Instructor - Chesapeake, United States - Patriot Enterprises LLC

Description

Job Description

Summary

The Instructor/Training Specialist will manage and provide oversight for Joint Command customer's training, education, assessment, and exercise program. The Instructor/Training Specialist will plan, develop, integrate, execute, and assess an effective unit-level Joint education, training, and exercise program to prepare personnel for rapid worldwide deployment and subsequent employment in support of emergent operational requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities

Joint Planners Course (JPC) support:

• Conduct a turnkey, 10-day Joint Planners Course which focuses on the Joint Planning Process (JPP). All materials will be developed for and approved by the government and remain the physical and intellectual property of the government.
• Tailor the course for U.S. military and U.S. Government civilian personnel. Ensure the course can be disclosed to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Five Eye (FVEY) military personnel who may observe or attend the course.
• Provide four JPC resident iterations annually at customer location in Norfolk, VA or other venue as may be necessary or required. Have the capacity to execute the option to provide one additional JPC iteration either in residence or at a CONUS or OCONUS command location.
• Maintain and update course curriculum, instructional material, planning scenarios and student handouts per the latest joint doctrine and after-action review outputs from customer mission execution and training events. Provide the Government with master copies of all items and instruction guides. Provide all printed material and student handouts for each course iteration.
• In conjunction with government leadership, coordinate all aspects of course execution. Provide four (4) subject matter experts on the Joint Planning Process per Joint Publication 5-0 as course instructors, and coordinate for outside guest speakers. Demonstrate that instructors are current in each course's doctrinal underpinning and program of instruction.
• Provide the customer leadership with in-progress reviews prior to course execution, and post-course after action reviews (AAR).
• Develop, conduct, and review course surveys from participants. Provide surveys to customer leadership with an assessment of findings and recommendation for improvement.

Mission Readiness Exercise (MRX) support:

• Plan, coordinate, and execute a quarterly mission readiness exercise to evaluate and verify the customer Ready Force Package entering its alert window is ready to assume the customer IRF mission in order to support certification determination by customer CDR. Develop and maintain exercise design, storyboards, scenario products, exercise injects, life support plans, program of evaluation, and evaluation standards. Support exercise execution with observers, subject matter experts and white cell/response cell functionality. Provide in-progress reviews, and post-exercise briefings and reports to customer leadership.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of an annual customer exercise schedule. Identify proposed and final exercise participants. Analyze employability records and potential exercise objectives and report on potential individual and unit training gains from participation. Assist customer exercise leads develop exercise training objectives. Accompany customer Military and/or Civilian personnel on all Pre-Deployment Site Surveys and planning events to ensure mission support requirements such as lodging locations and workspaces are appropriate for scope of the exercise. Collect post exercise information to improve this support, and to identify individual and unit training gains from participation.
• Support customer internal assessments and collect lessons learned observations. Assist in scheduling AARs, draft and staff reports, prepare and deliver briefings, and archive pertinent products and information using Government supplied database tools. Update associated policies and procedures. Develop plans for collecting information for customer from scheduled events, exercises, and operations. Assist customer in collecting, analyzing and synthesizing data from operations, joint exercises, training events and readiness exercises.

Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ Course) support:

• Conduct a turnkey, 3-day JFHQ Formation course which focuses on enabling the rapid establishment of JTFs. All materials will be developed for and approved by the government and remain the physical and intellectual property of the government.
• Tailor the course for U.S. military and U.S. Government civilian personnel. Ensure the course can be disclosed to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and FVEY military personnel who may observe or participate in the course.
• Provide two JFHQ resident iterations annually at customer location in Norfolk, VA or other venue as necessary or required. Have the capacity to execute option to provide two additional JFHQ iterations either in residence or at a CONUS or OCONUS command location.
• Maintain and update course curriculum, instructional material, planning scenarios and student handouts per the latest joint doctrine and after-action review outputs from customer mission execution and training events. Provide the Government with the masters of all items and instruction guides. Provide all printed material and student handouts for each course iteration.
• In conjunction with government leadership, coordinate all aspects of course execution. Provide three subject matter experts on JPP and JTF HQ operations as course instructors, and coordinate for outside guest speakers. Demonstrate that instructors are current in each course's doctrinal underpinning and program of instruction.
• Provide the customer's leadership with in-progress reviews prior to course execution, and post-course after action reviews (AAR).
• Develop, conduct, and review course surveys from participants. Provide surveys to customer leadership with an assessment of findings and recommendation for improvement.

Interorganizational Training and Joint Humanitarian Operations Course (JHOC) support:

• Coordinate with interorganizational partners for customer participation in the Joint Humanitarian Operations Course to include hosting in-resident courses or attending virtual courses.
• Coordinate interorganizational support to customer training events and customer personnel attendance of interorganizational provided or hosted training to include, but not limited to, JPC and JHOC.

Travel Requirements

• Expect Training Instructors to travel to the following locations to attend MRX exercises at any point during the performance of the contract.

Location

# Trips

# Travelers

# Days

OCONUS

Colorado Springs, CO

1

2

10

No

Fort Meade, MD

1

2

10

No

Pearl Harbor, HI

2

2

10

No

Tampa, FL

2

2

10

No

Doral, FL

1

2

10

No

Omaha, NE

1

2

10

No

National Capitol Region

1

2

10

No

Overseas bases (e.g. Japan, Italy, GE, UK)

4

2

10

Yes

Education

• Master's degree

Minimum Qualifications

• The Instructor/Training Specialist must be a former or retired Field Grade Officer
• Master's degree from an accredited institution
• Following advanced planning schools are preferred: Joint Advanced Warfighting School (JAWS), School for Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), School of Advanced Warfighting (SAWS), School of Advance Air and Space Studies (SASS), Basic Strategic Art Program (BSAP) graduate
• Joint Qualified Officer (JQO) preferred
• Experience serving on a Joint, Combatant Commander, or Service-level staff
• Experience with JTF HQs is preferred
• Ability to travel
• Communications and comprehension skills in English, both oral and written
• Possess the capability to articulate well
• S. citizenship required
• Ability to pass background investigation