MCTP PTOC Storyline Writer

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze training audience plans and develop relevant storyline events.
• Recommend appropriate effects (benefits or penalties) based on unit actions, ensuring alignment with training objectives and operational realism.
• Provide feedback to Observer/Coach/Trainers (OC/Ts) on how storyline developments affect exercise flow and outcomes.
• Coordinate all aspects of storyline injects with response cells, work cells, intelligence scripters, OC/Ts, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure injects are properly synchronized with the overall scenario, simulation events, and operational timelines.
• Maintain detailed records of storyline events and track inject execution during exercises.
• Attend MSEL Synchronization Meetings to refine storyline design, verify timing and sequencing, and ensure coherence with higher-level exercise themes.
• Collaborate with scenario planners, simulation operators, and analysts to ensure injects generate the intended training effects.
• Attend planning meetings with OC/Ts and exercise leadership to identify opportunities for dynamic scripting - the adjustment of storyline events in real-time to achieve desired end-state effects.
• Adapt injects and narrative threads as the exercise evolves, maintaining consistency and relevance to the tactical and operational situation.

Minimum Requirements

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Word and PowerPoint software.
• Familiar with current Army and Joint doctrine.
• BS/BA degree with 5+ years of military experience, or high school education with 10 years military experience.
• Active DOD Secret clearance is required.

Preferred Experience and Qualifications

• Prior experience supporting MCTP, Combat Training Centers (CTCs), or other large-scale military exercises.
• Familiarity with MSEL development, exercise control processes, and simulation environments (e.g., WARSIM, JLCCTC).
• Knowledge of Joint or Coalition operations and integration.
• Experience in scripting or narrative design for simulations, games, or military training events.

Working Conditions

• Inside Government training facilities.

Required Travel

• Employees will travel to temporary work locations during exercises.