Exercise Planner

firebirdast; Waipahu (HI); On-site; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Firebird AST is seeking an onsite Top Secret/SCI cleared Exercise Planner in Hawaii to support SOCPAC exercise planning and execution. The role involves coordinating Joint Chiefs of Staff and service exercises, developing training objectives, and ensuring alignment with JMETL requirements.

Travel to CONUS/OCONUS may be required, with a salary range of $125k–$135k plus benefits. The candidate should have eight years of DoD exercise planning experience, a bachelor’s degree, and active clearance,

Qualifications

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical journals, reports, policy documents, etc.
• Ability to prepare reports and presentations to management and customers.
• Demonstrated leadership ability, strategic thinker, mission-focused.
• Ability to identify and solve problems.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and execute SOCPAC and component participation in USPACOM JCS and Service exercises.
• Coordinate and manage exercise development with USPACOM and participants; develop training objectives.
• Ensure exercises inform the Defense Readiness Reporting System and join Joint Lessons Learned processes.
• Develop training objectives with participants and SOCPAC staff stakeholders.
• Assist coordination with DoD and non-DoD supporters.
• Draft and develop realistic threat scenarios and incorporate DoD inputs.
• Coordinate exercise criteria to test training objectives.
• Prepare After Action Reports (AAR) related to training objectives and COA development.

Skills

Reading and interpretation

Report writing & presentations

Leadership

Problem solving

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Training software

IT systems for exercise planning

Job description

Firebird AST is hiring for an onsite Top Secret/SCI cleared Exercise Planner to provide support to U.S. Special Operations Command, Pacific (SOCPAC) exercise planning and execution. This capability will support SOCPAC’s requirement to participate in Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and Service exercises in support of U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) Theater Campaign Plan (TCP) and U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Commander’s training and education guidance requirements.

Salary range: $125-$135k per year plus benefits.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan, coordinate and execute SOCPAC and component participation in assigned USPACOM JCS and Service exercises.
• Coordinate and manage exercise development in conjunction with USPACOM and component planner and participants. Develop training objectives that meet SOCPAC JMETL requirements.
• Ensure SOCPAC and component exercises inform the Defense Readiness Reporting System and fully incorporate the Joint Lessons Learned system.
• Enhance the command’s capability to train and prepare for a broad spectrum of threats from real and/or simulated adversaries.
• Develop training objectives in conjunction with exercise participants and SOCPAC staff stakeholders.
• Assist in the coordination with exercise participants and supporters from other DoD and non-DoD.
• organizations.
• Draft and develop realistic threat scenarios, incorporate best-practice inputs from DoD and other agencies.
• Coordinate exercise criteria to test and stress the command’s training objectives
• Consolidate and draft After Action Reports (AAR) related to training objectives, corrections, and COA development.

REQUIRED

• Active TS/SCI.
• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university.
• 8 years’ experience as DoD exercise planner, with at least two (2) years’ experience in USPACOM Area of Responsibility (AOR).
• Eight (8) years’ experience in multi-disciplined special operations at the operational and tactical levels supporting Special Operations Forces (SOF) to include:
• Use of training software and other information technology (IT) systems associated with exercise planning.
• Five (5) years’ experience of Joint Exercise Lifecycle (JELC) planning process.
• Current passport; some travel may be required CONUS (Continental U.S.) and OCONUS (Outside Continental U.S.).
• Deployment: Deployments of no more than 90 days may be required to the following countries: Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Thailand, or Singapore.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ATTRIBUTES

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical journals, reports, policy, legal documents, etc.
• Ability to prepare reports and presentations to company management and customer(s).
• Demonstrated leadership ability, strategic and innovative thinker, and passion for the mission.
• Ability to identify and solve problems.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.

CLEARANCE

• Active TS/SCI

About Firebird AST:

Firebird AST is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) based in Northern Virginia and a market-recognized leader within the IC, Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and Law Enforcement. We maintain a corporate culture deeply rooted in the US Military core values that gave us our start - honor, integrity, commitment, and selfless service. For this reason, our customers' needs and missions always comes first. We seek hard working, highly experienced, extremely motivated, professionally proven subject matter experts, trainers, leaders, innovators, and technical experts to serve on our team. Firebird AST has a firm understanding that our employees are our greatest asset and that, accordingly, they are to be provided the greatest level of respect and care possible.

Firebird AST is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.