ASM-Joint SOF Trainer (Operations & Planning) IV - C2 Planner

Athenix Special Missions (ASM) is hiring for a Joint SOF Trainer (Operations & Planning) IV - C2 Planner

Primary Location: Hurlburt Field, FL

Must be a U.S citizen   

Security Clearance: TS-SCI   

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.

Job Summary 

Components of USSOCOM have the responsibility to execute large-scale training exercises designed to enhance readiness and prepare SOF units for deployment.  At SOF Component Commands, the contractor is to provide subject matter expertise 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. This position supports the AFSOC EMERALD WARRIOR exercise.    

Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain functional currency and relevancy and awareness of SOF and Joint Enterprise training requirements through constant research of past and current operations, Presidential Policy Directives, DoD Instructions, Manuals, Guides, and Directives; Joint Exercise Instructions, Manuals, Guides, Directives, and Courses; campaign plans, Concept Plans (CONPLAN), Operation Plans (OPLAN), execute orders (EXORD), Joint, Service, and SOF doctrine, Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) products, professional journals and publications; attendance at JCT professional development activities (contractors assigned to JCT); attendance at the JCT Exercise Design Seminar (EDS) and Trainer Seminar (TS), Joint Special Operations, and other Department of Defense or Service/SOF Courses (when approved by the government); coordination and attendance in key USSOCOM HQ Joint Directorates (J-DIRS) battle rhythm (BR) events); participation in USSOCOM, Service, or Joint Staff (JS) Working Groups; attendance at professional conferences; and/or monitoring the Joint Training Information Management System (JTIMS) / Joint Training Tool, Defense Readiness Reporting System-Strategic (DRRS), Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS), USSOCOM Lessons Learned System (SOFLIS), Special Operations Debrief and Retrieval System (SODARS).
• Prepare appropriate training methods and 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 the command and control, computers, communications, information systems (C4I) functional area.
• Maintain functional and cooperative 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.
• Coordinate with Joint SOF Trainer Functional Lead to maintain current functional and SOF and joint training products on the Joint Online Information Center (JOIC).
• 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 and online delivery, deliver in-person and online training using adult training principles, observe and evaluate training effectiveness and efficiency.
• Create or review/critique events 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/replicate international/national/strategic and operational level products and orders to support Theater SOF/CT/CWMD exercises for a multinational training audience, within Foreign Disclosure (FDO) and DOS export compliance guidelines.
• Incorporate Joint Mission Essential Task List (JMETL) tasks and exercise training objectives into the observation 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 8 years experience in SOF, or Prior E8+, CW4+ with 10 years experience working in SOF
• Minimum of 4 years of recent experience serving in a command, senior enli