Senior Homeland Security Exercise Planner

Cadmus; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Disability & life insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Adoption assistance

Bonus programs

Job summary

Cadmus is seeking candidates to support homeland security exercise programs for public and private sector clients. You will design, execute, and evaluate exercises covering terrorism, cybersecurity, and natural disasters, with travel as needed.

Role includes policy assessment, professional writing, and strategic planning in homeland security. This is a proposal-position contingent on award, with a comprehensive benefits package and competitive salary.

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 on exercise planning, emergency management, homeland security, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Independently support the planning, design, conduct, and evaluation of HSEEP exercises.
• Lead assigned exercise planning workstreams and coordinate with project staff, clients, SME, and participating organizations.
• Develop exercise objectives, scenarios, planning meeting materials, Situation Manuals, Exercise Plans, facilitator guides, evaluation materials, and After-Action Reports and Improvement Plans.
• Support planning meetings, sessions, and portions of discussion-based exercises with government and private-sector stakeholders.
• Conduct research and analysis on homeland security, cybersecurity, emergency management, and critical infrastructure risks.
• Translate technical or policy information into 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 and corrective actions.
• Review products for accuracy, completeness, formatting, and compliance with project requirements.
• Manage tasks and deliverables to schedules and communicate risks to leadership.

Skills

Research skills

Analytical skills

Writing skills

Presentation skills

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in emergency management or related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Teams

Job description

Cadmus is seeking candidates to support homeland security exercise programs for public and private sector clients. You will design, execute, and evaluate exercises covering terrorism, cybersecurity, and natural disasters, with travel as needed.

Role includes policy assessment, professional writing, and strategic planning in homeland security. This is a proposal-position contingent on award, with a comprehensive benefits package and competitive salary.