Joint Advanced Fires Qualification Evaluator

Jefferson is seeking Joint Advanced Fires Senior Instructor Future Operations Lead - Evaluator to support the USAF 505 th Test and Training Group.

Onsite at Hurlburt Field, Florida.

The annual salary range for this position is $-$. The annual salary range is negotiable. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Salary Range: >$100,000

This position supports the 505 th Command and Control Wing at Hurlburt Field, FL, in executing its mission of providing operational-level Command and Control training and expertise. This position supports advanced academics and training for the Joint Advanced Fires Qualification Course (JAFQC) as primary instructional faculty and evaluation. JAFQC is a Joint Staff directed initial qualification training course for select joint force candidates to prepare them for assignment to Combatant Command Joint Fires Elements.

Additional curriculum emphasizes Joint All-Domain Command & Control principles, multidomain synchronization of effects, and integration of classified and compartmented military capabilities to support Combatant Command objectives.

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Masters

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• Master’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited university or college, including Service professional military education schools.
• At least 24 months of experience within the past six (6) years in a joint force headquarters (Combatant Command or Joint Task Force) in a Joint Fires Element;
  Operations Future Plans Branch (FU-PLANS; J35);
  Fires and Effects Team;
  Strike Cell;
  Joint Air-Ground Integration Center; or a Service Component Operations Directorate (ie, J3 equivalent).
• Possess a minimum of 12 years of Department of Defense military experience as a commissioned officer. Must have demonstrated the ability to instruct in a military environment; it is preferred to have at least 1 year of formal platform instruction.
• Completion of Professional Military Education for grade (Intermediate Developmental Education) with Joint Qualified Officer designation highly desired. Graduate of a Service Weapons and Tactics Instructor (eg, Weapons Instructor Course, TOP GUN, etc) or Advanced Studies Group (eg, School of Advanced Military Studies) desired.
• Demonstrated experience and personal expertise in operational level joint targeting and effects planning, synchronization, and development of Plans and Orders. Experience should include direct involvement in functional application of authorities and effects (ie, Joint Force Land Component; Joint Force Air Component; etc.).
• Ability to travel to various locations within and outside the continental United States (CONUS) in performance of the tasks. Travel associated with JAFQC…