Exercise Coordination Analyst (N2701)

About the Role

SimIS, Inc. is seeking an Exercise Coordination Analyst to support NATO’s Exercise Coordination and Alignment Branch (ECAB) in integrating future warfighting requirements, Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) objectives, and specific warfare development priorities into NATO’s multi-year exercise program. This position is 100% onsite and contingent upon award.

Responsibilities

• Support Warfare Development Integration by assisting ECAB with integration of Warfare Development priorities, Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) objectives, and future warfighting requirements into the exercise enterprise through a coordinated multi-year programme of work.
• Support integration and governance by assisting ECAB with providing governance, synchronization, and strategic alignment across the exercise enterprise.
• Participate in planning conferences, workshops, and coordination events, ensuring integration of warfare development themes and priorities.
• Support the development, refinement, and documentation of exercise-related campaign plans, concepts, and supporting products.
• Support Warfare Development Exploitation by assisting ECAB in using exercises to identify capability gaps, refine concepts, assess emerging capabilities, and support future force development through Warfare Development in Exercises (WDiE) and Warfare Development Exploitation Teams (WDETs), including identification, refinement, and documentation of themes and candidate activities.
• Support Audacious Training (AT) and Innovation Integration by assisting ECAB in integrating AT Lines of Effort (LoE), AI-enabled capabilities, experimentation, innovation initiatives, and JATEC participation in exercises.
• Assess Exercise Outcomes and Convert Observations to Actionable Recommendations.
• Support after-action review (AAR) and lessons learned processes, drafting formal reports and recommendations.
• Contribute to the development of rolling programmes of work for WDiE and related initiatives.
• Coordinate with outside entities (e.g., SHAPE, JWC, JFTC, JATEC, JALLC), partners, and external stakeholders as required.
• Track, consolidate, and report on branch contributions to NATO-level guidance (e.g., SACEUR’s Guidance on Education, Training, Exercises, and Evaluation (ETEE)).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in international relations, defense/strategic studies, political science, emergency management, or related field. Master’s degree is desirable.
• Ten (10) years of experience in military exercise planning, collective training, or defense transformation initiatives.
• Familiarity with NATO planning documents (e.g., NATO Warfighting Capstone Concept, Warfare Development Agenda, Bi-SC Collective Training & Exercises Directive).
• Proven ability to draft exercise-related planning documents, reports, and campaign plans; proficiency with MS Office Suite and collaborative platforms.
• Experience coordinating with multinational or interagency partners.
• Candidate’s resume must demonstrate specific instances of coordinating, managing, directing, or aligning activities that integrated with or supported NATO/Multinational exercise environments.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Short-Term Disability (at no cost to you) & Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Professional Development
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 11 Federal Holidays each year

SimIS, Inc. is an EOE / M / F / Disability / VET / Drug Free Employer.