Instructional and Exercise Support Task Lead

Peraton is seeking a highly motivated mission-focused professional to lead instructional and exercise-support services for a federal customer within the Intelligence Community. The Task 3 Lead serves as the senior manager for all training learning exercises and professional development activities under the contract ensuring seamless delivery of instructor-led virtual and web-based learning solutions across multiple customer offices. Reporting directly to the Service Delivery Manager the Task 3 Lead oversees a team of instructors and instructional systems designers manages the full training lifecycle and ensures alignment with customer requirements learning objectives and security standards. This role is central to workforce readiness instructional quality and continuous improvement of learning products and methodologies supporting the customer.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership and Oversight

• Provide day-to-day leadership direction and mentorship to instructors instructional systems designers and support staff.
• Ensure training and exercise activities meet quality timeliness and security standards established by the customer and the contract.
• Implement performance metrics and continuous-improvement initiatives to enhance learning effectiveness and program efficiency.

Training and Learning Operations

• Lead the design development delivery and evaluation of instructor-led virtual and web-based training programs across multiple customer offices and mission areas.
• Oversee curriculum planning lesson design and learning-content development to ensure accuracy relevance and compliance with tradecraft policy and classification standards.
• Manage the full training lifecycle (i.e. training needs analysis content design curriculum development instructional delivery training evaluation and annual curriculum reviews) by applying adult-learning principles and evidence-based methodologies.
• Supervise instructional staff and training coordinators to ensure consistent instructional quality and resource coverage.
• Collaborate with the customer to archive and maintain courseware job aids and web-based learning modules in approved repositories.
• Ensure all products are consistent with government-approved programs of instructional standards that prioritize accessibility to resources (per EO 14035).

Exercise Design and Facilitation

• Plan design and support the execution of exercises simulations and scenario-based learning events when directed by the Government.
• Manage development of exercise objectives materials and participant roles and facilitate after-action reviews to capture lessons learned and performance insights.
• Maintain readiness to reinitiate or expand exercise activities in support of evolving customer mission needs.

Stakeholder Coordination and Reporting

• Serve as the primary liaison to the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) and other Government stakeholders for all Task 3 matters.
• Provide accurate and timely reporting on training throughput satisfaction scores risks and corrective actions.
• Contribute to monthly status reports Service Level Agreement metrics and Award Fee evaluations by highlighting achievements efficiencies and innovations within Task 3

Basic Qualifications

• Position requires an active TS/SCI with Polygraph level clearance.
• Bachelors degree in Education Instructional Systems Design Organizational Leadership Intelligence Studies or a related field.
• 12 years of combined experience including 6 years of management-level responsibility.
• Experience working with federal civilian agencies departments or the Intelligence Community.
• Demonstrated experience leading instructor-led virtual and web-based training programs with measurable performance outcomes.
• Proven ability to supervise instructors instructional designers and training coordinators while managing multiple concurrent learning activities.
• Expertise in adult-learning principles curriculum development and instructional-delivery methodologies.
• Strong organizational analytical and communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with senior Government stakeholders.
• Proficiency with learning management systems (LMS) virtual-learning platforms and collaboration tools.
• Familiarity with security and accessibility requirements applicable to classified and unclassified learning environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in Education Instructional Systems Design Organizational Leadership Intelligence Studies or a related field.
• Professional certification in training learning or performance management (e.g. ATD CPLP Kirkpatrick or equivalent).
• Experience designing and developing web-based and blended learning solutions including interactive training modules and digital courseware.
• Working knowledge of the ADDIE (Analyze Design Develop Implement Evaluate) instructional-design model or similar methodologies.
• Demonstrated success supporting the design and facilitation of exercises or simulations for Government or Intelligence Community programs.
• Familiarity with integrating training materials into knowledge-management systems (e.g. SharePoint LMS repositories).
• Experience leading training initiatives in classified environments ensuring compliance with all security privacy and accessibility requirements.

Benefits:

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

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