Exercise Coordination and Alignment Branch (ECAB) Support Analyst

Brevco Services; Norfolk (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ACT-SACT in Norfolk, VA seeks an Exercise Coordination and Alignment Branch (ECAB) Support Analyst to integrate warfare development priorities and support multi-domain operations through NATO’s exercise enterprise.

The role requires 5+ years in military exercise planning or related transformation initiatives, strong drafting skills, and the ability to coordinate with multinational partners. Travel up to 30 days per year is anticipated.

Qualifications

• Education and experience (Mandatory)
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree OR equivalent professional experience (Mandatory)
• Minimum of 5 years experience in military exercise planning, collective training, or defence transformation (Mandatory)
• Technical competence (Mandatory)
• Familiarity with NATO exercise planning processes and documents (Mandatory)
• Proven ability to draft professional-level planning documents, reports, and campaign plans; MS Office Suite and collaboration tools (Mandatory)
• Strong organizational and project management skills (Mandatory)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills (Mandatory)
• Experience coordinating with multinational or interagency partners (Mandatory)

Responsibilities

• Integrate Warfare Development and Transformation Priorities
• Assist ECAB with integration of Warfare Development priorities and MDO objectives into NATO's exercise enterprise
• Provide governance, synchronization, and strategic alignment across NATO's exercise enterprise
• Participate in planning conferences, workshops, and coordination events
• Support development, refinement, and documentation of exercise-related campaign plans and supporting products
• Contribute to rolling programmes of work for WDiE and related initiatives
• Coordinate with NATO entities and external partners as required
• Track and report on branch contributions to NATO-level guidance
• Provide progress updates to the Project Lead and COTR
• Represent ECAB at meetings and conferences with travel up to 30 days/year

Skills

Military exercise planning

Defence transformation

Technical competence

NATO exercise planning

Draft planning documents

MS Office suite

Organizational skills

Project management

Multinational coordination

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in International Relations, Defence/Strategic Studies, Political Science, Emergency Management, or related field; OR equivalent professional experience

Job description

Exercise Coordination and Alignment Branch (ECAB) Support Analyst

IT Services

Type

Contract

Country

United States

City

Norfolk

Security

Needed

Company

ACT-SACT

Essential Qualifications/Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in International Relations, Defence/Strategic Studies, Political Science, Emergency Management, or related field; OR equivalent professional experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in military exercise planning, collective training, or defence transformation initiatives
• Technical Competence
• Familiarity with NATO exercise planning processes and documents (e.g., NATO Warfighting Capstone Concept, Warfare Development Agenda, Bi-SC Collective Training & Exercises Directive, SACEUR’s Guidance on ETEE)
• Proven ability to draft professional-level planning documents, reports, and campaign plans; proficiency with MS Office Suite and collaborative platforms
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Experience coordinating with multinational or interagency partners

DUTIES/ROLE:

• Integrate Warfare Development and Transformation Priorities
• Support Warfare Development Integration by assisting ECAB with integration of Warfare Development priorities, Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) objectives, and future warfighting requirements into NATO's exercise enterprise through a coordinated multi-year programme of work
• Support integration and governance by assisting ECAB with providing governance, synchronization, and strategic alignment across NATO's exercise enterprise.
• Participate in planning conferences, workshops, and coordination events, ensuring integration of warfare development themes and priorities
• Assisting ECAB in the above tasks includes supporting the development, refinement, and documentation of exercise-related campaign plans, concepts, and supporting products
• Develop Future Warfighting Capability and Transformation Initiatives
• Support Warfare Development Exploitation by assisting ECAB in using exercises to identify capability gaps, refine concepts, assess emerging capabilities, and support future force development through Warfare Development in Exercises (WDiE) and Warfare Development Exploitation Teams (WDETs), including identification, refinement, and documentation of themes and candidate activities
• Support Audacious Training (AT) and Innovation Integration by assisting ECAB in integrating AT Lines of Effort (LoE) (enhancing realism, leveraging new technology/innovation, and acting on lessons learned), AI-enabled capabilities, experimentation, innovation initiatives, and JATEC participation in NATO exercises
• Assess Exercise Outcomes and Convert Observations to Actionable Recommendations
• Support after‑action review (AAR) and lessons‑learned processes, drafting formal reports and recommendations
• Contribute to the development of rolling programmes of work for WDiE and related initiatives
• Coordinate with NATO entities (e.g., SHAPE, JWC, JFTC, JATEC, JALLC), partners, and external stakeholders as required
• Track, consolidate, and report on branch contributions to NATO‑level guidance (e.g., SACEUR’s Guidance on Education, Training, Exercises, and Evaluation (ETEE)
• Provide regular progress updates to the designated Project Lead and COTR
• Additional Taskings
• Directly support the Branch Head as required and represent ECAB at meetings and conferences both within and outside NATO boundaries, with anticipated travel requirements of up to 30 days per year
• Perform additional tasks as directed by the COTR that are consistent with the assigned labor category and within the scope of this contract

Job requirements

All the mandatory requirements have to be met in order to apply.

• Education and Experience (Mandatory)
• Bachelors or Masters degree in International Relations, Defence/Strategic Studies, Political Science, Emergency Management, or related field OR equivalent professional experience (Mandatory)
• Minimum of 5 years experience in military exercise planning, collective training, or defence transformation initiatives (Mandatory)
• Technical Competence (Mandatory)
• Familiarity with NATO exercise planning processes and documents (e.g., NATO Warfighting Capstone Concept, Warfare Development Agenda, Bi-SC Collective Training and Exercises Directive, SACEURs Guidance on ETEE) (Mandatory)
• Proven ability to draft professional-level planning documents, reports, and campaign plans, proficiency with MS Office Suite and collaborative platforms (Mandatory)
• Skills and Attributes (Mandatory)
• Strong organizational and project management skills (Mandatory)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills (Mandatory)
• Experience coordinating with multinational or interagency partners (Mandatory)