Early-Career Homeland Security Exercise Planner

Cadmus; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Cadmus seeks candidates to support homeland security exercise programs for public and private sector clients. You will help design, execute, and evaluate exercises covering terrorism, cybersecurity, and natural disasters, with potential travel.

The role may also involve policy research, professional writing, and strategic planning in homeland security and public policy fields. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, a collaborative work environment, and opportunities for professional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in emergency management, homeland security, national security, public policy, political science, cybersecurity, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, design, conduct, and evaluation of Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program exercises for the CISA.
• Assist with development of exercise objectives, scenarios, meeting materials, participant communications, facilitator materials, evaluation materials, and exercise reports.
• Conduct background research and analyze information related to homeland security, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, emergency management, and exercise scenarios.
• Coordinate scheduling, participant tracking, document management, meeting support, and exercise logistics.
• Support planning meetings, exercise delivery, facilitation, evaluation, and after-action activities with government and private-sector stakeholders.
• Capture meeting notes, decisions, action items, participant feedback, and exercise observations accurately and consistently.
• Draft and revise reports, presentations, briefing materials, and other client deliverables using established templates and style requirements.
• Perform quality-control reviews for grammar, formatting, consistency, completeness, and adherence to project requirements.
• Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary project teams and complete assigned tasks within established schedules.

Skills

Research skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Professional writing skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Teams

Job description

Cadmus seeks candidates to support homeland security exercise programs for public and private sector clients. You will help design, execute, and evaluate exercises covering terrorism, cybersecurity, and natural disasters, with potential travel.

The role may also involve policy research, professional writing, and strategic planning in homeland security and public policy fields. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, a collaborative work environment, and opportunities for professional