Exercise Planner

Barbaricum is a rapidly growing government contractor providing leading-edge support to federal customers, with a particular focus on Defense and National Security mission sets. We leverage more than 15 years of support to stakeholders across the federal government, with established and growing capabilities across Intelligence, Analytics, Engineering, Mission Support, and Communications disciplines. Founded in 2008, our mission is to transform the way our customers approach constantly changing and complex problem sets by bringing to bear the latest in technology and the highest caliber of talent.

Headquartered in Washington, DC's historic Dupont Circle neighborhood, Barbaricum also has a corporate presence in Tampa, FL, Bedford, IN, and Dayton, OH, with team members across the United States and around the world. As a leader in our space, we partner with firms in the private sector, academic institutions, and industry associations with a goal of continually building our expertise and capabilities for the benefit of our employees and the customers we support. Through all of this, we have built a vibrant corporate culture diverse in expertise and perspectives with a focus on collaboration and innovation. Our teams are at the frontier of the Nation's most complex and rewarding challenges. Join us.

Barbaricum is seeking an Exercise Planner to support SOCSOUTH’s mission. The SOCSOUTH mission is to plan, prepare for, and, when directed, conduct special operations in support of USSOUTHCOM strategies, plans, and operations. The Exercise Planner will provide SOF exercise expertise to support the planning and execution of exercises in the SOUTHCOM AOR.

• Provide SOF exercise expertise to support the planning and execution of exercises in the SOUTHCOM AOR.
• Coordinate with external forces such as SOF, Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Partner Nations for participation in the exercises.
• Work with participating units to accomplish tasks such as field training, logistical support activities, amphibious landings, airborne and ground maneuvers, air operations, maritime operations, and Special Operations activities.
• Maintain currency, relevancy, and awareness of SOF and joint enterprise training requirements through research of past and current operations, joint exercise instructions, and SOF doctrine.
• Participate in working groups, conferences, and meetings to support unit exercise requirements.
• Maintain cooperative relationships with operational and strategic level planners and leaders in the USSOCOM HQs, USSOCOM Components, USSOUTHCOM, USSOUTHCOM Components, and other organizations to facilitate a synchronized effort in exercise design and execution across the community of interest.
• Support exercise design, Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC) planning, scenario scripting, training, and observations where necessary.
• Create or review training events concepts, to include purpose, objectives, broad scenario characteristics, processes, and products to support the mission and objectives of the training event’s sponsor.
• Execute other duties as required to support the SOCSOUTH J37 team in the accomplishment of their duties and responsibilities related to training and exercises.
• Travel CONUS and OCONUS for exercise planning and coordination; estimated 45-60 days annually within the USSOUTHCOM AOR.  This travel varies year by year based on exercise locations and frequency, as some exercises occur every other year vice annually.

• Active DoD Secret clearance
• 10 years prior military experience, SOF experience required
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience serving in a command, senior enlisted advisor, or primary staff billet in a SOF HQs (USSOCOM/TSOC/Component), Service, Joint Staff, OSD, or 2-4 Star level Service/GCC HQs
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience directly interfacing with senior staff (O6/GOFO) at the TSOC, Component, GCC, Service, Interagency level
• Excellent presentation, communication, and organization skills
• Must have Spanish language proficiency to pass annual DLPT with a minimum score of 2/2

Additional Information

For more information about Barbaricum, please visit our website at www.barbaricum.com.  We will contact candidates directly to schedule interviews.  No phone calls please.