Communication Synchronization Planner | USCENTCOM Support
Location: Tampa, FL (MacDill AFB)
Type: Full-time
Clearance: Active Secret required (TS/SCI may be required for some assignments)
You will help keep communications aligned across plans, people, and platforms. This role supports a Combatant Command staff by building coordinated communication plans that connect operational objectives to clear themes, messages, and engagement activities. If you enjoy turning complex plans into simple, consistent narratives leaders can use, you will like this work.
Tampa, FL (MacDill AFB)
What you’ll do
- Build and synchronize communication strategies that support operational planning
- Develop themes, narratives, key messages, and target audiences tied to plans and priorities
- Support Key Leader Engagement (KLE) planning, including policies, tracking, and read-outs
- Help manage KLE tools and datasets (content, talking points, meeting outcomes, messaging history)
- Track senior U.S. Government themes and messages to keep plans aligned with broader strategic messaging
- Improve coordination and unity of effort across headquarters elements, subordinate commands, Joint Staff, and interagency partners
- Integrate communication planning and assessment across Public Affairs (PA), Information Operations (IO), and KLE
- Draft, update, and maintain the Commander’s Communication Strategy (Annex Y) for plans and orders
- Produce senior-leader-ready briefs, decision support products, and written recommendations
Required qualifications
- 5+ years of planning experience in one or more of the following: Public Affairs, Information Operations, Key Leader Engagement, or Civil Affairs
- Strong writing and briefing skills with the ability to work short suspense taskers
- Comfort working in a joint environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
Preferred qualifications
- JPME I
- Corporate marketing or strategic communications experience (especially if you can translate it into operational messaging discipline)
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