USARPAC Exercise Planner (Strategic Planner 4)- 7932

Job Description

The INDOPACOM combatant command theater covers over half the earth’s surface and provides unique challenges to our National Defense strategy. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated – Technical Services Division is building a team of professionals to deliver innovative solutions to our customer in a dynamic strategic environment. There are few regions as culturally, socially, economically, and geopolitically diverse as the Asia-Pacific. The 36 nations comprising the Asia-Pacific region are home to more than 50% of the world's population, 3,000 different languages, several of the world's largest militaries, and five nations allied with the U.S. through mutual defense treaties.

If you are excited about emerging technologies, finding creative solutions to complex problems, and the strategic challenges of near peer competitors and adversaries, then this is the opportunity you have been looking for!

HII-Technical Solutions Division (HII-TSD) is currently seeking an Exercise Planner to support our US Army Pacific Customer.

A Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Strategic Planning professional:

• Serves as prime consultant and subject matter expert for the organization on highly significant matters relating to policies, programs, capabilities, and exercise goals and objectives for USARPAC to meet its Wartime Mission
• Develops long-range objectives and strategic plans for USARPAC bilateral, multilateral and Joint exercises by identifying internal and external strategic issues that could affect mission success
• Monitors environment for opportunities, performs analysis of command exercise program goals, and seeks opportunities to contribute to enhancing the command exercise program
• Develops and monitors exercise objectives
• Coaches and mentors collection planning for capture of exercise outcomes and the preparation of after action reviews, and recommends refined objectives and execution alternatives
• Plans and coordinates planning conferences, resource allocations, organization structures, and performance analysis

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Serve as Exercise Planner for USARPAC G37 staff
• Plan, coordinate and execute USARPAC component participation in assigned USINDOPACOM JCS and Service exercises
• Coordinate and manage exercise development in conjunction with USINDOPACOM and Service component planners and participants. Develop training objectives that meet USARPAC requirements
• Ensure USARPAC and component exercises inform the Defense Readiness Reporting System and fully incorporate the Joint Lessons Learned system
• Assist in management of JTIMS and other exercise information management systems
• Enhance the command’s capability to train and prepare for a broad spectrum of threats from real and/or simulated adversaries
• Develop training objectives in conjunction with exercise participants and USARPAC staff stakeholders
• Assist in the coordination with exercise participants and supporters from other DoD and non-DoD organizations
• Draft and develop realistic threat scenarios, incorporate best-practice inputs from DoD and other agencies
• Coordinate exercise criteria to test and stress the command’s training objectives
• Consolidate and draft Exercise Summary Reports (ESR) related to exercise objectives, training objectives, and future design modifications
• CONUS and OCONUS travel may be required
• Other duties may be assigned, as necessary

Minimum Qualifications

• 10 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 8 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 14 years relevant experience
• Previous experience briefing senior leadership at the General Officer, Flag Officer, or Senior Executive Service level
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to proof read, edit, and finalize exercise planning products for senior leader briefings
• Valid US Passport
• Clearance: Must possess and maintain a Secret clearance

Preferred Requirements

• 8 years of experience as DoD Planner; or 3 years as a USARPAC Planner
• Former Army Field Grade officer or Senior NCO (E8) with exercise planning background highly preferred
• Working knowledge of the Joint Training Management System (JTMS) and Exercise Lifecycle (JELC) planning process
• Experience supporting USARPAC staff
• Experience supporting USINDOPACOM theater operations
• Experience with the Army Training Management System (ATMS) and its components Army Training Network (ATN), Unit Training Management (UTM), Digital Training Management System (DTMS), and Combined Arms Training Strategies (CATS)
• Experience with the Joint Region Marianas (JRM) area of responsibility
• Experience with the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP)
• Knowledge of Joint Operational Planning and Execution System (JOPES)

Physical Requirements

Job performance will normally require only minor lifting and carrying of boxes of records or equipment.

This opportunity resides with Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, a business group within Mission Technologies, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries. From towers to processors, we design, develop, integrate and manage the sensors, systems and other assets necessary to support integrated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations, exploitation and analysis for the Intelligence Community, the military services, geographic and functional combatant commands and DoD agencies.

HII is a global engineering and defense technologies provider. With a 135-year history of trusted partnerships in advancing U.S. national security, HII delivers critical capabilities ranging from the most powerful and survivable naval ships ever built, to unmanned systems, ISR and AI/ML analytics. HII leads the industry in mission-driven solutions that support and enable a networked, all-domain force. Headquartered in Virginia, HII’s skilled workforce is 44,000 strong. For more information, please visit: hii.com.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is an Equal Opportunity/Vets and Disabled Employer. U.S. Citizenship may be required for certain positions.