Joint Targeting Instructor​/Operations Specialist

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Patch Plus seeks experienced Joint Targeting professionals to serve as Instructors and Operations Specialists in support of the Joint Targeting School (JTS), a Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) J7 schoolhouse at Dam Neck Annex, NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, VA. JTS is the DoD’s premier joint targeting education program, delivering operational-level targeting training to Service, Interagency, and Allied personnel from Combatant Commands, the Intelligence Community, Federal Departments, and Partner Nations.

Selected candidates will deliver the Joint Targeting Staff course — covering the full Joint Targeting Cycle — in both traditional classroom and virtual (NIPR/SIPR Microsoft Teams LMS) environments as part of a two-person instructor team. Instructors also support curriculum review boards, military targeting committee meetings, joint doctrine development conferences, and working groups as subject matter experts.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate traits that align with Patch Plus’ guiding principles – Purpose, Proficiency, and Character. Patch Plus’ purpose is to continue to make a difference to our nation’s security while providing persistent, meaningful employment to its owner-employees. Proficiency defines the Patch Plus ethos where we seek to hire and develop members who possess a high degree of competence, skill and expertise in their field of work.

Character is the moral compass in each member that guides us to do the right things.

• Deliver instruction for Joint Targeting Staff course, resident at Dam Neck Annex and virtually, as part of a two-person instructor team
• Instruct across all phases of the Joint Targeting Cycle including Target Development, Target System Analysis, Dynamic Targeting (F2T2EA
  ), Collateral Damage Estimation Methodology, Capabilities Analysis, Combat Assessment, and Space/Cyber/EMS targeting
• Compile and archive student demographic data, test scores, and learning objective certifications per JTS procedures
• Provide input and assistance to curriculum development and revision for both in-residence and distance learning courses
• Complete pre- and post-class administrative tasks IAW JTS and host location procedures, including physical security and intelligence community security requirements
• Deliver After Action Reports (AARs) within 7 days post-event summarizing course delivery, problems, recommendations, and training aid assessments
• Maintain a professional image and adhere to JTS standards of professional conduct at all times

• TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance with NACLAC in-scope within the last 5 years
• Bachelor’s Degree or at least 4 years of applicable experience
• Demonstrated success in three (3) or more of the following operational areas:
  • Minimum 4 years’ experience in joint training
  • Experienced and competent in the Joint Targeting Cycle
  • Graduate of one or more Joint Targeting Staff Courses
  • Expert knowledge of collateral damage methodology, precedent, procedures, and regulations issued by the DOD, JS, and the JS J7
  • Minimum 1 year experience in adult training or equivalent education
  • Knowledge of Joint and Service doctrine, combat, combat service, and combat service support
  • Knowledge and ability to develop and present briefs for problem resolution
  • Experience in military and national-level intelligence gathering and analysis (MI officer/NCO strongly preferred)
  • Knowledge of Joint Doctrine and Chairman’s Instructions/Manuals
  • Familiarity with adult learning theories and instructional systems design (ISD)

• Graduate of the DoD CDE Qualification Course
• Graduate of the DoD Combat Assessment (CA) Course
• Joint Staff or Combatant Command targeting staff experience
• Experience with NIPR/SIPR Microsoft Teams LMS or equivalent military LMS
• Experience designing or developing interactive…