McBride
Contractor Support to Exercise Coordination and Alignment Branch, Multi-Domain F
McBride, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23500
Overview
McBride has an exciting opportunity to support Allied Command Transformation (ACT), NATO’s leading agent for change: driving, facilitating, and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. ACT leads Alliance concept development, capability development, training and lessons learned initiatives and provides military support to policy development within NATO. Responsibilities
Exercise Planning & Coordination: Support the development, refinement, and documentation of exercise-related campaign plans, concepts, and supporting products; participate in planning conferences, workshops, and coordination events, ensuring integration of warfare development themes and priorities. Audacious Training & Warfare Development Support: Assist in implementing and refining Audacious Training Lines of Effort (enhancing realism, leveraging new technology/innovation, and acting on lessons learned); support identification, refinement, and documentation of Warfare Development in Exercise (WDiE) themes and candidate activities. Assessment & Reporting: Support after-action review (AAR) and lessons-learned processes, drafting formal reports and recommendations; contribute to the development of rolling programmes of work for WDiE and related initiatives. Stakeholder Engagement: Coordinate with NATO entities (e.g., SHAPE, JWC, JFTC, JATEC, JALLC), partners, and external stakeholders as required; track, consolidate, and report on branch contributions to NATO-level guidance (e.g., SACEUR’s Guidance on Education, Training, Exercises, and Evaluation). Administrative & Knowledge Management: Maintain records, schedules, and documentation repositories; provide regular progress updates to the designated Project Lead and COTR. Additional Taskings
Directly support the Branch Head as required and represent ECAB at meetings and conferences both within and outside NATO boundaries, with anticipated travel requirements of up to 30 days per year. Perform additional tasks as directed by the COTR that are consistent with the assigned labor category and within the scope of this contract. Requirements
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in military exercise planning, collective training, or defense transformation initiatives. Education
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in International Relations, Defense/Strategic Studies, Political Science, Emergency Management, or related field; OR equivalent professional experience. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Full-time Job function
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Business Consulting and Services Location: Norfolk, VA; Salary: $110,000.00-$160,000.00; Posted: 1 day ago
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McBride has an exciting opportunity to support Allied Command Transformation (ACT), NATO’s leading agent for change: driving, facilitating, and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. ACT leads Alliance concept development, capability development, training and lessons learned initiatives and provides military support to policy development within NATO. Responsibilities
Exercise Planning & Coordination: Support the development, refinement, and documentation of exercise-related campaign plans, concepts, and supporting products; participate in planning conferences, workshops, and coordination events, ensuring integration of warfare development themes and priorities. Audacious Training & Warfare Development Support: Assist in implementing and refining Audacious Training Lines of Effort (enhancing realism, leveraging new technology/innovation, and acting on lessons learned); support identification, refinement, and documentation of Warfare Development in Exercise (WDiE) themes and candidate activities. Assessment & Reporting: Support after-action review (AAR) and lessons-learned processes, drafting formal reports and recommendations; contribute to the development of rolling programmes of work for WDiE and related initiatives. Stakeholder Engagement: Coordinate with NATO entities (e.g., SHAPE, JWC, JFTC, JATEC, JALLC), partners, and external stakeholders as required; track, consolidate, and report on branch contributions to NATO-level guidance (e.g., SACEUR’s Guidance on Education, Training, Exercises, and Evaluation). Administrative & Knowledge Management: Maintain records, schedules, and documentation repositories; provide regular progress updates to the designated Project Lead and COTR. Additional Taskings
Directly support the Branch Head as required and represent ECAB at meetings and conferences both within and outside NATO boundaries, with anticipated travel requirements of up to 30 days per year. Perform additional tasks as directed by the COTR that are consistent with the assigned labor category and within the scope of this contract. Requirements
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in military exercise planning, collective training, or defense transformation initiatives. Education
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in International Relations, Defense/Strategic Studies, Political Science, Emergency Management, or related field; OR equivalent professional experience. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Full-time Job function
Other Industries
Business Consulting and Services Location: Norfolk, VA; Salary: $110,000.00-$160,000.00; Posted: 1 day ago
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