Exercise Program Manager (EPM) - Military Veterans

Responsibilities & Qualifications

RESPONSIBILITIES

The role of EPM will be performed by a multidisciplinary, senior-level emergency management professional with demonstrated acumen in the administration and leadership of an all-hazards exercise program aligned with the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) standard. Professional experience collaborating within or across any national critical infrastructure sector is preferred. The EPM will ensure programmatic alignment with prevailing laws, regulations, policies, directives, and standards pertaining to exercise design, development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning and interdependent functions including resiliency, risk characterization, training, and integrated preparedness initiatives. The EPM will integrate into the vendor's organizational structure and serve as an instrument for the advancement, promotion, and achievement of its strategic goals. The EPM will manage all functional aspects of the exercise program, including internal and external exercise support services, applied training systems, the development and distribution of tabletop exercise packages, human capital, comprehensive stakeholder engagement, and contract compliance.

The EPM will augment, sustain, and strengthen the exercise program by performing the following duties:

• Manage assigned equipment, software, resources, and human capital, including full-time, on-call and surge staffing elements
  
  

• Develop and implement quality assurance and performance standards
  
  

• Support the development, tracking, analysis, and reporting of program performance metrics
  
  

• Develop and utilize project management resources to enable cross-team situational and domain awareness of all planned, active, or complete projects or tasks
  
  

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree

• Certified Emergency Manager credential

• Master Exercise Practitioner certification

• Ten years of multidisciplinary experience managing and/or administering an integrated emergency preparedness program

• Two years of experience in HSEEP complaint exercise program management and leadership with practical experience in all phases of the exercise cycle

• Two years of experience in training systems development, delivery, management, and leadership

• Two years of experience managing a multi-year federal project in cooperation with agency executives

• Two years of experience leading intergovernmental and cross-sector coordination projects or initiatives

• Two years of experience developing and/or interpreting operational doctrine

• One year of experience advising and/or teaming with federal agency executives

Overview

We are seeking an Exercise Program Manager to join our team supporting the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

TekSynap is a fast growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. "Technology moving at the speed of thought" embodies these principles - the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays.

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Additional Job Information

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Location: Falls Church, VA - Hybrid

• Type of environment: Varies

• Noise level: Varies

• Work schedule: Schedule is day shift Monday - Friday. May be requested to work evenings and weekends to meet program and contract needs.

• Amount of Travel: Minimum 10%

WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE

Citizenship: US Citizen

Clearance requirement: Secret

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. TekSynap does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as "protected status"). This nondiscrimination policy extends to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment as well as the use of all company facilities, participation in all company-sponsored activities, and all employment actions such as promotions, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.