Fleet Training Analyst

Job Description

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION: 

The Navy Business Group currently has a career opportunity for a Fleet Training Experimentation and Exercise Analyst to provide support to U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC), Director of Fleet and Joint Training Directorate (N7) in Norfolk, VA.

The individual in this position will provide training program analysis support and serve as a fleet program analyst within USFF N73. The ideal candidate will be experienced in planning and coordinating naval exercises, experiments, demonstrations, and modeling and simulation (M&S) events. In addition, he/she will have at least eight years of applicable experience in:

• U.S. Navy experimentation, exercise, or training operations, policy, doctrine, systems, and staff procedures.
• Managing / prioritizing projects involving Fleet experimentation, exercise, or training stakeholders.
• Leveraging best practices and handling multiple tasks and interruptions with minimal impact on productivity/deliverables.
• Conducting fleet experimentation, exercise, or training analysis/assessment to identify gaps, training needs and solutions
• Excellent time management and communication (written and verbal) skills, including public speaking and presentation.

Specific duties include:

• Assist in Navy warfighting capability development as a subject matter expert and technical analyst for fleet experimentation, exercise, and training initiatives. 
• Provide subject matter expertise on planning and coordinating naval exercises, experiments, demonstrations, training, and M&S events to identify tactical, doctrinal, and material capability gaps across warfare areas. 
• Monitor planning and design, execution and control, analysis, and reporting of Fleet and Joint experiments, exercises, training, wargames, tabletop exercises, workshops, afloat limited objective experiments, Fleet Battle Experiments by applying knowledge of Navy tactical operations with a focus on development of lessons learned in support of the Fleet Learning Continuum (FLC). 
• Support research, data collection and analysis from Naval exercises, experiments, demonstrations, training, and M&S events to pair capability gaps to doctrine, organization, training, material, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy (DOTMLPF-P) solutions. 
• Review and validate proposed materiel and non-materiel DOTMLPF-P solutions by implementing and managing a database for Joint and Navy initiatives resulting from fleet exercise, training, experimentation and war gaming, and M&S programs. 
• Assist in the issue resolution process to rapidly adapt best practices; develop, prioritize and resolve issues; track the incorporation of approved solutions into revised procedures, orders, directives, training, and other relevant DOTMLPF-P areas as required to ensure lessons are learned and institutionalized. 
• Coordinate and participate in working groups to influence and resolve lessons learned, best practices, and After-Action Reports (AAR) actionable issues or deficiencies by integrating improvements into FLC. 
• Prepare memos, point papers and briefing slide to support Flag/Senior Executive level briefings and discussions.

Qualifications

REQUIRED BACKGROUND / EDUCATION / SKILLS:

• U.S. citizen with Bachelor of Science or Arts degree and Secret clearance.
• Ten (10) years of experience in Naval Operations.
• Eight (8) years of general program analyst and Functional Area experience (14 years in lieu of degree will be considered); see detailed tasks above.
• Two (2) years of experience in Naval exercise planning; four (4) years desired.
• Proven written and verbal communication skills at the senior executive level with ability to act independently and effectively manage multiple priorities and interruptions with minimal impact on productivity and deliverables.
• Experience in use of MS Office (e.g., PowerPoint) products.

DESIRED BACKGROUND / EDUCATION / SKILLS:

• Familiarity with Navy force generation (Fg) processes, to include the Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP), Fleet Response Training Plan (FRTP) and Fleet Training policy documents, including the Fleet Training Continuum (FTC).
• Familiarity with the requirements for carrier strike group (CSG), amphibious ready groups (ARG), and Independent Deployer training.
• Understanding of the Fleet exercise and training Command and Control (C2) structure.

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