Ship's Self Defense System – SSDS Officer Trainer

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Training

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Training People, Training Programs, Weapons

Certifications:

None

Experience:

7 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Training Specialist Advisor – Ship's Self Defense System SSDS Officer Trainer

Transform technology into opportunity as a Training Specialist Advisor with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Training Specialist Advisor you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on Training Specialist Advisors joining our team to develop, organize, and conduct training and educational programs for U.S. Navy officers in support of the Mk2 Ship's Self Defense System (SSDS) Tactical Action Officer (TAO) & SSDS Prospective Commanding Officer/Executive Officer (P-CO/XO) courses taught at Surface Combat Systems Training Command Hampton Roads (SCSTC-HR) Dam Neck in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

HOW A TRAINING SPECIALIST ADVISOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
● Develops, organizes, and conducts training and educational programs for customer personnel
● Provides dynamic teaching & training as well as assessment that require advanced knowledge of U.S. Navy SSDS Capabilities and Limitations.

● Reviews and analyzes U.S. Navy SSDS Engineering Capabilities and Limitations and U.S. Navy Operational and Tactical doctrine and integrates and conceptualizes the execution of Doctrine optimizing the application of ship's Combat Systems capabilities and limitation in the dynamic operational tactical environment.

● Conducts dynamic assessment of the sailors’ abilities to comply with approved maintenance, operational procedures, and ship’s Battle Orders and thereafter provides formal appraisal of performance with recommendations for improvement and methods to maintain technical and tactical proficiency.

● Observes and assesses contemporaries during practice and certification teaches per requirements NAVEDTRA 135.

● Prepares, reviews, and customizes curriculum lesson plans and instructor guides in support of traditional classroom teaching.

● Supports course reviews and curriculum updates, conducts training gap analysis provides formal feedback and recommendation for course improvement.

● Documents the training conducted with specifics of the individual areas / watch station and is responsible for generation of a formal assessment of measure of success via written report.

● Develops, tests, maintains, and delivers moderately complex SSDS training programs and related materials in support of SCSTC training objectives.

● Establishes and reviews course content and objectives.

● Conducts training sessions and develops criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of training activities.

● Maintains records of training activities, participant progress, and program effectiveness.

● Maintains current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
● Education: Bachelor's Degree in a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications, training, or work/military experience.
● Required Experience: Seven (7) years of experience with the required system or process as either a maintenance technician manager or operator manager with responsibility for teaching the applicable system or function task to others in a master level training environment. Of the seven (7) years, one (1) year of experience as an instructor in a Navy Training Environment, to include curriculum maintenance, writing learning objectives, preparing test items, evaluating instructional materials and the results of instruction and counseling students on academic learning problems including one (1) year relevant experience interfacing with training systems/simulations for effective and correct presentation of learning objectives is required.
● Required Technical Skills: Experience as a Surface Warfare Officer or Senior Enlisted Operations Specialist or Fire Controlman with experience serving aboard a Mk2 SSDS as a CIC/CDC watch stander.
● Security Clearance Level: Secret
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