Sr. Principal Military Trainer – Chief Analyst Trainer

Sr. Principal Military Trainer – Chief Analyst Trainer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 10 years of strategic (national) and/or operational (regional) experience with one or more joint functional areas (e.g. operational planning and assessment, command and control, current operations, information sharing, intelligence, sustainment, cyberspace operations, interagency/inter-organizational coordination, operational law and authorities, lethal and non-lethal fires and effects and information operations, integrated air and missile defense, and knowledge management
• Master’s degree with a minimum of 8 years of strategic and/or regional experience with one or more joint functional areas
• PhD with a minimum of 5 years of strategic and/or regional experience with one or more joint functional areas
• In-depth expertise in joint deliberate and crisis planning, the commander’s decision-making process, and mission command
• Must be willing to travel to support world-wide (to include areas considered hazardous duty) training events as needed (up to 25% of the time)
• Joint Forces Staff College or Service equivalent graduate
• Experience as an Observer Trainer or Analyst Trainer in the DTD can be counted toward years of experience and other basic qualifications
• Must have an active U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance if hired
• Must be able to pass a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information
• Must be able to work on-site in Suffolk, Virginia

Responsibilities

• Assists Combatant Commanders, Joint Task Force Commanders, and other Joint Force commanders with readiness and training by providing joint matters education and training focused at the operational and strategic levels of war
• Participates in joint and multi-national training, exercises, and operational staff assist visits
• Supports individual, staff, and unit collective training, academic seminars, senior leader seminars, planning exercises, table-top exercises, and functional workshops
• Executes joint mission rehearsals, command post exercises, and other collective training events
• DTD training is grounded in joint doctrine, but is focused primarily on the sharing of joint insights and best practices
• Supports active duty and government civilian Observer Trainers and contract Analyst Trainers as they provide over-the-shoulder training with joint commands to enhance readiness
• Collects and analyzes observations used to provide feedback to the commander and staff in the form of functional-level feedback, facilitated after-action reviews, and commander’s summary reports
• Utilizes the Continuum of Learning (CoL) approach to support individual and staff training
• Provides tailored and distributed individual training for key objectives and competencies, augmented through focused staff-training events using staff-training tools
• Develops training and educationally-focused research design, training outcomes, and measurements and assessments of live and virtual blended training and learning environments
• Provides executive-level support to National Defense University’s Senior Leader Education (SLE) program, which includes Pinnacle as well as the Chairman’s Capstone and Keystone programs
• Facilitates product development in support of the Joint Lessons Learned Program through the Joint Lessons Learned Information System or other programs of record
• Contributes to the continuing development of Joint Doctrine and publishes focus papers in functional areas of interest

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree plus 15 years of experience in planning and/or executing military operations, or Doctoral degree plus 8 years of experience in planning and/or executing military operations
• Combatant Command, Joint Task Force, Joint Staff, Functional or Service Component, Division, Afloat Staff or Wing, command or staff knowledge and experience
• In depth knowledge and experience with Joint Force command and control procedures and battle staff processes at the strategic and operational levels of warfare, to include knowledge management processes, operations center activities, commander’s decision cycle, mission command concept, and inter-organizational dynamics
• Experience in collecting and presenting written and oral lessons learned
• Experience in preparing and delivering seminars for general/flag officers or civilian equivalents
• Ability to research and write at a doctoral level
• Ability to write at a publishable level, demonstrated communication skills, and experience in problem analysis and resolution
• Experience with joint operational planning efforts at the operational and strategic levels