**Description** ARA‘s ISR division is looking to hire an Exercise Planner/Trainer Manager. As the Exercise Planner/Trainer Manager, you will conduct planning for various Department of Defense training/exercise events IAW the Joint Training Manual for the Armed Forces of the US. **Exercise Planner/Trainer Manager Responsibilities:** + Leads the planning for Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC) events. Exercise Planner/Training Managers provide comprehensive pre-exercise support throughout the entire JELC including exercise and scenario design and scripting and on-site support at the forward location. Must be in near continuous communication with SOFTSB personnel and adapt workload to accomplish multiple deadlines, exercise direction and judgement, and evaluate employee, subcontractor, and consultant performance. + Act as the agency Officer of Primary Responsibility (OPR) for DTRA Joint Training Plan designated exercise or training event. OPRs have responsibility for planning, coordinating, executing and supporting assessments of JTP exercises or training events. OPRs have coordinating responsibility in the execution of this duty. This includes briefing agency involvement to the DTRA Deputy Director or designated representative during Exercise Integration Work Groups and Joint Exercise Training and Exercise Working Group. + Builds training objectives in coordination with Combatant Command and Theater Special Operations Commands Lead Exercise Planners, Training Officers, and other participating units. + Coordinates with Combatant Command and Theater Special Operations Commands Lead Exercise Planners for Exercise Force Request sourcing in the Joint Training Information Management System (JTIMS) and the Joint Training Tool (JTT). + Supports coordination with Combatant Command and Theater Special Operations Commands Lead Exercise Planners throughout the Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC). Prepares DTRA leaders for Senior Leader Seminars and Key Leader Events as needed and supports After Action Reviews and tracks Corrective Action Program issues as appropriate. + Act as the agency Lead Exercise Planners (LEP) for DTRA Joint Training Plan designated exercise or training event. LEPs are the Agency’s primary representatives to the Combatant Command and Theater Special Operations Command and lead DTRAs coordination with that sponsor throughout the JELC for DTRA participation and support. + Leads Scenario Development Working Groups, coordinate with OPRs, Officer of Collateral Responsibility, and Training Officers in scenario development, scripting, and observer control. Develops Exercise Force Request sourcing in JTIMS and JTT for the Combatant Command and Theater Special Operations Commands Lead Exercise Planners. + Provide budgetary information to the Agency OPR and coordinates Combatant Command and Theater Special Operations Command on CTP and Joint Exercise Transportation Program funds. Maintains and briefs exercise and training event specifics at the Exercise Integration Work Group. + Provide observations to the Agency OPR's briefs. Maintains a list of exercise or training event lessons learned and collaborates with the OPR on input into the After-Action Review and Corrective Action Program. Responsible for planning, coordinating, executing, and supporting assessments of SOFTSB training events and exercises. + Ensures established regulations, policies, and standards are met and enforced. + Ensures all contractor personnel are trained and qualified to support the SOFTSB mission. + Responsible for all personnel actions of contractor personnel supporting their specific exercise or training event. + Ensure all contractor personnel supporting exercises or training events meet the country specific requirements required for entrance into countries where exercises or training events are taking place. + Knowledge of relationships with other military programs and key administrative support functions to plan, develop, execute, and assess all aspects of the DoD Joint Training System. + Knowledge of DoD CWMD and Improvised Threat Networks (ITN) mission support relationships across the combatant commands, services, interagency, and multinational partners. + Knowledge of the capabilities and vulnerabilities associated with a multi-threat terrorist environment. + Skill and expertise in analyzing threat data and information for emerging trends, plans, intentions of hostile nations, organizations, and other relevant entities. + Ability to design, apply, and conduct and assess DTRA participation in comprehensive joint training exercises based upon Agency Mission Essential Tasks and priorities. + Ability to interpret varied, complex, and conflicting data and then draw sound conclusions and make recommendations. + Ability to plan, organize, and lead the execution of exercise tabletop studies or evaluations to support National Level Directives, DTRA missions, and/or DTRA support to CCMD campaign or contingency plans. **Offer is contingent upon contract award.** **Exercise Planner/Trainer Manager Required Qualifications:** + **US citizen with a minimum of a Secret Clearance to start. Must be able to obtain a Top-Secret clearance.** + Bachelor's Degree or higher with 10 to 12 years of experience **OR** 18 years of professional experience in lieu of a degree + Must be able to obtain a US Passport + Knowledge of special operations missions, plans, tactics, techniques, and procedures and experience as it applies to DoD strategic level joint exercise planning and execution of DTRA support to CCMD Exercise and Training Transformation (CE2T2) Program Execution Plans (PEP) supported exercises and activities is highly desired. + Knowledge of the US Armed Forces Joint Training Program, the DoD Joint Training System (JTS) and supporting programs to include the Joint Training Tool (JTT), the Joint Training and Information Management System (JTIMS) and associated Joint Mission Scenario Development Tools used by DoD across the Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC) is highly + Work in an office and field environment + Possess effective oral and written communication skills, and proficient in using the Microsoft Office Suite of tools. Emphasis placed on PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Visio. + Shall be able to travel worldwide on short notice and work non-standard hours. This includes obtaining the required immunizations. + Shall be able to perform duties in all weather and climate conditions and be capable of carrying loads of up to 60 pounds over uneven terrain. + Shall be capable of flying in utility helicopters for extended periods of time and be available for expeditious foreign travel for extended periods of time. **Who is ARA?** Do you want to work for a purpose? Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company. We have been providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences since 1979. ARA has over 2,271 employee-owners and continues to grow rapidly. Together, our offices throughout the U.S. and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. ARA also prides itself, on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. Employee ownership ensures you have a voice with what happens in the company. We are also very proud of our Women’s Initiative Network (WIN), whose purpose is to motivate, support, and encourage professional career development for women to maximize career and professional accomplishments. To find out more about what the Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Division has to offer, visit our website at: https://www.ara.com/benefits/ **Qualifications** **Education** **Preferred** + Bachelors or better **Experience** **Required** + 10-12 years: Relevant Work Experience Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)