Principal Military Trainer Storyline Scenario Write

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman is searching for a Storyline Scenario Writer to join MCTP (Mission Command Training Program) at Fort Leavenworth, KS.

The Mission Command Training Program (MCTP) Scenario Enterprise trains Division and Corps Commanders and their staffs during simulation driven command post Warfighter (WFX) exercises in support of Large-Scale Combat Operations and across Multi-Domain Operations.

Duties and Responsibilities Include:

The Storyline Team assists in scenario design and preparation of the Operational Environment (OE) used to support Warfighter Exercises. Storyline Scenario Writers prepare exercise storylines and MSEL injects to meet training audience objectives and are assigned exercise rotations to help develop and track storyline inputs and to create a realistic OE for execution during Warfighter exercises. During WFXs, will support a team of full-time and part-time employees in storyline creation and execution. As required, participates in Exercise Life-Cycle (ELC) planning events, working side-by-side with the S35 Military Scenario Planner. ELC events include local events such as the weekly Exercise Working Group (EWG) coordination meetings, as well as Initial Planning Events (IPE), and Final Planning Event (FPE) conferences. Occasional travel may be required for planning events and Scripting Conferences. During exercises, will monitor the storylines/Master Scenario Event List (MSEL) injects during exercise execution in coordination with multiple exercise location sites; performs actions to ensure a fluid and accurate presentation of the OE and scenario to the training exercise units, and assists the Storyline Lead in developing dynamic scripting of MSEL injects to achieve exercise training objectives.
 

Basic Qualifications:

• One of the following:
  • High school diploma or GED with a minimum of 9 years of professional leadership experience
  • Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of professional leadership experience
  • Master’s degree with a minimum of 3 years of professional leadership experience
• Familiar with current Army/Joint doctrine
• Highly proficient with MS Office suite of software (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Access)
• Must be able to travel as needed both CONUS and OCONUS (up to 25% of the time)
• Must have a current security clearance background investigation, at a minimum an active Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Graduate degree
• U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer Course, or MEL 4 equivalent Intermediate Level Education (ILE)
• Two years’ experience in design, planning, configuration, and conduct of large-scale computer simulation exercises.
• Previous experience in computer assisted simulation training.

Salary Range: $71,600.00 - $107,400.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depen