SOCOM Exercise Planner

About the role

The SOCOM Exercise Planner plays a crucial role in planning, scheduling, and managing Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive, and Drug (CBRNE) training events and exercises. This position supports USSOCOM and GCC requirements, ensuring that training and exercises are realistic, current, and relevant.

Responsibilities

• Planning, scheduling, and managing CWMD training events and exercises.
• Activities include training event facilitation, assisting in curricula design, exercise design and development; training/exercise plan construction; Master Scenario Events Listing (MSEL) construction; developing control cell instructions and guidance; and performing training/exercise assessments.
• Provide realistic, current, and relevant CWMD training and exercise support to address USSOCOM, GCC, and TSOC requirements.
• Maintain close coordination with units and organizations on training requirements and objectives throughout the Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC) from GCCs to tactical units to maintain continuity.
• Provide tactical-level target support to address Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive, and Drug threats to meet the training needs of the participating units.
• Maintain exercise control support for target observer control (O/C) during execution of events with sufficiently trained and certified personnel.
• Attend all Joint Exercise Life Cycle events (planning meeting, site surveys, etc.) and assist with scenario development.
• Build, store, and maintain necessary CWMD equipment and training aids to provide realistic, current, and relevant scenarios to meet specific needs of the participating units.
• Collaborate with DTRA on entire Agency support while maintaining training / exercise integrity.
• Collect and compile data into comprehensive yet concise reports for review by USSOCOM, GCC, TSOC, interagency, and partner nation clients.
• Manage and accomplish duties related to analytical research and development of special programs, including those related to CBRNE and Special Operations Forces.
• Accomplish post-event activities as required, including trip reports, hot washes, after action reports, and formal out briefs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Security Requirement: Active Secret, TS/SCI preferred.
• Education Requirement: Bachelor’s degree or requisite military experience in program management, military science, or similar disciplines. Preference given to those with CBRN and Special Operations experience.
• Required Qualifications: Ability to perform tasks under deadlines, follow written and verbal instructions, prioritize work, and complete multiple tasks under deadlines. Excellent reasoning and problem-solving skills. Ability to interact with employees from other departments or agencies. Must perform activities with a very high degree for attention to detail. Must be capable of working at a computer terminal for extended periods. Must be capable of transporting and lifting 40-pound boxes of documents and equipment. Must be able to effectively communicate in writing on both technical and non-technical subjects to senior leaders up to and including the General Officer or Flag Officer level. Must be able to obtain a US Passport. Must have experience in exercise design, coordination, and execution at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels. Travel is 25% or greater and includes travel to CONUS and OCONUS locations, to include official travel into hazardous duty zones. Must be able to obtain a US Passport. Must have the ability to be trained in safe operation of Powered Industrial Trucks (PIT) and Mobile Elevating Work PlaTforms (MEWP).
• Desired Qualifications: Experience in Department of Defense CBRNE and Special Operations training events or exercises. Knowledge in performing training capability or training needs assessments desired.

Physical Requirements

• Must be capable of working at a computer terminal for extended periods.
• Must be capable of transporting and lifting 40-pound boxes of documents and equipment.