Exercise Campaign Planner

Location: Hālawa Heights

** Description*
* SAIC is seeking a  
** Regional Campaign Planner - Northeast Asia
** located at  
** Camp Smith in Hawaii
** to support the  
** United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) Exercise Plans Branch (J752)
** to bring Northeast Asia regional expertise-spanning  
** Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and Taiwan*
* -to support the development, integration, and synchronization of the USPACOM Joint Training and Exercise Campaign Plan.

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* NOTE:

International travel up to 30% of the year may be required to support planning and coordination with Northeast Asia partner nation defense staffs and forward-stationed United States forces.*
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* JOB DESCRIPTION:

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* + Coordinate unified action across USPACOM, partner nations, and component commands to develop a regional Joint Training and Exercise Campaign Plan, while maintaining actionable plans, milestones, and required deliverables.

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** Priority Focus Area 1 - Bilateral Defense Dialogues:
** Plan, coordinate, and support recurring bilateral and multilateral defense dialogues with Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Prepare read-ahead materials, decision briefs, talking points, and post-engagement summaries that advance defense cooperation objectives and inform theater training priorities.

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** Priority Focus Area 2 - Exercise Planning Documents:
** Support the development of the Joint Training Plan (JTP), which leverages national and strategic-level guidance-including the National Security Strategy (NSS), National Defense Strategy (NDS), and National Military Strategy (NMS)-along with the USPACOM Commander's Theater Strategy and Theater Campaign Plan to outline USPACOM's Joint Exercise Programs six (6) years out. Additionally, support the development and maintenance of Annex M to the USPACOM Campaign Order, which provides resource-informed information used to plan exercises two (2) years out.

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** Priority Focus Area 3 - Theater and Strategic Planning Events:
** Support operational planning events, theater posture planning meetings, theater engagement planning meetings, and strategic planning forums. Create solutions to complex problems and apply operational art in a
-dynamic geostrategic security environment to provide input to strategic and operational initiatives within the command.

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** Priority Focus Area 4 - Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC) Events:
** Support select JELC events for Field Training Exercises (FTX), Command-Post Exercises (CPX), and associated training support activities and investments across the Northeast Asia region.

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** Priority Focus Area 5 - Relationships:
** Develop and maintain productive working relationships across the USPACOM staff, components, subordinate unified commands, direct reporting units, and allies and partners throughout the USPACOM Area of Responsibility (AOR)-especially amongst Northeast Asian countries (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Mongolia)-to enable effective coordination, collaboration, and unity of effort in training and exercise planning.

+ Develop and maintain efficient processes to support exercise planning, senior leader engagements, planning meetings, RFIs, and the production of exercise orders and directives across Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

** Qualifications*
* ** REQUIRED

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

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* + Bachelor's degree and ten (10) years of relevant experience; an additional four (4) years of experience considered in lieu of a degree.

+ Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Phase I complete; two (2) years of experience on a joint operational/strategic headquarters staff accepted in lieu of JPME Phase I.

+ Extensive knowledge and experience working with Northeast Asia partner nation defense forces and/or forward-stationed United States forces (e.g., Japan Self-Defense Forces, USFJ, ROK Armed Forces, USFK), including joint assignments at the operational/strategic level.

+ Demonstrated experience planning and supporting bilateral defense dialogues and senior leader engagements.

+ Proven ability to build and sustain effective relationships across a joint staff, components, and multinational partners.

+ Proven experience in a management role with oversight of projects and maintenance of timelines.

+ Knowledge of the JELC and associated requirements to plan and execute FTXs and CPXs.

+ Familiarity with national and strategic-level guidance documents (NSS, NDS, NMS) and Combatant Command planning products such as the Theater Campaign Plan, Campaign Order, and associated annexes.

** DESIRED SKILLSET:*
* + Regional expertise across two…