SOCOM Exercise Planner

Valiant Integrated Services•Kingstowne, VA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Valiant is looking for a SOCOM Exercise Planner to join their team. In this role, you are responsible for planning, scheduling, and managing CWMD training events and exercises. You will provide realistic, current, and relevant CWMD training and exercise support to address USSOCOM & Geographic Combatant Command (GCC) requirements.

Requirements

Active Secret, TS/SCI preferred
Bachelor’s degree or requisite military experience. Emphasis in program management, military science, or similar disciplines will be given higher consideration. Relevant military experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
Ability to perform tasks under deadlines.
Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
Ability to 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 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 capable of transporting and lifting 40-pound boxes of documents and equipment.
Must be able to travel unaccompanied to foreign and domestic locations.
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).
Strong proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite of tools required. Emphasis is placed on PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.

Nice To Haves

Developing, planning and participating in US Department of Defense CBRNE and Special Operations training events or exercises.
Department of Defense environment experience required; preference given to those with CBRN and Special Operations experience.
Developing, planning, and participating in Department of Defense CBRNE and Special Operations training events or exercises.
Knowledge in performing training capability or training needs assessments desired.

Responsibilities

Planning, scheduling, and managing CWMD training events and exercises, including 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 US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Geographic Combatant Commands (GCC), and Theatre Special Operations Commands’ (TSOC) requirements. Audience includes but is not limited to US Special Operations Forces (SOF), Chemical/Biological/Radiological/Nuclear units, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal units in order to facilitate their CMWD mission.
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.
Coordinate (de-conflict) within 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.
Managing and accomplishing 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.