Joint Special Operations Forces Trainer (Ops and Planning)

Athenix Special Missions (ASM) is seeking a Joint Special Operations Forces (SOF) Trainer (Operations and Planning) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Quality Policy:  To meet our customer’s expectations for quality, delivery, and service through continual improvement, striving to meet out objectives, and committing to meeting all legal and statutory requirements.

Primary Location: Camp Lejeune, NC   

Must be a U.S citizen   

Security Clearance: TS-SCI   

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 (Operations & Planning) is part of a MARSOC RAVEN exercise planning team charged with planning and executing the MARSOC Joint National Training Capability certified event. 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

• 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
• 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
• 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 operational planning concepts
• 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)

Experience and Education

• Bachelor’s degree with 10 years’ experience in SOF, or Associate’s degree with 15 years’ experience working in SOF, or prior (E8-E9, CW4-CW5, O4-O6) with 15 years’ experience working in SOF
• Minimum 10 years of operational-strategic special operations experience
• Minimum of 4 years of recent 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
• 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 directly interfacing with senior staff (O5/O6 and GOFO) at the TSOCs, Components, GCCs, Services, Interagency
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in Operational Design preferred
• Excellent presentation, communication, and organization skills
• Preferred 2 years’ experience as a platform instructor in a Professional Military Education/training environment.

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