Skildare Defence is a values‐led Defence consultancy trusted to provide high‐quality support and advice to the Australian Defence Force. We are known for our professionalism, integrity, and the calibre of our people.
This opportunity welcomes you into a collaborative and highly capable EXCON team that specialises in exercise design, planning, execution and evaluation. Our focus is on ensuring every exercise delivers genuine, defensible training outcomes — not just activity.
The Skildare Defence team has the largest and most enduring representation within the EXCON ecosystem, allowing us to offer industry‐leading remuneration and benefits. More importantly, we offer meaningful work, clear expectations, and a team culture built on trust and respect.
About the Role
You will be employed within EXCON Live team as an Air to Surface Coordinator.
This role focuses on providing support to exercise design and execution of collective training by engaging Joint and Combined stakeholders with Air Force planners and participating units.
The ASC is an instrumental role within the EXCON team, responsible for liasing between exerices planners, Army, Navy, Coalition and other stakeholders to ensure all learning outcomes are appropriately managed for each community. During execution, the ASC remains the primary point of contact for each stakeholder group to manage and coordinate their specific requirements within the broader exercise.
This is a hands‐on, intellectually demanding role suited to people who enjoy working at the intersection of operations, capability, and evaluation.
About You
This role is suited to a high‐calibre individual who has:
* recent operational and tactical level experience within the ADF;
* military aviation operations experience;
* experience and expertise of Air to Surface capabilities;
* a deep understanding of airspace management and C4ISR; and
* exercise planning and execution experience within the ADF.
Requirements
To be considered for this role, you must:
* Be an Australian citizen
* Hold, or be able to reinstate, an AGSVA Positive Vetting (PV) clearance
* Have significant Defence operational experience
* Be able to work confidently in secure, professional Defence environments
Why Skildare Defence
* Work with a Defence consultancy that is trusted to deliver where it matters
* Join a highly capable EXCON team doing meaningful, complex work
* Be treated like a professional, with autonomy, respect, and accountability
* Access industry‐leading remuneration and benefits
* Applications are required no later than 5pm on Monday 23rd February 2026.
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