FCC Training & Exercise Specialist

About the role

The FCC Training & Exercise Specialist will provide exercise support to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery N45 Mission Assurance Office. This position provides emergency management training and exercise planning, execution, and evaluation functions. The role supports development of standard operating procedures, concepts of operations, implementation plans, training materials, and after-action reports.

Responsibilities

• Develop annual FCC Training Plan.
• Maintain Individual Training Records for FCC Staff.
• Cookordination with DoW/NDMS/FEMA/HHS/BUMED on training requirements.
• Identify training gaps and corrective actions.
• Cookordinate Reserve and Active Component integration training.
• Ensure compliance with BUMEDINST 3440.10C and applicable DoW Directives.
• Experience coordinating and evaluating emergency management exercises (tabletop, full-scale).
• Develop training materials, after-action reports, and exercise planning packages.
• Cookordinate training initiatives for watch standers, CAT, and FCC personnel.
• Additional duties as assigned

Requirements

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience planning, coordinating, conducting, and evaluating emergency management, healthcare, military, or NDMS training and exercises.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP), National Incident Management System (NIMS), Incident Command System (ICS), Continuity of Operations (COOP), and Federal Coordinating Center (FCC) operations.
• Capability to produce federally compliant after-action documentation.
• Successful completion of the Federal Coordinating Center (FCC) Course within the last 3 years.
• Prior experience supporting:
• Navy Medicine
• Defense Health Agency
• Department of Defense headquarters policy efforts
• Familiarity with:
• Navy staffing, coordination, and policy approval processes
• Federal Coordinating Center and Patient Reception Station plans
• HSEEP/JELC experience
• Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program training
• Federal Emergency Management Agency Incident Command System training

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in emergency management, Security Studies, or related field.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience, or 10 years in lieu of a degree.

Skills

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package to address employees' physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being. This includes 100% employer-paid medical insurance, ample paid leave, a free employee assistance program, and a competitive 401(k) savings plan.

Pay

Salary ranges with job postings in states where it is legally required; any other salary ranges associated with our postings are third-party estimates and may not be an accurate reflection of Watermark's total compensation package. Multiple considerations are taken into account when determining the final salary/hourly rate, including but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, education and certifications, relevant work experience, related skills and competencies, as well as Federal Government Contract Labor Categories.

Schedule

Reports to a physical location which occasionally requires the ability to traverse between buildings. May be required to move equipment/files weighing up to 50 pounds. May require sedentary work at least 50% of the time.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer. All terms and conditions of employment are established without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Contact Information

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• a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
• a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
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