Naval Expeditionary Operations Staff Planners Course (NEOP) Instructor

Company Description

Green Cell Consulting  (GCC), LLC  is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) founded in 2014. We provide unique and specialized training and education services, including curriculum development, classroom instruction, and exercise support services to the Department of Defense through direct contracting and subcontracting opportunities. GCC emphasizes employing professionals with the appropriate military background and credentials. The professional staff at GCC consists almost entirely of former military trainers and advisors who are retired or currently serving in the reserves. This unique mix of military careers blended with corporate leadership has contributed to GCC’s continued growth. 

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide formal classroom instruction in accordance with the Naval Expeditionary Operations Staff Planners (NEOP) Program of Instruction (POI).
• Support the maintenance and execution of the NEOP course material in order to fulfill the training objectives identified in the POI and as indicated by input from various training, fleet, and operating forces representatives, formative and summative evaluations, and inspection of the course.
• Support the maintenance of planning tools, milestones, coordinating documents, and training curricula to design and implement the NEOP. The process will include all five phases of the SATE process and be responsible for providing requisite curriculum development support to government completion standards of all master lesson files (MLF) and instructor support products required to instruct the course.
• Provide subject matter expertise (SME) participation at Amphibious Warfare Exercise Conferences, bi-annual Course Curriculum Review Boards (CCRB) sponsored by Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Atlantic (EWTGLANT), and other events where NEOP-related curriculum is used and/or discussed.
• Following the CCRB recommendations, provide curriculum support to EWTGLANT in developing any new and sustainment MLF and other course-associated material.
• Prepare lesson plans that reflect the material content and methodology required to achieve the instructional objectives, including:
  • Detailing subject matter and references to be included in the POI
  • Developing course material, study guides, visual aids, simulations, proficiency charts, training aids, handouts, and course outlines
  • Determining optimal instructional methods to best convey the course material
  • Constructing questions pertaining to the area of instructional responsibility for inclusion in course examination
  • Revising lesson plans to include updated course material, coordinating updates in concert with other related courses of instruction
• Support course material research, development, and curriculum updates to include:
  • Researching training source material to ensure currency, adequacy, and accuracy of documents 
  • Provide research support to the application of lessons learned pertinent to amphibious operations doctrine and procedures. 
  • Support assimilation of current directives concerning new systems, doctrine, and technical information procedures and recommend changes in course content or materials as required. 
  • Support evaluation and assessment adequacy and appropriateness of course content
  • Participate in course reviews with EWTGLANT as required
  • Recommend course revisions based on subject matter expertise
  • Review, revise, develop, and produce within the Marine Corps Training Information Management System (MCTIMS) all required training and instructional materials for the NEOP.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described.

Qualifications

Education

• Master’s degree and six (6) years of subject matter experience or Bachelor's degree with ten (10) years of subject matter experience.
• Completion of the Facilitate Learning Experience (FLEX) is preferred. 
• Completion of the Marine Corps Curriculum Developers Course is preferred.

Experience

• The ideal candidate is a former senior-level Naval Officer with an extensive amphibious operations background, including formal school-trained instructor/curriculum developer expertise and instruction experience in Composite Warfare Commander (CWC) concepts and naval integration strategies.
• Expert-level operational competence reflects current knowledge and practices within the past five (5) years concerning amphibious naval doctrine and formal school instructor/curriculum management practices.
• Extensive amphibious operations background with no less than fifteen (15) years of experience in the United States Navy Surface Warfare community, United States Marine Corps, or other organizations