Senior Joint Training Requirements Specialist

Senior Joint Training Requirements Specialist

Apogee Solutions, a Woman-Owned Small Business, is seeking a full-time Senior Joint Training Requirements Specialist to support the National Guard Bureau at the Herbert R. Temple, Jr. Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, VA. Qualified candidates must be a U.S. Citizen able to pass a background check, to include Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fingerprint check and National Agency Check with Written Inquires (NACI) to maintain a SECRET security clearance.

The Senior Joint Training Requirements Specialist will lead the efforts of five Joint Training Requirements Specialists (JTRS) supporting the 54 Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ). They provide support visits to JFHQs including joint training services and preparing and conducting workshops and/or developing training to improve or enhance focus area for joint training readiness. The Senior Joint Training Requirements Specialist may assist in serving as an Observer, Controller, Trainer (OC/T) during exercises or training events, participating in planning meetings (Concept Development Meeting (CDM), Initial Planning Meeting (IPM), Mid Planning Meeting (MPM), and Final Planning Meeting (FPM)) to support the overall scenario and exercise objectives.

The Senior Joint Training Requirements Specialist will visit JFHQs-State/territory and assist the assigned JTRS in the review of training plans and readiness progress with staffs, while supporting, implementing and sustaining to identify the Joint Training System (JTS) gaps and developing a customized training plan for each JFHQ-State/territory to successfully implement and sustain the JTS Phases I-IV processes (Requirements, Planning, Execution, and Assessment).

The Senior Joint Training Requirements Specialist will review JFHQ-State/territory Joint Training Plans (JTP) to ensure they are doctrinally correct and adhere to CJCS and NGB guidance, policies, and directives.

The Senior Joint Training Requirements Specialist will:

• Demonstrate high level of competence with all phases of the JTS training; requirements, planning, execution and assessment for successful JTS integration.
• Use the JTS and JELC process to support the 54 JFHQs in designing, planning, preparing, executing and evaluating joint training events
• Support the development of JFHQs-State/territory Joint Training Plans.
• Assist in supporting Joint Staff Subordinate Organizations in the development of Joint/Agency Mission Essential Task Lists (J/AMETL), state/territory specific tasks based upon JFHQ Commander's assessment. J/AMETL tasks are used in determining training assessments.
• Support organizations such as Homeland Response Forces (HRF), Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Responses Force–Package (CERFP), and Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (WMD-CST).

Required Experience

• U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass a background check, to include Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fingerprint check and National Agency Check with Written Inquires (NACI)
• An Associate's Degree or equivalent experience (Bachelor's degree preferred)
• 10+ years of Joint Training experience
• 10+ years experience in a National Guard, staff, or headquarters
• 6 years experience in demonstrated expertise in operational planning and executing combined exercises
• 3 years experience in demonstrated expertise in operational planning and executing combined and joint operations at the theater or force component level
• 3 years experience in JTIMS as an expert user to include JMSEL Tool
• 3 years experience in operational plans, contingency plans, crisis action planning (unit or HQ level)
• 1 year of experience using the Universal Joint Task List (UJTL) Task Development Tool
• Expert knowledge of the Joint Training System and Joint Doctrine
• Expert knowledge of the National Guard Bureau, Guard missions, and subordinate organizations
• Ability to operate in a virtual environment (i.e., conducting meetings via Microsoft Teams or similar tools)
• Ability to operate with limited daily guidance and supervision; expertise in advanced management and organizational skills
• Expertise in oral and written communication
• Outstanding…