Early-Career Homeland Security Exercise Planner

Cadmus; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

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

Some domestic travel is likely; this is a proposal-based role with offers contingent on award. The team supports policy assessment, research, professional writing, and strategic planning in homeland security and public policy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in emergency management, homeland security, public policy, or related field.
• Minimum 2 years of professional experience in exercise planning, emergency management, or related field.
• Foundational knowledge of emergency management and exercise planning principles.
• Strong research, analytical, organizational, and professional writing skills.
• Proficiency with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
• Ability to travel domestically as needed.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, design, conduct, and evaluation of Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program exercises for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
• Assist with development of exercise objectives, scenarios, materials, participant communications, facilitator materials, evaluation materials, and 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, and exercise observations accurately.
• Draft and revise reports, presentations, and client deliverables using templates and style requirements.
• Perform quality-control reviews for grammar, formatting, consistency, and completeness.
• Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary project teams and complete tasks on schedule.

Skills

Analytical skills

Professional writing

Organizational skills

Research skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in emergency management or related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Teams

Job description

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

Some domestic travel is likely; this is a proposal-based role with offers contingent on award. The team supports policy assessment, research, professional writing, and strategic planning in homeland security and public policy.