Wing Plan and Exercise Specialist

Apogee Solutions, a Woman-owned Small Business, is seeking a Wing Plan and Exercise Specialist at Shaw Air Force Base, SC to provide support for the oversight and management of multiple disciplines to support the 25th Attack Wing (25 ATKW) mission across three geographically separated locations.

The Wing Plan and Exercise Specialist will assist with wing-level interface between HQ ACC, AFGSC, AFSOC, AETC, Combat Air Force units, and other USAF, Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. Government agencies.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct operations exercise, and training scheduling.
• Develop operational plans and programs.
• Develops and manages contingency and emergency plans for Wing execution.
• Provide 25 Attack Wing and associated units with assessment of operations effectiveness.
• Develop and coordinate 25 ATKW operational training plans and evaluates effectiveness of exercise and training programs.
• Interpret and disseminate Wing exercise and inspection results and recommends action to correct deficiencies and improve performance.
• Assist the Wing Director of Plans and Policy in the supervision of academic and military exercise and training of crew members to ensure certification, adequacy of instruction, proper briefing procedures, and adequacy of weather, navigation, and communications facilities.
• Coordinate training programs with 25 ATKW and associated units; conducts critiques on training programs; develops procedures for improving operations; and advise commander on status of operational training programs.
• Analyze and evaluate 25 ATKW exercise and training programs, reports, and status charts to determine effectiveness, and ensures compliance with governing directives and OPLAN.
• Coordinate with other agencies and HHQ to identify shortfalls and limiting factors affecting operational plans.
• Develop and coordinate on associated operational plans and review 25 ATKW/MQ-9 integration within operational programs.
• Interprets and translates policy from higher authority into specific guidance for operations.
• Assist the Wing Director of Plans and Policy in the development of operational concepts, translate support missions into 25 ATKW requirements, establishes procedures, and monitors plans and programs to implement Air Force, joint, and combined operations.
• Develop exercise plans, exercise objectives and scenario events list.
• Review and coordinates final exercise directives.
• Evaluate and analyze operational exercise plans to determine unit operating effectiveness.
• Debrief exercise participants and publish written reports.
• Assist the Wing Director of Plans and Policy in the 25 ATKW Inspector General point of contact and acts as command monitor for exercise inspection reports and special interest items.
• Review exercise inspection of 25 ATKW units and activities for compliance with directives and standardization of operation.
• Assist in the management of the 25 ATKW exercise evaluation team program.
• Monitor readiness of communications, logistics, personnel, and other support functions directly affecting 25 ATKW mission.
• Assist in planning, executing, evaluating, and critiquing base wide emergency and contingency exercises.
• Service multi-functional areas of responsibilities to satisfy mission objectives and does not include duties involving a single functional area such as logistics, operations, finance, and so forth.
• Liaise with internal and external organizations representatives as it pertains to airspace or airspace usage and maintains agreements that enable desired end states.
• Oversee and conduct Civil Information Management and Civil Miliary Operations as it pertains to the wing and associated units.
• Manage and oversee duties to provide a planning node responsible for ensuring wing coordination with outside partners or agencies.
• Assist the Wing Director of Plans and Policy in the development of 25 ATKW, MAJCOM, Air Force, HHQ, joint services, and combined plans, programs, and policies.
• Executes planning process based on defense guidance, and HQ USAF, major command, or joint services organization policies, directives, and procedures.
• Develop assumptions upon which the planning process is constrained.
• Develop plans that are responsive to 25 ATKW and Air Force guidance and MQ-9 capability.
• Coordinates plans between staff agencies to ensure a coherent planning effort.
• Program resource allocation according to the Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System.
• Execute programming actions based on guidance provided from major commands, joint activities, or Department of Defense.
• Analyzes impact of programming decisions on MQ-9 capabilities.
• Coordinates programming actions to facilitate issue resolution and ensure timely completion.
• Assist the Wing Director of Plans and Policy in the management and development of the 25 ATKW exercise, training and operation planning functions.
• Manage and oversee updates and track 25 ATKW involvement in all pre-planned exercises including exercises flown on an ATO directed sortie and provide weekly updates as directed by 25 ATKW leadership.
• Assist the Wing Director of Plans and Policy in the development and oversight of the 25 ATKW exercise planning and approval process and shall formally accept or request to reconsider (i.e. reclama) tasked exercises on behalf of 25 ATKW units.
• Manage and disseminate planning and schedule data on top secret, secret, and unclassified computer systems as required.
• Regularly brief 25 ATKW leadership about the availability and requirement of upcoming exercises.
• Develop and maintain applicable exercise after action reports (AARs) for the 25 ATKW, update presentations, schedule official meetings, record meeting minutes, and assist 25 ATKW and associate unit exercise project officers with exercise planning.
• Coordinate with applicable weapons and training shops to ensure learning objectives are identified in advance, feasible in planning, and achieved in execution.
• Function as the 25 ATKW interface and coordinate with exercise representatives, scheduling shops, and lead exercise planners or POCs from participating units, wings and HHQ as required.

Requirements:

• US Citizen with the ability to pass a background check, to include Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fingerprint check and National Agency Check with Written Inquires (NACI).
• Active, adjudicated TOP SECRET / SCI Clearance.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience working as a sq (or higher) level Plans and Exercises.
• Experience interfacing with higher headquarters for reporting and familiarity with all Air Force Exercise and Inspection Requirements.
• No negative administrative, judicial, non-judicial, or criminal action/record in previous civilian or military employment for 5 years.
• No history of being terminated from civilian employment, denied reenlistment, administratively discharged, or separated from the military under any condition other than honorable.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively within fast-paced, mission-driven settings while maintaining accuracy, discretion, and compliance with applicable policies and regulations.
• Possess strong business acumen and professional judgment, with demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 applications, including but not limited to Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Must have a strong attention to detail and be highly organized.