Job Description

The CUOPS/Anti-Terrorism Program Manager will be responsible for managing, supervising, and directing the CUOPS functions to provide situational awareness to the SOCKOR Commander and staff. Coordinating with USSOCOM and USFK on the requirements of the Anti-Terrorism Program and Anti-Terrorism Plans. Advising the Plans Officer and Command Group in all Force Protection matters to include Levels I and II Terrorist Awareness Training and all other training requirements. Duties shall include, but are not limited to:

• Conducts annual program assessments and prepares annual reports for submission through the command group to USSOCOM and USFK.
• Conducts integrated vulnerability assessments in coordination with transient USSOCOM units and Korea’s Security Forces, requiring frequent deployments and language skills.
• Responsible for Managing the Country Clearance Program (IATP and APACS) and all Force Protection/Force Tracking matters.
• Coordinates all current operations, (i.e., operations, exercises, and emergency incidents) involving SOCKOR assigned, TACON, or OPCON personnel and partnered organizations.
• Performs substantial duties in overall planning and direction of SOCKOR and J-3 program operations, with and through subordinate program segments.
• Develops J33 long-range work plans for approval by the government supervisors or managers of these subordinate organizational sections; reviews revision of long-range plan goals and objectives; manages organizational changes.
• Evaluates programs and adjusts as necessary to accommodate change and new regulations and programs.
• Serves as subject matter expert and provides technical advice to the Chief of Staff, J3, and other staff directorates concerning operations, program planning, development, execution, and evaluation.
• Analyses and interprets broad directives by higher authority for the management of SOCKOR’s current operations programs and designs methods to implement the regulatory provisions of directives and devises systems to meet specific Command requirements.
• Accomplishes special assignments for the Chief of Staff and J3 as necessary in various areas of interest which impact at SOCKOR, USSOCOM, JFCs, USFK, DA, DoD, or interagency levels.
• Determines scope, timing, method, requirements, and participation for staff actions.
• Represents the J3 and/or SOCKOR at meetings and conferences as conducted by USFK and Allied Nations and Partner Commanders, DA, other services, DOD, and other government departments and agencies.
• Coordinates with other Commands/agencies to obtain acceptance of proposals and to resolve CUOPS issues.
• Coordinate, track and monitor SOCKOR operations throughout the USFK Area of Responsibility (AOR) to maintain 24-hour situational awareness.
• Create and maintain a real time tracker of training and CONOP request status through completion and archiving.
• Gather, collate, synthesize, disseminate, and track operational and strategic-level information to all appropriate organizations.
• Establish and maintain communications with higher commands, adjacent commands, other SOF organizations, and Partnered Nations and Allies in the AOR.
• Monitor and coordinate activities involving the reception, staging, onward movement and integration (RSO&I) activities of SOCKOR personnel in the USFK AOR.
• Coordinate and track the strategic deployment of SOCKOR resources and sustain force-tracking visibility to determine the operational impacts of delayed or diverted shipments.
• Submit SOCKOR information to USFK J33 and respond to informational requests from that and other higher headquarters.
• Provides comprehensive expertise of SOF and USFK operational doctrine, regulations, programs, techniques, and procedures required to develop, coordinate, and implement programs and plans.
• Provides advice and recommendations to the Commanding General, senior leaders, distinguished visitors, and other dignitaries on SOF regulations, programs, policies, plans, and policies, and how they relate to SOCKOR operations around the AOR.
• Provides expert operational knowledge to facilitate planning for course of action (COA) development in both deliberate and crisis action planning.
• Implements USFK policies and regulations to develop programs, regulations, policies, and processes that support SOF operations.
• Recommends staffing of tasks and orders via established procedures (i.e., TMT, etc.) to SOCKOR directorates and maintains data required for input and maintains related files.
• Keeps the J3 Director, J3 Chief of Operations, and Operational Planning Team Chiefs informed on programs and operations requirements.
• Live and work in an operational environment when required (e.g., semiannual exercises operating from CP Tango, FOS-I, USAG-Daegu).
• The work of this position is sedentary; however, light physical effort is required.
• The work is typically performed in an adequately lit and climate-controlled office.
• This position shall be designated a Mission Essential Contractor (MEC).