Emerging Homeland Security Exercise Planner

Cadmus; Montgomery (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) plan

PTO and holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Cadmus seeks candidates to support homeland security exercises for public and private sector clients. The role covers design, execution, and evaluation of exercises, plus policy analysis and strategic planning. Domestic travel is likely, and offers are contingent upon award.

Ideal candidates have strong research, writing, and analytical skills, with experience in exercise planning and emergency management. Proficiency with MS Office and a willingness to travel domestically are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in emergency management, homeland security, national security, public policy, political science, cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Minimum of two (2) years of professional experience in exercise planning, emergency management, homeland security, cybersecurity, or related field.
• Foundational knowledge of emergency management, homeland security, or exercise planning principles.
• Strong research, analytical, organizational, and professional writing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, design, conduct, and evaluation of Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program exercises for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
• Assist with developing 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.
• Draft and revise reports, presentations, briefing materials, and other client deliverables using established templates.
• 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

Analytical

Organizational

Professional writing

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. The role covers design, execution, and evaluation of exercises, plus policy analysis and strategic planning. Domestic travel is likely, and offers are contingent upon award.

Ideal candidates have strong research, writing, and analytical skills, with experience in exercise planning and emergency management. Proficiency with MS Office and a willingness to travel domestically are essential.