Academic Training Analyst
About The Position
The Academic Training Analyst provides training program analysis and action officer support to Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Atlantic (EWTGL) in Virginia Beach, Virginia, serving as a fleet training subject matter expert. The role supports academic training and education in person, through distance learning, or in a blended format, and contributes to curriculum development, training delivery, instructor certification, and synthetic and war-game operations. The analyst develops, maintains, and distributes instructional materials and tailored teaching products, including lesson plans, briefs, lectures, scenarios, multimedia products, workbooks, and testing materials. The role also supports curriculum review and implementation, maintains training reference materials, analyzes training requirements and delivery methods, and coordinates with course and program leads to identify requirements.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship and an active Secret clearance.
- Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree; four additional years of experience in lieu of a degree will be considered.
- Six years of general technical and functional-area experience.
- Five years of senior trainer/evaluator experience.
- At least six years of applicable Training SME experience in the listed functional areas.
- Experience implementing academic training or instruction, including at least one tour at a Navy training command.
- Broad understanding of expeditionary warfare principles, doctrine, and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP).
- Experience in naval fleet synthetic training development, execution, and evaluation, and simulation program operation.
- Excellent public speaking, presentation, and time-management skills.
- Proven written and verbal communication skills at junior management and senior executive levels.
- Ability to act independently and manage multiple priorities and interruptions effectively with minimal impact on productivity and deliverables.
- Experience using Microsoft Office products, such as PowerPoint.
Nice To Haves
- Recent tour in a military staff operations department billet.
- Extensive knowledge and experience in expeditionary operations.
- Active military duty as a member of a Marine Air Combat Element (ACE), Tactical Air Control Squadron (TACRON), or Air Intercept Control (AIC), at senior enlisted/mid-grade officer level or higher.
- Experience as an Interface Control Officer (ICO) or Link-16 proficiency.
- Modeling and simulation experience as a MAGTF Tactical Warfare Simulator (MTWS) and/or Joint Semi-Automated Forces (JSAF) operator.
- Recent experience in joint and naval exercises, war gaming, and exercise/event planning.
- Familiarity with and solid understanding of the Navy Composite Warfare Commander (CWC) concept and Fleet training policy documents, including the Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP), Fleet Response Training Plan (FRTP), and Fleet Training Continuum (FTC).
- Master Training Specialist (MTS) qualification.
Responsibilities
- Conduct fleet training analyses to identify gaps, training needs, and solutions.
- Develop and modify training event and exercise scenarios and curricula.
- Deliver training in person and/or online, including through distance learning or blended approaches.
- Develop, maintain, and distribute instructional materials, including outlines, lesson plans, reference materials, briefs, lectures, scenarios, animations, handouts, workbooks, study guides, testing materials, critiques, and feedback.
- Use video software to assist in producing videos, training aids, and multimedia products.
- Provide tailored teaching products and scenarios as approved by course instructors.
- Assist in maintaining, updating, and standardizing the instructor certification program, and help ensure instructors maintain current knowledge, presentation skills, and credentials.
- Help maintain an unclassified reference library in virtual and hard-copy formats for training and curriculum development and maintenance.
- Support curriculum review, development, and implementation for academic warfare training requirements.
- Analyze and recommend preferred course and instructional delivery methods, including face-to-face instruction and synthetic training delivery.
- Coordinate closely with course and program leads to identify requirements.
- Provide augmentation and back-up assistance with synthetic and war-game operations.
- Manage training projects and design custom training to meet Fleet and Joint/Partner Nation training objectives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
