Mental Performance Trainer - Fort Bragg, NC

F3EA Inc. is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), established in 2013, and dedicated to delivering high quality training and management service solutions to U.S. Government customers primarily within the Special Operations and Intelligence communiti ...

Job description

F3EA Inc. is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), established in 2013, and dedicated to delivering high quality training and management service solutions to U.S. Government customers primarily within the Special Operations and Intelligence communities. As a provider of mission support, security, and training services; F3EA's core competency resides in providing full-spectrum support, development, and execution of interagency Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercises (EDREs) and Joint Full Mission Profile (FMP) exercises to enhance performance and improve operational capabilities both domestically and overseas. F3EA's respected position in the USSOCOM community is built on realistic, demanding, and cutting-edge exercise delivery with the expertise and experience to meet and exceed the performance requirements identified to support Joint Forces Commanders.

F3EA Inc. offers a complete benefit package for all full-time positions to include health, dental, and vision plan options, life insurance for employees, spouse and children, short-term disability, long-term disability, Paid Time Offer, Paid Sick Leave, paid holidays, 401k, etc.

**This position is contingent pending award**

Job Summary

Provide instruction based on principles and sports psychology to enhance the cognitive skills required for ARSOF soldiers to physically and mentally excel while operating under high stress in ambiguous, high-risk, chaotic, and physically demanding environments. Instruction focuses on learning and performance which includes: mental skills foundations, energy management, attention control, effective thinking, memory enhancement, goal setting, planning and prioritization, leveraging learning styles, peer learning, study strategies, effective reading, and sleep for performance.

Role and Responsibilities

• Develop and provide instruction based on principles of performance and sports psychology to enhance cognitive skills that align with the department's vision.
• Instruct on mental skills foundations, energy management, attention control, effective thinking, memory enhancement, goal setting, planning and prioritization, leveraging learning styles, peer learning, study strategies, effective reading, and sleep for performance.
• Use simulation and wearable human performance technology and biofeedback COTS and GOTS to demonstrate performance enhancement principles and to personalize application of performance psychology techniques.
• Serve as HP SMEs to assist in the integration of physiological and biometric sensors, and other technology to determine training impacts through Measure of Performance (MOPs) and Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs). This will include the use of a current synthetic training environment (STE) capabilities and future semi-immersive and virtual immersive capabilities training capabilities including AR, VR, and MR technologies. Coaches will work with Soldiers during individual and collective marksmanship training with simulated and real weapons (configured for use in the STE; no live ammunition) on the application of human performance (HP) skills.
• Research, advise, and recommend learning and performance theory best practices and translation to practical application.
• Perform statistical analysis, provide findings and input for oral and/or written reports.
• Instruct Soldiers and Leaders on performance psychology techniques and their application to individual and collective military tasks and operations.
• Assist developing and providing tailored programs and/or workshops Soldiers and civilians living and working in high demand environments.
• Assist maintaining professional development programs to ensure implementation of current literature, academics, and best practices related to mental performance.
• Provide academic performance consultation to Soldiers and students.
• Perform instruction, training, and education in field environments and under seasonal and adverse weather conditions.
• Perform instruction, training, and education in field environments requiring movement/transportation via watercraft, aircraft, and/or ground vehicular means.
• Collaborate with multi-service, joint, federal, and/or designated organizations to share, research, and implement best practices of learning and performance theory into practical application.
• Comply with company standard operating policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None

Required Qualifications and Education

• Masters in sport psychology or sub-disciplines of intervention/performance enhancement, health/exercise psychology, cognitive psychology, and/or social psychology. Degree must be from a school recognized by professional accrediting organization, e.g., Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE), British Association of Sport and Exercise Science (BASES), American Board of Sport Psychology, Association for Applied Sports Psychology (AASP), or American Psychological Association (APA).
• Minimum of one (1) years' experience as a lead with one (1) to five (5) subordinate performance psychologists, researchers, or instructors.
• Minimum of two (2) years' experience as an instructor or graduate assistant in an academic setting with groups of up to 100 individuals.
• Minimum of two (2) years' experience working as a sport and performance psychology consultant with individuals and small group/team (5 to 20 people).

Preferred Qualifications and Education

• Member of a Sport Psychology (or related) Professional Organization (i.e. Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), APA Division 47, North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) or the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB).
• Proficient with SPSS and other statistical and biometric analysis software tools.

Work authorization/security clearance requirements

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a secret clearance.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

• Periodically work in a field environment observing ARSOF Soldiers (up to 40 hours per two weeks). FTE may be exposed to a variety of weather conditions and extreme temperatures ranging from the upper 120s degrees Fahrenheit in the daytime to the lower 20s degrees Fahrenheit at night.
• Able to conduct movements by land, sea or air via Military/Commercial fixed or rotary wing aircraft, waterborne craft, or ground transport in support of unit training in assigned core supporting tasks.
• Able to walk cross-country (uneven, rocky, sandy, and water obstacles up to waist high) in all weather conditions during day, night, and low visibility periods. Able to operate outside of a normal office environment where restrooms and wash facilities are not available.
• Able to carry a backpack (up to 20 pounds) cross-country while observing cadre and Soldiers.
• Able to be transported in government provided ground vehicles and/or military aviation.

Affirmative Action/EEO statement

F3EA, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. F3EA, Inc. makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

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.