Exercise Planning and Training Project Officer

$100,000 - $145,000/Yr

ANSER - Camp Smith, HI

Full-time - Mid Level

Camp Smith, HI

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

ANSER is seeking a Exercise Planning and Training Project Officer to support Marine Force Pacific Command (MARFORPAC). As an Exercise Planning and Training Project Officer you will support Joint Chiefs of Staff, CCMD, MARFORPAC Headquarters (HQ) and Subordinate/Component exercises, engagements and assigned operations. You will plan and coordinate Field Training Exercises (FTXs), Command Post Exercises (CPXs), Tabletop Exercises (TTX), Senior Leader Seminars (SLS) and training events that prepare tactical, operational, and strategic forces for possible future contingencies.

Responsibilities

• Plan exercise operations and logistics using an analysis of exercise objectives & tasks, MARFORPAC unit capabilities, deployment requirements, forward operating location assessments, and resource constraints.
• Support exercise planning across the Joint Event Life Cycle
• Participate in planning meetings and develop and present plans documentation
• Assist in observer/controller activities and document lessons learned for after action reporting
• Support exercise database management and updates via JTIMS and other DOD applications
• Provide JOPES, DCAPES and TPFDD support as needed
• Support training plans and program development
• Support Theater Security Cooperation plans and activities

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or Associates degree with an additional seven years of relevant experience.
• Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience at higher headquarters organization (e.g. MAJCOM, equivalent, or above)
• Possess a working knowledge of the Pacific theater, and an understanding of the relationships and general interactions between each nation within
• Operational and/or logistical experience in the Asia-Pacific Theater
• Knowledge of the operational and logistical support required for exercises, deployments, and mobilizations and familiar with time-phased force and deployment data (TPFDD) nomenclature

Nice-to-haves

• Supporting Theater Security Cooperation efforts
• Prior experience as a staff-level exercise planner, and experience planning/executing CPXs/FTXs within the INDOPACOM AOR
• Excellent interpersonal/social skills; proven staff officer/contractor support excellence
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Financial support
• Well-being programs