Principal Military Trainer – Joint Force Analyst Trainer

Principal Military Trainer – Joint Force Analyst Trainer

Requirements

• Master’s degree with a minimum of 8 years of professional and/or military leadership experience
• Thorough understanding of, and experience in one or more functional areas: Plans and Assessment, Sustainment, Intelligence, Command and Control, Current Operations, Operational Law and Authorities, Inter-organizational/Interagency Cooperation, Fires and Targeting, Operations in the Information Environment, Cyberspace Operations, Space Operations, Integrated Air and Missile Defense, and/or Force Protection
• Understanding of the requirements for staffs to support the commander’s decision cycle
• Must be willing to travel worldwide, to include areas considered hazardous duty
• Must have an active U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a DoD Top Secret security clearance once aboard
• Must be able to travel as needed (up to 30% of the time)
• Must be able to work on-site in Suffolk, Virginia

Responsibilities

• Participates as a member of Deployable Training Teams (DTTs) observing, training, and providing feedback to Combatant Commanders, component commanders, and Joint Task Force commanders during exercises
• Ascertains key command challenges at the operational and strategic levels of war and conducts cross-functional analysis of information gathered from joint exercises and training events
• Understands strategic thought and direction as it guides and is influenced by campaign, deliberate, and crisis planning at the operational level
• Researches national strategic documents, historical exercise documents, real world operations, the operating environment, command mission, organization, plans, and orders
• Conducts trend analysis, understands and improves battle rhythm processes and staff development of timely decision quality information
• Acts as a subject matter expert and trainer in one or more functional area
• Integrates into, contributes to, and provides functional continuity in the Deployable Training Division
• Mentors, trains, and supports new OTs
• Develops the Commander’s Facilitated After-Action Review (FAAR); Executive Summary Report (ESR); Combined Functional Report (CFR); Internal After Action Review (IAAR); post-event debriefs and summaries; and input to Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS)
• Updates and maintains documents, articles, and periodicals such as ‘Joint Operations Insights and Best Practices’ and joint functional area focus papers
• Develops and facilitates seminars for the National Defense University’s Senior Leader Education Program Joint Operations Modules

Preferred Qualifications

• Combatant Command, Joint Task Force, Division, Afloat staff, or Wing staff experience
• Understanding of the Joint Planning Process (JPP)
• Knowledge of advanced war fighting concepts
• Joint Forces Staff College or Service equivalent
• Experience with the preparation and conduct of seminars or study groups for flag officers
• Ability to write and prepare operational orders and plans
• Experience in the compilation and presentation in both written and oral formats of lessons learned and after action review material
• Experience with operational planning efforts at the operational and strategic levels