness of an ISR platform in achieving stated objectives, supporting Commander's priorities or meeting specified Measures of Effectiveness (MoE) and Measures of Performance (MoP). Support establishment of MoE and MoP parameters.

·        Understand customer needs specific to each assessment. Extract performance and effectiveness data.

·        Assessments will enable identification of trends and warn of critical shortfalls or departure from expected norms. Platform assessments will be a key enabler of short-term allocation or re-allocation decisions and will be available on both SIPR and JWICS. Produce well and clearly written

·        assessments in a specified format detailing the effectiveness of a collection platform, available on JWICS.

Required Experience: Minimum 8 years of experience related to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.

Desired Education: Bachelor’s degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education; or have an additional 4 years of related experience, for a total of 12 years, as a substitute to the Bachelor’s degree.

Come onboard with a company that Values its Employees!

Celestar is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, disability status, gender identity or national origin.

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Minimum physical demands for on task positions: Employee needs to be able to sit at a workstation for extended periods; use hand(s) to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Most positions require ability to work on desktop or laptop computer for extended periods of time reading, reviewing/analyzing information, and providing recommendations, summaries and/or reports in written format. Must be able to effectively communicate with others verbally and in writing. Employee may be required to occasionally lift and/or move moderate amounts of weight, typically less than 20 pounds. Regular and predictable attendance is essential.
Team Members on Task (CONUS only, minimal or no job-related travel):
• Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Office Type Environment with Temperature Control. May be exposed to chemicals related to office equipment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. General office environment.
Team Members on task (CONUS and OCONUS assignments, some travel):
• Specific vision abilities required by the job may include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Team Members deployed to a combat zone must be physically able to live in austere conditions during off duty time that may include extremes in temperature, noise, and must not have any medical conditions that require access to uninterrupted power sources.
• Team Members deployed to a combat zone will be subject to hazardous conditions which may require them to wear a kevlar helmet, individual body armor and/or wear a gas mask for extended periods of time.

PAY TRANSPARENCY POLICY STATEMENT
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Celestar is an Equal Employment Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer that is committed to providing equal opportunity for all applicants or employees on the basis of their race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, religion, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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