Friday, August 16, 2013

JOPES Technical Support Item Manager - CGI

Provide operational JOPES technical support to the G-4 USARCENT via a position in the G-4 Mobility Division JOPES Branch. As such, the contractor will be involved directly and deeply in the ongoing deployment and redeployment planning and execution associated with OIF and OEF, and with other long term, deliberate and contingency planning requirements. The functions to be performed include critical operational functions that directly impact ongoing synchronized deployment, redeployment, Joint Reception Staging Onward Movement (JRSO) and sustainment of USARCENT/CFLCC forces during OIF and OEF.

- Contractor must be fully knowledgeable of JOPES, and should possess a minimum of two years of JOPES related experience; must be knowledgeable in these ITV systems, Time Phased Force Deployment Data (TPFDD), Global Transportation Network (GTN), Defense Transportation Network (DTN); or have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in the Business Management, Political Science, Logistics Management or Computer Science.
- Coordinate, execute and track all JOPES functions supporting the development, analysis and movement of Army forces to, from and within the USCENTCOM AOR.
- Create and maintain/update operational TPFDDs for OIF, OEF and for other contingency requirements, as required.
- Execute all changes to TPFDD data during planning, sourcing, refinement and
- validation, including Force Module Development.
- Build Unit Line Numbers for all deployment, redeployment and rotation
- requirements and projects and construct level IV data for force flow modeling.
- Track in-house transit visibility of unit movements, equipment and materials.
- Assist in the creation of the daily USARCENT G-4 JOPES Newsgroup validation message and its transmission to USCENTCOM. Information is gathered from Forces Command (FORSCOM), USARCENT staff officers, and CFLCC Forward concerning validation of units that are ready for deployment, units with issues in meeting their movement schedules, and/or units requiring adjustment of their Level IV TPFDD data.
- Assist with refinement of existing requirements and addition of new requirements to current OIF/OEF PIDs.
- Assist with research on the deployment status of units, from home station to final destination.
- Monitor and provide Intransit Visibility (ITV) of deploying/redeploying forces, equipment and sustainment.
- Monitor the USCENTCOM Operational Newsgroup for official deployment guidance, information, and requirements from Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), USCENTCOM, Joint Forces Command (JFCOM), and force providers. Download information from the newsgroup as slides or background data supporting ARCENT Operational Planning Group (OPG) staff officers in planning the deployment/redeployment flow to/from the AOR.
- Develop required OIF and OEF reports for the USARCENT OPG.
- Assist the Afghanistan Joint Task Force (JTF) and other organizations in coordination and resolution of JOPES issues related to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Attend TPFDD Conferences at TRANSCOM, Scott AFB as required.
- Review and make refinements to OIF and OEF movement data on any of the active operational or planning TPFDDs.
- Build new planning TPFDDs as required.
- Must possess a working knowledge of Microsoft Office software.
- Obtain/Maintain a Secret DoD Clearance
- Knowledge of Command Post of the Future

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