Joint Exercise Lead: Planning & Readiness Architect

Booz Allen Hamilton; Joint Base Lewis-McChord (WA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an Assistant Exercise Lead to synchronize planning across divisions and manage the Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC) from concept to assessment. You will coordinate planning events, identify equities, and recommend participants for exercises CONUS and OCONUS while collaborating with higher and subordinate headquarters.

The role requires 5+ years in joint exercise planning, experience with JELC/MDMP/ADM/JPP, and the ability to lead end-to-end exercises.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience planning and executing joint, component, or service exercise programs.
• Experience managing or employing the Five Stages of the JELC, MDMP, Army Design Methodology (ADM), or Joint Planning Process (JPP).
• Experience planning joint, multinational, or complex operational-level exercises.
• Experience developing exercise objectives, scenarios, assessments, and senior-level briefings.
• Experience with using Microsoft Office 365 applications and collaborative planning tools.
• Ability to lead an exercise from concept development through execution and post-exercise analysis.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 20% of the time.
• Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Graduate of CGSC ILE or Component Education.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the JELC calendar and coordinate participation in planning events across the staff.
• Identify key equities at various points of the JELC lifecycle and recommend participants and modernization efforts.
• Assist with sourcing units for exercises supporting lines-of-effort CONUS and OCONUS.
• Assist in formulating long and short-term goals, policies, objectives, and priorities for exercise participation.
• Attend key synchronization events with higher headquarters and downtrace units.
• Develop objectives, build scenarios, integrate stakeholders, and oversee exercises from concept through execution and assessment.
• Inform command decisions and solicit inputs to higher headquarters battle rhythm events.
• Advance readiness and transform how the force trains for tomorrow’s challenges.

Skills

Joint exercise planning

JELC

MDMP

ADM

JPP

Joint exercises

Exercise leadership

Office 365

Travel 20%

Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

CGSC ILE or equivalent

Master's degree

Tools

MS Office 365

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an Assistant Exercise Lead to synchronize planning across divisions and manage the Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC) from concept to assessment. You will coordinate planning events, identify equities, and recommend participants for exercises CONUS and OCONUS while collaborating with higher and subordinate headquarters.

The role requires 5+ years in joint exercise planning, experience with JELC/MDMP/ADM/JPP, and the ability to lead end-to-end exercises.