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Terrestris Global Solutions is seeking an Exercise Planner (Scripter, war games scenario developer) at The U.S. Army War College onsite at Carlisle Barracks Pennsylvania for a recent contract award. The USAWC educates and develops leaders for service at the strategic level while advancing knowledge in the global application of landpower. In support of the Army's talent management efforts, USAWC is required to provide experts in various fields to assist with the execution of the Command Assessment Program (CAP). The CAP assesses officers, senior civilians, and senior non-commissioned officers for critical positions with significant responsibility for the lives of Soldiers. The USAWC supports a portion of the overall CAP which assesses officers for fitness to command Army units at the Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel levels, as well as assesses select officers and senior civilians to manage special Army programs at that same level of responsibility. This requirement fills a current manpower gap at Carlisle Barracks.

THE EXERCISE PLANNER  WILL SUPPORT THE COLONELS COMMAND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (CCAP). The Center for Strategic Leadership's (CSL) Strategic Landpower and Futures Group designs, develops, and administers the Strategic Leader Exercise (SLE) as a component of the CCAP. The SLE is designed to assess a defined set of strategic leader competencies by presenting CCAP participants with an almost overwhelming strategic scenario based in the future that must be distilled into actionable information for a senior-most Army leader.

WHAT DOES YOUR DAY LOOK LIKE:

• Scenario Development. Exercise Planner shall develop scenario-based material that will be used within the SLE. This task, includes the following actions as well as the requirement to track and report progress of each action.

• Exercise Planner shall conduct research into a geostrategic issue as specified by the government to uncover the most salient information and related issues for a strategic appreciation of the specified geostrategic issue. An example geostrategic issues might be along the lines of: U.S., allies', international organizations', neutral's, and competitor's interests, objectives, and friction points in the Arctic.

• Exercise Planner shall examine official U.S. policy documents produced by various U.S. government entities. Exercise Planner also examine official policy documents (English language version) of other concerned nations and entities (e.g., the UN, NATO, Arctic Council, CSTO, African Union, etc.) with a stake in the designated geostrategic issue.

• Exercise Planner shall examine other publicly available material that is easily accessible from public websites, periodicals, newspapers, journals, etc. with information relevant to the geostrategic issue. Exercise Planner should consult English language sources and media of foreign origin, e.g. The Times of India, China Daily, BBC, Daily News Egypt, and so on based on the research conducted, the Exercise Planner shall propose to the government and refine a taxonomy for organizing the information modules within the SLE program.

• Information Modules. Based on the research specified above, the Exercise Planner shall develop scenario information in the form of information modules. Information modules consist of text or relevant graphics, charts, or diagrams and text.

• Information modules shall be written in clear, easy to understand, plain English and be free of typographical errors, spelling mistakes, grammar errors, and generally free of the passive voice. In addition to information described above, each information module shall also include source documentation presented in a manner consistent with the current version of the USAWC Communicative Arts Directive (available upon request) so that the government representative can authenticate the source of the information.

• Information Modules. Based on the research specified above, the Exercise Planner shall develop scenario information in the form of information modules. Information modules consist of text or relevant graphics, charts, or diagrams and text.

• The Exercise Planner shall, as a member of the SLE team, support the administration of the SLE assessment by providing routine administrative and operations support to other members of the SLE team. Operations Support include two interrelated tasks described below.

• Exercise Planner shall be responsible for attending the Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) drill and for attending the execution of the SLE. The Exercise Planner shall execute specific actions at the ROC drill and be responsible for the management of candidate information and for creating users and groups within the SLE program as outlined in the SLE standing operations procedures during execution of the SLE. A summary of those actions and activities follows:

ROC Drill: The ROC drill will be conducted at Ft Knox, KY, or an alternate site should the government require a different location, during the month of August.

Assistant Facilitator. The Exercise Planner shall be responsible for assisting the facilitator with managing the room in which the SLE is conducted as outlined in the SLE standing operations procedures. A summary of those actions and activities follows: 

• Operations Support Training. The Exercise Planner shall attend training during the rehearsal period prior to execution of the SLE.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A minimum of a High School Diploma or GED along with an Associate's Degree in any discipline, is required.

• Desired: Bachelor's Degree or higher in a discipline relate to international relations, government, or strategic studies.

Scenario Development:

• Required: At least two (2) years of experience developing, and writing scenario related materials for wargames, exercises or training simulations. Experience writing short, easy to read, summaries of important strategic issues using a variety of lenses (e.g., Diplomatic, Information, Military Economic, Financial, Intelligence, Legal, Political, Social, Infrastructure, and Physical Environment) and perspectives.

• Desired: Experience extrapolating from current information to create fictitious future-focused scenarios.

Operations Support:

• Required: At least two (2) years of experience performing the administrative and operational task associated with a military operations center. A working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

• Desired: Experience as an operations officer or operations non-commissioned officer in a battalion (or equivalent) or higher operations center.

• Security Clearance. The candidate must be a U.S. citizen and shall possess, at a minimum, a SECRET Clearance.  

• Information Technology Skills. The Exercise Planner shall be proficient in basic computer skills to include, but not limited to, Microsoft Office suite of software, basic writing and editing skills, search/create folders, and computer terminology.

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