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.
Job Description
Summary:
The JS – 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:
- Perform high level analysis through quantitative/qualitative research, independent evaluations of operations, exercises, wargames and experiments to assess the effectiveness of DOTMLPF-P throughout the Command and develop standards for new and/or existing requirements to alter training or operational missions and program.
- Coordinate with HQ USSOCOM, Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) staff, subordinate commands, and TSOCs leadership to provide focus area study recommendations, command synchronization efforts and quarterly feedback findings.
- Document special project staff roles, responsibilities, organization and processes for best practices and efficiencies that support the Command’s mission and vision.
- Perform all DVRED related activities resulting from observations, insights, and lessons learned within JSOC Headquarters. This includes making every effort to “write for release” and make OIL available to share appropriate lessons across the enterprise
- Leverage cross-functional military Services and government agencies analytical studies and LL to recommend adjustments to JSOC processes.
- Brief and advise senior JSOC leadership on the effectiveness of the LL findings, potential approaches, benefits for capability resolution, and implications.
- Support the preparation and presentation of studies that support command requirements and activities.
- Employ expert research skills to conduct independent evaluations of the JSOC findings to advise senior JSOC leadership on potential approaches, benefits for capability resolution, and implications to DOTMLPF-P.
- Coordinate with DoD and interagency to synchronize JSOC LL efforts, findings, and sharing of best practices.
- 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.
EEO STATEMENT Yorktown Systems Group, Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, are an Equal Opportunity Employer. No employee or applicant for employment is denied equal opportunity because of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, any other non-merit-based factor, or other characteristics protected by law. As part of the company's equal employment opportunity policy, Yorktown Systems Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, will also take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders to ensure that minority group individuals, females, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans, and qualified disabled persons are introduced into our workforce and considered for promotional opportunities. The Unconventional, LLC. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yorktown Systems Group, Inc.