Training Analyst Airborne Command and Control

Job Description

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION: 

The Naval Business Unit, in support of the Defense and Civilian Sector, currently has a career opportunity for an Airborne Command and Control Training Analyst to provide live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) support to Tactical Training Group Atlantic (TTGL), Virginia Beach, Virginia, as a fleet training subject matter expert (SME).

Training SMEs are highly-skilled persons with knowledge gained over years of experience at senior levels. They promote greater information sharing for staffs and stakeholders.  They provide realistic as well as reliable, consistent support and well-developed recommendations to various audiences in training and real world events.  They will maintain the integrity of the training objectives, and maintain a knowledge base that is consistent with the requirements that cover the full spectrum of the listed Functional Area duties.  SMEs serve as the catalyst for developing and evaluating requirements.  They provide the expertise and insight to support programs and leaders at all levels, including very senior levels, civilian and military sectors.   They are experienced subject matter experts in their fields of expertise.

The ideal candidate will be a former senior grade naval flight officer (NFO) from the carrier airborne early warning aircraft (VAW) community with high level (command and/or senior staff) experience in airborne C2 operations and at least one tour of duty implementing or instructing C2 principles, doctrine, and naval tactics, techniques and procedures (NTTP) as part of operations or training with naval strike group or fleet staffs or major training command staff. In addition, the candidate will have excellent public speaking, presentation, and time management skills, as well as at least four years of applicable training SME experience in:

• Developing training curricula
• Conducting fleet/joint training assessments to identify gaps, training needs, and solutions
• Delivering training in person and/or online
• Developing and modifying training event/exercise scenarios and curricula
• Managing training projects as team and/or project leader
• Designing custom training to meet Fleet and Joint training objectives
• Engaging senior staff at the Flag Officer/Director/Manager level
• Prioritizing multiple tasks and schedules with minimal impact on productivity/deliverables

Specific Functional Area duties include:

• Assist government leads with the development of synthetic scenarios in accordance with current Naval/Joint doctrine; tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP); and forward deployed Fleet requirements, ensuring all training objectives are accomplished.
• Provide recommendations for the development of synthetic augmentation (entities, scenario elements, simulator operators, etc.) to enhance live training exercises.
• Assist in development of exercise documents to include manning documents, messages and orders, to include but not limited to OPORDs, exercise directives, mission scenario event lists (MSEL), and exercise game books.
• Provide government leads with appropriate observations/lessons learned from LVC training exercises to ensure relevant changes are incorporated in future exercises.

Qualifications

REQUIRED BACKGROUND / EDUCATION / SKILLS:

• U.S. citizen with Bachelor of Science or Arts degree and Top Secret clearance (with SCI eligibility).
• Recent significant operational airborne C2 experience at the mid-grade officer level or above.
• Eight (8) years of general program analyst and Functional Area experience (12 years in lieu of degree will be considered); see detailed tasks above.
• Minimum of one naval tour with high level (senior staff or major training command) experience operating, training, and/or lecturing on C2 principles, doctrine, and NTTP while training strike group or fleet staffs.
• Proven written and verbal communication skills at the senior executive level with experience creating executive-level briefs and reports.
• Proficient in use of MS Office applications.

DESIRED BACKGROUND / SKILLS:

• CVW/VAW (E-2C/D) operational experience.
• Command experience.
• In depth experience with the Navy Warfare Training System (NWTS) and use of Navy Mission Essential Task List (NMETL) methodology. 
• Experience with Joint Semi-Automated Forces (JSAF) software operation, including the ability to build and execute complex tactical vignettes. 
• Experience integrating Joint assets into LVC events and developing exercise documents.
• Familiarity and solid understanding of Fleet Training policy documents, including the Fleet Response Training Plan (FRTP) and Fleet Training Continuum (FTC), and Type Commander Training and Readiness manuals.

Overview

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