(ASM) Joint SOF Trainer (Intelligence) IV - Interagency

Athenix Special Missions is currently seeking a Joint SOF Trainer (Intelligence) IV - Interagency based in Camp Lejeune, NC.

Athenix Special Missions is a world leader in designing, building, and developing realistic training exercises for Special Operations, conventional forces, and partner nations. Our experience ranges from planning individual team training events to executing 2,000-person joint exercises.

Our mission-tailored solutions include tactical and strategic training events and exercises and often integrate live forces with virtual and constructive training domains. By bringing together the right combination of subject-matter expertise, domain insight, and advanced technology, we help improve mission readiness, increase situational awareness, and enhance performance.

ASM Quality Policy: To meet or exceed our customers' expectations for quality, delivery, and service through continual improvement, striving to meet our objectives, and committing to meeting all legal and statutory requirements

Joint SOF Trainer (Intelligence) IV - Interagency

Primary Location: Camp Lejeune, NC

Must be a U.S citizen.

Security Clearance: TS-SCI (Active)

Job Summary

Components of USSOCOM have the responsibility to execute large-scale training exercises designed to enhance readiness and prepare SOF units for deployment. The Joint SOF Trainer (Intelligence) IV is part of a MARSOC RAVEN exercise planning team charged with planning and executing the MARSOC Joint National Training Capability certified event. The team provide SME to facilitate planning and execution of SOF core activities and SOF-CF I3; augment/replicate critical staff planning positions and provide SOF exercise planning and execution products throughout the JELC IAW SOF, Joint, Service, GCC training objectives. Team members include specialists in intelligence, operations, and logistics who coordinate resources, develop tactical scenarios, script injects, and assist with the execution of the exercise.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Serve as the Interagency SME for the MARSOC RAVEN exercise planning and execution team.
• Maintain functional currency, relevancy, and awareness of SOF and Joint Enterprise training requirements through research of past and current operations, presidential policy directives, DoD instructions, manuals, directives, joint exercise instructions; campaign plans, Concept Plans (CONPLAN), Operation Plans (OPLAN), Execute Orders (EXORD), and SOF doctrine.
• Prepare appropriate training materials based on Adult Learning and Training principles that train Battle Staffs on the 12 SOF core activities and 18 SOF joint HQs tasks at the operational and strategic levels in functional areas that include: command and control, computers, communications, information systems (C4I); operations, plans, intelligence, fires, sustainment, communications, information and knowledge management, information operations, cyber, civil affairs, interagency, and partner nation coordination.
• Maintain relationships with operational and strategic level planners and leaders in the USSOCOM HQs, GCC's, TSOC's, the Joint Staff, and JSOC to facilitate a synchronized effort in exercise design and execution across the community of interest.
• Support exercise design, JELC planning, scenario scripting, key staff role playing, training, and observations through interagency integration. Update or create Non-Governmental Organization scenarios into exercise design.
• On board and train Ambassador, Senior Defense Official, Regional Security Officer, Political Officer, Chief of Station, National Cryptologic Representative, and United States Agency for International Development role players on current scenarios and live interactive, free play role playing at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels.
• Update and refine key leader engagement products, evaluation forms, evaluation criteria, and conduct Country Team key leader engagements. Provide immediate post engagement feedback to the training audience. Analyze evaluation data, identify positive and negative performance trends and present results at After Action Reviews up to the GO level.
• Create or review event concepts, to include purpose, objectives, broad scenario characteristics, processes, and products to support the mission and objectives of the event's sponsor; use real-world events and integrate Interagency scenarios into greater exercise themes.
• Create international/national/strategic and operational level products and orders to support SOF exercises.
• Incorporate Joint Mission Essential Task List (JMETL) tasks and exercise training objectives into the plan to ensure all exercise milestones and objectives are observed.
• When required, support the Joint Exercise Control Group (JECG) and augment, and replicate key HQs staff positions for SOF Higher HQs (C/JFSOCC, C/SOJTF, C/JSOTF, C/JSOAC, SOTF)
• Utilize the ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate) model in executing the Joint Training System / Joint Training Tool to determine exercise and training requirements, design and develop appropriate training materials and scripting for in-person delivery if necessary for contract

Requirements

Experience and Education

• Emerald Nomad, Achilles Dagger qualified or similar experience working associated actives preferred.
• Experience with MISO and CA integration into operations and or training exercises preferred.
• Bachelor's degree with 8 years' experience in SOF, or Prior E8+, CW4+ with 10 years' experience working in SOF (CA and MISO inclusive).
• Minimum of 4 years of experience serving in a command, senior enlisted advisor, or primary staff billet in a SOF (USSOCOM/TSOC), Service, Joint Staff, OSD, or 3-4 Star level Service/GCC HQs within the past 8 years preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience with the Joint Training System (joint exercise planning management)
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in joint operations and operational-strategic level SOF planning and operations
• Minimum of 4 years' experience in the Adaptive Planning and Execution System (APEX) and Joint Operational Planning Process (JOPP)
• Minimum of 4 years' experience in Operational Design preferred
• Minimum of 4 years' experience directly interfacing with senior staff (O5/O6 and GOFO) at the TSOCs, Components, CCMDs, Services, Interagency
• Excellent presentation, communication and organization skills
• Preferred 2 years' experience as a platform instructor in a Professional Military Education/training environment2 years' experience as a platform instructor in a Professional Military Education/training environment preferred.

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