Scenario Development Sustainment Planner

Valiant Integrated Services • Fort Johnson South, LA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Valiant is seeking a Scenario Development Sustainment Planner to support up to 10 US Army Brigade Combat Team (BCT) rotational training exercises annually. These exercises are approximately 14 to 21 days in length. The role involves planning, coordinating, integrating, synchronizing, and preparing tactical and exercise control sustainment deliverables. The planner will also assist in producing sustainment-related PowerPoint slides, oversee the development of operations and sustainment graphics, and aid in the creation of scripts, slideshows, and storyboards for battle rhythm events. Additionally, the planner will develop and synchronize deliverables with scenario planning teams, and assist in replicating the Sustainment Warfighting Function of the JRTC’s Rotational Higher Command (HICOM) as needed. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Active Secret clearance.
• Graduate of a US Army Officer/Warrant Officer Logistics or Sustainment Advance Course.
• Direct experience supporting tactical level combined arms training at the US Army BCT or higher level.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Must be able to submit to and pass a pre-employment drug screening; will be subject to random drug screening.
• Individual must be adaptive, flexible, imaginative, and able to work effectively in an often time constrained and dynamically changing environment.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Ability to maintain a high level of attention to detail to ensure scenario consistency throughout large volumes of diverse written material.
• Ability to effectively and independently research, develop, organize, and communicate sustainment concepts for diverse military operations.
• General working knowledge of current US Army operations and sustainment doctrine; primarily the 1, 3, 4, and 6 series.
• Working proficiency with Army Mission Command Systems (e.g. CPCE and MAVEN).
• In-depth understanding of plans and orders formats and ability to write effective orders that address all required information, instructions, tasks in an understandable manner.
• Ability to work non-standard schedules that include extended hours and/or weekends based on mission requirements.
• Ability to travel unaccompanied to CONUS and OCONUS locations.

Nice To Haves

• Recent sustainment experience as a deployed US Army Sustainment Officer, Warrant Officer, or MOS qualified Senior NCO working on a US Army BCT or higher level staff within the past 5 years.
• Direct experience working on a Division Sustainment Brigade (DSB) staff.
• Direct experience working on a Division Sustainment Support Battalion (DSSB) or Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB) staff.
• Completion of Support Operations Officer (SPO) Course.
• Completion of the US Army Battle Staff NCO Course.
• Previous CTC experience in exercise design or as an Observer Controller/Trainer (OC/T).

Responsibilities

• Plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes, and prepares grammatically and doctrinally correct tactical and exercise control sustainment deliverables.
• Assists in producing sustainment related PowerPoint slides for various planning and coordination meetings.
• Oversees the development of (digital and hard copy) operations and sustainment graphics.
• Assists in development of scripts, slideshows, and storyboards to support daily Division level and Adjacent Unit battle rhythm events (e.g. Commander’s Update (CUB), Sustainment Working Group, and Division OPORD Brief).
• Develops and synchronizes deliverables with scenario planning teams as required during scenario development and rotation execution.
• Assists in replication of JRTC’s Rotational Higher Command (HICOM) in the Sustainment Warfighting Function on as needed basis.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level