Exercise Planner Action Officer

**This position is contingent upon award of contract/contract requirements.**

ALEX Alternative Experts is seeking an parttime experienced planner with Action Officer experience to provide exercise or event planning and coordination across the Marine Corps Installations Command (MCICOM) G5 staff and to coordinate MCICOM issues and engagements with Marine Forces Commands (i.e. MARFORNORTH and MARFORPAC) in support requirements from Combatant Commanders or the Joint Forces Headquarters National Capital Region.

The Exercise Planner/Action Officer will provide conference planning meeting support and coordinate the details of MCICOM G5 participation in specified exercises. This will include preevent planning onsite coordination and postevent activities for designated government and interagency conferences exercises symposia and workshops.

The Exercise Planner/Action Officers tasks and deliverables shall include the following:

• Preevent planning includes but is not limited to approval packages site selection and setup development and distribution of announcements creation of agenda and support material and registration.
• Onsite coordination includes but is not limited to attendee checkin security problem resolution document control and administrative and logistics coordination with the host facility.
• Postevent efforts will include but is not limited to developing and distributing conference and meeting proceedings and generation of an AAR following each event.
• Conduct reviews and propose updates to MCICOM G5 relevant and applicable orders directives and policies governing exercises.
• Support Planning Programming Budgeting and (Planning Phase) in coordination with the Capabilities Based Assessment process between LF/MCICOM and DC CD&I.
• Assist in the planning and coordination of MCICOM contributions to State Funeral exercises in coordination with the Marine Corps National Capital Region Command (MCNCRC).
• Provide analytical support at the MARFORCOM Force Sync Conference each quarter.
• Support includes participating in working groups and main sessions to capture MCICOM requirements and coordinate sourcing solutions.
• Support the planning and coordination of deployment and redeployment of MCICOM forces in support of designated National Special Security Events and other operational requirements.
• Assist key G5 personnel in planning and coordinating requirements for the Global Force Management program to include reviewing Force Management Tool and staffing MCBUL 3120.
• Prepare Exercise Planning and Coordination Documentation (includes memoranda info papers briefs official message drafts Letters of Instruction orders and afteraction reports) (as required).
• Produce Meeting Minutes from the PP&O Weekly Force Flow Meetings (each Friday).
• Submit deployment data for force deployments to higher headquarters as required (includes Letters of Instruction orders MCBUL 3120 draft responses and deployment data).
• Create Planning products supporting Global Force Management (includes Planning Documents include memoranda info papers decision papers briefs official message drafts and are submitted on the required due date).

Preferred Skills Experience and Qualifications:

• Former USMC action officer from a relevant staff section of a rank CWO3 or above with active duty or postmilitary service at Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps (HQMC).
• Service at MCICOM or Deputy Commandant Installations & Logistics.
• Experience as a Marine Corps force management planner.
• Experience with HQMC staff actions and processes.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office Suite of applications and strong communications skills.

Education and Certifications:

• Bachelors Degree.
• Four to ten years of experience supporting similar tasks.
• Graduate of the Command & Staff College or equivalent is a plus.
• Active Secret Clearance required.

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ALEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin protected veteran status or disability. Applicants must be able to perform the essential functions of the job.

In order to comply with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act we reasonably believe the parttime pay range for this position is between $70000 $85000. Multiple factors are taken into account with any offer of employment by ALEX including experience education and skills.

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