Lead Homeland Security Exercise Planner

Cadmus; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Holidays

Voluntary time off

Tuition reimbursement

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Cadmus seeks candidates to support homeland security exercise programs for public and private sector clients. You design, execute, and evaluate exercises covering terrorism, cybersecurity, and natural disasters, with potential policy analysis and strategic planning duties.

Some domestic travel is likely; this role is for a proposal effort. The team collaborates with experts worldwide and emphasizes delivering client-ready outputs, high-quality research, and clear, impactful communications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in emergency management, homeland security, national security, public policy, political science, cybersecurity, or related field.
• Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in exercise planning, emergency management, homeland security, cybersecurity, or related field.
• Working knowledge of HSEEP principles, processes, terminology, and documentation.
• Experience coordinating with multidisciplinary teams and government or private-sector stakeholders.
• Strong research, analytical, writing, and presentation skills.
• Ability to travel domestically as required.

Responsibilities

• Independently support the planning, design, conduct, and evaluation of HSEEP exercises.
• Lead assigned exercise planning workstreams and coordinate activities with project staff, clients, subject-matter experts, and participating organizations.
• Support the development of exercise objectives, scenarios, planning meeting materials, Situation Manuals, Exercise Plans, facilitator guides, evaluation materials, and After-Action Reports and Improvement Plans.
• Support planning meetings, working sessions, and portions of discussion-based exercises involving government and private-sector stakeholders.
• Conduct research and analysis involving homeland security, cybersecurity, emergency management, and critical infrastructure risks.
• Translate technical or policy information into clear, audience-appropriate exercise materials, reports, presentations, and briefings.
• Coordinate exercise logistics, participant communications, document reviews, meeting records, and action-item tracking.
• Analyze evaluator observations and participant feedback to identify findings, corrective actions, and opportunities for improvement.
• Review products for accuracy, completeness, formatting, and compliance with project requirements.
• Manage assigned tasks and deliverables to established schedules and promptly communicate risks or dependencies to project leadership.

Skills

Writing

Research

Analytical thinking

Public policy

Presentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Teams

Job description

Cadmus seeks candidates to support homeland security exercise programs for public and private sector clients. You design, execute, and evaluate exercises covering terrorism, cybersecurity, and natural disasters, with potential policy analysis and strategic planning duties.

Some domestic travel is likely; this role is for a proposal effort. The team collaborates with experts worldwide and emphasizes delivering client-ready outputs, high-quality research, and clear, impactful communications.