Counterterrorism Planner (DOE Q)
Make a Difference Counterterrorism Planner (DOE Q), Washington DC Parsons offers the U.S. Government qualified and clearable personnel to solve engineering, construction, facility, intelligence, environmental, and information technology needs. Our staff has supported mission critical, homeland security, installation/base optimization, range sustainability, space exploration, unexploded ordnance clean-up, missile defense, and disaster relief programs. We excel in delivering to mission critical expectations.
Parsons makes the world a safer place. Parsons seeks to fill a Counterterrorism Planner position with the following experience and qualifications. This is a full time FLSA Exempt position.
Minimum of 2.5 years federal, state, or local government experience in the areas of counterterrorism, weapons of mass destruction, policy and training as demonstrated by verifiable experience in one or more of the following areas: interagency and/or joint experience in the design, development, coordination and facilitation of site-specific, realistic table top exercises; law enforcement crisis management experience to detect, deter, prevent, and respond to terrorist threats; interagency emergency (consequence) management experience in response to the effects of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high explosive incidents; infrastructure protection planning to include risk-based assessments and site-specific security planning; continuity of operations planning and development; operational intelligence involving terrorist-based threats, and/or national security affairs.
This job entails the design, development, coordination and facilitation of a variety of interagency counterterrorist weapons of mass destruction (WMD) tabletop exercises (TTX) at a wide variety of locations throughout the United States. These exercises will include the participation of federal, state, and local decision makers ranging from local first responders and law enforcement, to county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies and emergency management, to National Response Assets from a variety of Federal organizations. The successful candidate must demonstrate an understanding of U.S. counterterrorism policy, US Government response to a WMD, US Government response to nuclear/radiological emergencies, as well as demonstrate past experience in the design, development, coordination, and facilitation of multi-jurisdictional exercises in support of such agencies as the U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Commerce, Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Defense. Scenarios will include terrorist WMD incidents, natural disasters, and/or critical infrastructure incidents.
Qualifications: - Candidate must currently hold a DOE ""Q"" clearance.
- Position requires a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in National Security Affairs, Emergency and Disaster Management, Government & Politics or cognate disciplines.
- A minimum of 2.5 years related work experience.
- Position requires a professional level of fluency in Microsoft Office (particularly PowerPoint) suite of applications, excellent research skills, and strong analytical, public speaking, facilitating, and people skills. Facilitating an exercise requires standing for 8 hours.
- Travel requirements comprise approximately 10% of the job.
Parsons offers an ethical, challenging, diverse, rewarding and fun work experience where enthusiastic, responsible people use their energy, talent and dedication to make a difference in the world.
We provide career growth and development, a competitive compensation and benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; tuition reimbursement program; credit union membership and a 401(k) plan. Parsons is an equal opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. M/W/D/V.
Founded in 1944, Parsons, an engineering, construction, technical, and management services firm with revenues of $2.7 billion in 2010, is 100% owned by the Employee Stock Ownership Trust. We conquer the toughest logistical challenges and deliver design/design-build, program/construction management, professional services, and innovative alternative delivery solutions to private industrial customers worldwide as well as to federal, regional, and local government agencies. Parsons is a leader in many diversified markets with a focus on infrastructure, environmental, and defense/security. Currently, more than 10,500 Parsons' employees are engaged in more than 4,500 projects in 50 states and 24 countries. These dedicated workers speak 72 languages collectively, and hold more than 7,900 college degrees and professional registrations. Parsons' employees continue to go anywhere in the world, meet every technical and management challenge, and persevere until the job is done.
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