LEAD EXERCISE PLANNER
What you'd do
You will serve as a LEAD EXERCISE PLANNER in the JOINT/FLEET TRAINING DIVISION of COMMANDER US FLEET FORCES COMMAND.
Major duties
You will serve as lead planner and program manager for the planning and execution of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) directed Large Scale Exercise (LSE). In support of U.S./UK interoperability, you will lead efforts to assist the UK in reestablishing its Carrier Strike program via the U.S./UK Statement of Intent (SOI). You will provide leadership, oversight, and planning management in support of the full exercise life cycle. You will provide leadership and guidance on a global scale to a planning team that exceeds 500 personnel from over 100 commands. You will coordinate with the Maritime Operations Center (MOC) Training and Exercise Team (TET) to identify manpower and funding requirements for planning and execution. You will coordinate with multiple combatant command staffs to solicit higher headquarter staff replication support.
What you need to qualify
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience with advanced joint or multi-service military strategy, planning, and operations. Experience in Navy and Joint operational concepts, principles, and training planning, management, monitoring, execution, evaluation, and assessment of training and contingency planning. Experience demonstrating a comprehensive understanding and mastery of Navy, Joint, interagency, and multi-national training processes. Experience demonstrating expert-level knowledge of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan, Fleet Training Continuum, Global Maritime Response Plan, and Fleet Synthetic Training. Experience utilizing online databases and applying emerging technologies to develop new concepts, policies, and hypotheses that enhance Fleet/Joint training initiatives. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
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