Academic Training Analyst

SAIC•Virginia Beach, VA

1d•Onsite

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 through in-person, distance-learning, or blended delivery and contributes to the analysis, development, execution, evaluation, and improvement of fleet training programs. The analyst develops, maintains, and distributes instructional materials, including outlines, lesson plans, references, briefs, lectures, scenarios, animations, handouts, workbooks, study guides, tests, critiques, and feedback. The role also supports multimedia training products, tailored teaching products and scenarios, instructor certification, reference-library maintenance, curriculum review and implementation, and recommendations on course and instruction delivery. Close coordination with course and program leads is required to identify requirements. The analyst may also provide backup support for synthetic training and war-game operations.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship and a Secret clearance.
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree; four additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of the degree.
Six years of general technical and functional-area experience.
Five years of senior trainer/evaluator experience.
At least five years of experience implementing academic training or instructing, including at least one tour at a Navy training command.
At least six years of applicable Training SME experience in the listed functional areas.
Broad understanding of expeditionary warfare principles, doctrine, and tactics, techniques, and procedures.
Experience in naval fleet synthetic training development, execution, and evaluation, and simulation program operation.
Proven written and verbal communication skills at junior management and senior executive levels.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities and interruptions with minimal impact on productivity and deliverables.
Experience using Microsoft Office products, such as PowerPoint.
Excellent public speaking, presentation, and time-management skills.

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) or Tactical Air Control Squadron (TACRON), or Air Intercept Control (AIC) experience at the 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, online, or through a blended approach.
Develop training curricula and manage training projects.
Design custom training to meet Fleet and Joint/Partner Nation training objectives.
Develop, maintain, and distribute instructional materials, including lesson plans, reference materials, briefs, lectures, scenarios, animations, handouts, workbooks, study guides, testing materials, critiques, and feedback.
Provide video-software expertise to assist with 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 credentials, knowledge, and presentation skills.
Help maintain a virtual and hard-copy reference library of unclassified materials required 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 and synthetic training, in coordination with course and program leads.
Provide augmentation and backup assistance with synthetic training and war-game operations.