Exercise Planner, Level III

Precision Focus•Fort Meade, MD

22d

About The Position

The Exercise Planner monitors and reviews strategies, doctrine, policies, directives, and instructions from higher-echelon headquarters, making recommendations to ensure compliance and consideration in planning. The role develops plans and orders using operational art, operational design, and the Joint Planning Process (JPP), while following milestones, deliverables, and interaction points for plans developed through the Joint Operations Planning and Execution System (JOPES) and Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX) activities. The planner develops exercise Training Objectives (TOs) through the Training Objective Workshop (TOW), contributes to briefings, helps transition concepts to execution, and coordinates joint operational planning for training and exercises. The role contributes to identifying shortfalls, prioritizing and validating requirements, and modifying development planning as the cyberspace environment changes. The position contributes to exercise scenarios, exercise operational plans, and supporting documentation for USCYBERCOM exercise training priorities. It develops exercise collection plans to collect Training Objective Observations (TOOs) and recommends Training Objective Evaluations (TOEs), Training Proficiency Assessments (TPAs), and Command Mission Training Assessments (MTAs) for the government in accordance with CJCM 3500.03F. The planner participates in Joint Planning Groups (JPGs) and Operational Planning Groups/Teams (OPG/OPTs), coordinating across USCYBERCOM Directorates, JFHQ-Cs, subordinate unified command headquarters, Service Cyber Components, Combatant Commands, components, agencies, and strategic partners and stakeholders.

Requirements

At least five years of experience as a Joint Operations Planner.
Complete working knowledge of the JPP, JOPES, and APEX planning formats and guidance.
Specialized education in military joint operations planning through JPME II from a CJCS-accredited joint education program listed in CJCSI 1800.01E; the JIOPC or another similar military operations planning course may substitute for JPME II.
Four years of planning experience may be substituted with completion of an advanced Service planner school, such as SAMS, SAASS, or JAWS.
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
Active Top Secret SCI with CI POLY security clearance.

Responsibilities

Monitor and review higher-echelon headquarters strategies, doctrine, policies, directives, and instructions; recommend measures to ensure compliance and consideration in planning.
Develop plans and orders using operational art, operational design, and the Joint Planning Process (JPP), within JOPES and APEX milestones, deliverables, and interaction points.
Develop exercise Training Objectives through the Training Objective Workshop (TOW).
Provide input to briefings, transition concepts to execution, and assist with coordination of joint operational planning for training and exercises.
Provide input to address shortfalls, prioritize and validate requirements, and modify development planning as the cyberspace environment changes.
Contribute to exercise scenarios, exercise operational plans, and supporting documentation for USCYBERCOM exercise training priorities.
Develop exercise collection plans to collect Training Objective Observations (TOOs).
Develop recommendations for Training Objective Evaluations (TOEs), Training Proficiency Assessments (TPAs), and Command Mission Training Assessments (MTAs) in accordance with CJCM 3500.03F.
Participate in Joint Planning Groups (JPGs) and Operational Planning Groups/Teams (OPG/OPTs).
Coordinate across USCYBERCOM Directorates, JFHQ-Cs, subordinate unified command headquarters, Service Cyber Components, Combatant Commands, components, agencies, and strategic partners and stakeholders.