What are the responsibilities and job description for the EXELMS Senior Maritime Maneuver Operations Analyst - Exercise Planner position at Fidelis Integrated Solutions, Inc.?
Company Description
Fidelis Integrated Solutions, Inc. (FIS) meets the needs of military, law enforcement, other government and private industry by providing customized consulting, training and mission support services. FIS is a corporation headquartered in Stafford, VA and is a Small Disadvantaged (SDB) / Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).
Job Description
Fidelis Integrated Solutions, Inc. (FIS) is seeking a full-time Senior Maritime Maneuver Operations Analyst - Exercise Planner to provide expertise to the External Elements (EXELMS) section of MSTP to support USMC MEF / MEB integration with the Navy / Maritime Component to support MEF / MEB-level exercise design, planning, and execution. Tasks include scenario development, travel to exercise lifecycle events, planning practical application mentoring, warfighting seminar product preparation and delivery, operational orders development, higher headquarters replication, and after-action analysis with written product preparation.
The mission of the MSTP is to : Train and Educate Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and Marine Expeditionary Brigades (MEB) Command Elements to conduct operations across the range of military operations, within the context of a Joint, Combined, or Coalition environment.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Research operational concepts and plans, conducts analysis of Maritime Maneuver processes and determine information exchange requirements and requirements for joint subject matter expertise to support training.
- Support all phases of the Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC) and contribute to the force generation process and operational force readiness by building supporting scenario products, role-play Higher and Adjacent Headquarters (H&AHQ) naval / maritime operations staff personnel, and leverage Navy relationships during a critical time of Commandant-directed transition to naval integrated MEF exercises.
- Support a comprehensive effort to enhance the planning and integration of maritime operational planning capabilities in planning practical application and other MSTP exercises.
- Produce exercise planning products, to include COCOM / JTF / Fleet-level operation orders. Directly engage MAGTF level training audiences to capture training objectives and ensure their incorporation into the exercise scenario.
- Lead the development of scripted, scenario-based, Force / Joint level maritime maneuver events as part of the Master Scenario Events List (MSEL) to generate training audience activity.
- Lead a Maneuver Working Group as part of an exercise design team at exercise planning conferences to design the scope and method of training; translate training objectives into observable and measurable Maritime Maneuver training activities.
- Advise active-duty and reserve officers at a simulated H&AHQ staff on the execution of planned exercise events to ensure all training objectives are met.
- Adjust work hours as necessary to support extended work hours in support of 12 to 24-hour continuous operations during events.
- Perform role of an event Observer, Trainer, Collector (OTC) to support the other MSTP Branches when required.
- Conduct tactical and operational planning at the conceptual, functional, and detailed levels for service and functional component organizations and joint headquarters organizations.
- Research of existing and emerging operational concepts and plans; conduct analysis of data.
- Plan and prepare lesson plans and seminars, provide instruction and event analysis on Naval and joint / combined operations and doctrine to Field Grade and General Officers.
- Participate in and conducts reviews and structured walk-throughs of events, operation orders and plans, and information collection requirements.
- Review orders, briefs, and documents to support event exercise design, scenario development and higher and adjacent headquarters functions.
- Review and provide comments on Marine Corps and joint doctrine documents, best practices, and tactics, techniques and procedures not covered by doctrine (i.e., Marine Corps Interim Publication, MSTP Pamphlet).
Qualifications
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Additional Information
Physical Requirements and Work Environment
Travel
Salary : From $120,000
Disclaimer
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Fidelis Integrated Solutions is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, protected veteran status, and any other non-merit factor, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Salary : $120,000
