Senior Homeland Security Exercise Planner

Cadmus; Cheyenne (WY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) program

PTO

Paid holidays

VTO

Tuition reimbursement

Adoption assistance

Bonus programs

Job summary

Cadmus seeks candidates to support homeland security exercise programs for public and private sector clients. You will assist in the design, execution, and evaluation of HSEEP exercises covering terrorism, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.

The role may support policy assessment and analysis, policy research, professional writing, and strategic planning in homeland security or public policy fields, with some domestic travel required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in emergency management, homeland security, national security, public policy, political science, cybersecurity, or related field.
• Minimum of five 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 stakeholders.
• Strong research, analytical, writing, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Independently support planning, design, conduct, and evaluation of HSEEP exercises.
• Lead exercise planning workstreams and coordinate with staff, clients, SMEs, and participating organizations.
• Develop exercise objectives, scenarios, manuals, plans, facilitator guides, evaluation materials, and AARs.
• Support planning meetings and sessions involving government and private-sector stakeholders.
• Translate technical or policy information into audience-appropriate exercise materials, reports, and briefings.
• Coordinate exercise logistics, communications, documents, and action-item tracking.
• Analyze evaluator observations and participant feedback to identify findings and corrective actions.
• Review products for accuracy, formatting, and compliance with requirements.
• Manage tasks to schedules and communicate risks to project leadership.

Skills

Strong research

Analytical ability

Writing skills

Presentation skills

Travel domestically

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 exercise programs for public and private sector clients. You will assist in the design, execution, and evaluation of HSEEP exercises covering terrorism, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.

The role may support policy assessment and analysis, policy research, professional writing, and strategic planning in homeland security or public policy fields, with some domestic travel required.