Senior Joint Training Requirements Specialist, National Guard Bureau

Cortek • Arlington, VA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

CORTEK is seeking a Senior Joint Training Requirements Specialist to serve as the senior technical authority on a nationally distributed team supporting the National Guard Bureau's Joint Doctrine, Training and Force Development Directorate (NGB-J37). This role involves being the primary point of contact for joint training plans, mission essential task list rebuilding, and advocating for the joint training database of record within the Joint Staff. The specialist will also lead the Northeast region and act as the alternate to the Program Manager. This position is contingent upon contract award.

Requirements

• Active Secret security clearance
• Ten years of experience in joint training
• Five years supporting a National Guard, Joint Staff, combatant command, or Service headquarters staff
• Expert knowledge of, and demonstrated experience with, the four phases of the Joint Training System: requirements, plans, execution, and assessment
• Demonstrated experience developing, drafting or reviewing Joint Training Plans
• Experience instructing or facilitating small group workshops at the senior leadership level
• Three years of expert-level use of the Joint Training Tool or the Joint Training Information Management System, to include the master scenario events list tool
• Experience conducting training on the Defense Readiness Reporting System and the Joint Lessons Learned Information System
• Working knowledge of Mission Training Assessments and Training Proficiency Assessments
• Experience with the Universal Joint Task List and Joint Mission Essential Task List development
• Ability to obtain a Common Access Card and to work on classified systems, including SIPRNet
• Residence in, or willingness to relocate to, the National Capital Region
• Willingness to travel approximately 20 to 30 percent within the continental United States
• United States citizenship

Nice To Haves

• Prior assignment on a Joint Force Headquarters-State J3 or J7 staff, at the National Guard Bureau, or at a combatant command J7
• Experience with the Joint Event Life Cycle as an exercise planner or exercise director
• Observer, Controller, Trainer certification from a Combat Training Center, First Army, or an equivalent program
• FEMA Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program certification
• Experience supporting domestic operations exercises such as Vigilant Guard, or Homeland Response Force and CERFP external evaluations
• Graduate of a Joint Professional Military Education program
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in military science, emergency management, education, training management, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Draft and consolidate Joint Training Plans for Joint Force Headquarters commanders and directors, and review subordinate organizations' plans for alignment with headquarters plans and schedules.
• Review Joint Force Headquarters Joint Training Plans for doctrinal correctness against Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Guard Bureau guidance, and own the annual plan publication cycle.
• Advise the National Guard Bureau Joint Staff on a revised Joint Mission Essential Task List selection process and help draft the commander's and director's initial training guidance.
• Serve as the National Guard Bureau's user advocate for the joint training database of record: collect user feedback, submit formal change requests to the Joint Staff office of responsibility, and represent National Guard users at Joint Staff teleconferences and user group meetings.
• Serve as User Group Lead, creating accounts and resolving account issues for National Guard organizations across the enterprise.
• Develop and review Mission Training Assessments and Training Proficiency Assessments on the National Guard Bureau's thirty-day and quarterly review cycles.
• Support Homeland Response Forces, CBRN Enhanced Response Force Packages, and Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams in building subordinate mission essential task lists.
• Design and lead training workshops for Joint Force Headquarters staffs on the Joint Training System, the joint training database of record, the Defense Readiness Reporting System, mission essential task list development, and the Joint Event Life Cycle, in both classified and unclassified environments.
• Serve as an Observer, Controller, Trainer at exercises and training events, and deliver training observations to the training audience within five business days.
• Support the Joint Event Life Cycle for major exercises: concept development, initial, mid and final planning meetings, master scenario events list scripting, and exercise plan development.
• Create and present briefings to conferences and working groups on training transformation, joint operational framework readiness, and the DOTmLPF-P components.
• Act for the company on contract matters when the Program Manager is absent.

Benefits

• Telework under a Government-approved arrangement
• Reimbursed travel in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulation and published Government per diem rates

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree