Joint Event Support Team Planner

Valiant Integrated Services is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Duties and Responsibilities Include:

• The Joint Exercise Support Team (JEST) Planner acts in support of the Joint Event Support Team Lead (JEST Lead) to provide planning, management, liaison, and coordination for assigned exercises/events, the joint training system, and special projects.
• Serves as the alternate point of contact to the JS J7 Joint Exercise Division Desk Officer and/ or Event Planner for contractor support to assigned exercises/events. Builds exercise planning schedules; forecasts labor and travel; assists development of exercise/event budgets; and facilitates as well as monitors Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC) progress.
• Develops and maintains the Team calendar; coordinates team member assignments; deployment; and assists functional area planners as required.
• The JEST planner must become intimately familiar with the supported organization, JELC processes, and contract deliverables to successfully design, plan, prepare, execute, and assess supported exercises/events.
• Facilitate exercise meetings, conferences, and workgroup sessions.
• This position includes travel to locations within the supported organization's area of responsibility.

This positions compensation rates vary between and are comparable to the government General Scale (GS 11) and (GS 13) pay bands.

• Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree. (Additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of education requirements)
• Must meet the combined minimum of 11 years between education and direct relevant experience)
• Possess a minimum of seven years' experience inclusive of the following: Service and joint doctrine experience to include combat, combat support, and combat service support operations.
• Must have experience with exercises at levels comparable to Joint Task Force, Army Corps, Numbered Air Forces and Numbered Fleet; specifically, the planning, design and execution and assessment of exercises.
• Must have the ability to: prepare and conduct seminars/work groups; conduct training in large and small groups; conduct post exercise analysis.
• Must have excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office presentation, word processing, spreadsheet, and collaboration applications
• Combatant Com
• mand, Joint Task Force, Corps, Division, Wing, or Afloat staff experience (preferred).
• Must be able to travel unassisted to both CONUS and OCONUS locations in support of the task order.
• Must possess a current Secret Clearance and able to obtain a TS SCI clearance.
• Must possess a current U.S. Passport
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must be able to obtain a Company Travel Card

Preferred Qualifications:

• Combatant Command or Joint Staff J7 experience
• Extensive experience with operations centers, planning cells, and operational planning teams
• Knowledge of the scenario/MSEL development process
• Secret or TS/SCI Clearance