Strategic Homeland Security Exercise Lead

Cadmus Group; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Cadmus Group seeks candidates to support homeland security exercise programs for public and private sector clients. You will design, conduct, and evaluate exercises covering terrorism, cybersecurity, and natural disasters, with potential travel within the United States.

This proposal-based role offers compensation aligned to award status. The team emphasizes analysis, policy research, and professional writing, with responsibilities including objective development, scenario planning, and

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, critical infrastructure, or related field; preference for homeland security and exercises.
• 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 independently manage assignments and produce client-ready deliverables.

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

Strong research

Analytical

Writing

Presentation skills

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in emergency management

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Teams

Job description

Cadmus Group seeks candidates to support homeland security exercise programs for public and private sector clients. You will design, conduct, and evaluate exercises covering terrorism, cybersecurity, and natural disasters, with potential travel within the United States.

This proposal-based role offers compensation aligned to award status. The team emphasizes analysis, policy research, and professional writing, with responsibilities including objective development, scenario planning, and