Information & Influence / Information Ops SME

 Information & Influence / Information Operations SME (1099 Independent Consultant role)

Endurion is a mission integrator built by and for the Special Operations community, providing end-to-end solutions across intelligence, operations, and technology. Founded and led by former Special Operations Forces operators and mission experts, the organization is rooted in firsthand experience with complex operational environments and high-stakes missions. Endurion partners closely with its customers to understand their unique challenges and deliver tailored, mission-focused capabilities. Team members join a culture that values adaptability, operational excellence, and innovation in support of critical national security objectives. Endurion is looking for a qualified person to support our multi-year contract with the Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) mission in support of USSOCOM to deliver recurring, interim instruction. 

Employment Type: Independent Contractor (1099)

Location: Episodic courses to be taught in locations worldwide.

Supported Course Family: This SME pool supports courses such as:

• Information & Influence Planner's Boot Camp – Level 1
• Information & Influence Applications Seminar – Level 2
• Executive Information & Influence Seminar – Level 3

 Position Summary

Endurion seeks experienced Information Operations, Information Advantage, Military Information Support Operations, influence, strategic communication, or related practitioners capable of instructing and facilitating JSOU Information & Influence education for tactical through executive-level international audiences. The SME must be able to move beyond theoretical Information Operations concepts and explain how information is incorporated into military decision-making, operational design, planning, targeting, influence, and assessment

 Core Subject-Matter Requirements

Candidates should demonstrate expertise in several of the following:

• Information as a joint function
• Information environment analysis
• Information Operations / Information Advantage
• Influence planning
• Human factors and behavioral influence
• Target Audience Analysis
• Informing, influencing, and persuading
• Strategic communication
• Military Information Support Operations / PSYOP
• Operational design
• Joint Planning Process
• Center of Gravity analysis
• Information-related Courses of Action
• Wargaming information activities
• Strategic narrative development
• Propaganda and counterpropaganda
• Information manipulation and malign influence
• Integration of information into military planning
• Authorities, capabilities, coordination, and employment of information-related capabilities
• Ethical considerations in influence and information operations
• Application of AI or generative AI to planning and information analysis

Desired KSA Profile

Knowledge

• Joint doctrine and processes associated with information in joint operations.
• Influence planning methodologies and information-related capabilities.
• Joint operational planning and staff integration.
• Psychological, cultural, and behavioral considerations affecting influence.
• Strategic communication and narrative development.
• Propaganda, misinformation, disinformation, and information manipulation.

Skills

• Conducting or teaching target audience analysis.
• Developing information objectives, themes, messages, and effects.
• Integrating information into operational plans and orders.
• Facilitating COA development and wargaming.
• Teaching senior leaders how to provide guidance for information activities.
• Explaining complex information concepts to multinational audiences.

 Highly Desired Background

• Former or current Information Operations Officer.
• PSYOP/MISO practitioner.
• Information Advantage practitioner.
• Joint or Combatant Command information planner.
• SOF information operations experience.
• Joint Staff, TSOC, USSOCOM, component command, or equivalent planning experience.
• Experience advising O-5/O-6/GO/FO-level leaders.
• Experience working with foreign military partners.

Endurion complies with all Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) requirements. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Endurion will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Management retains the discretion to add to or modify the duties of the position at any time. Employment with Endurion is at-will, meaning that either the employee or the employer may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or advance notice, provided it does not violate applicable law.