Industry SME, NATO-JFTC

Summary:
Yorktown Systems Group is seeking a qualified Industry SME to support NATOs Joint Force Training Center (JFTC) located in Bydgoszcz Poland conducting training and exercises for the NATO Command Structure (NCS) and NATO Force Structure (NFS) to ensure operational ability and interoperability in a variety of environments.

The Training and Exercise Division (TED) delivers combined and joint training and exercises. Mainly static and distributed as well as single and multi-echelon for tactical and operational level headquarters staff and forces in the full spectrum of NATO operations. JFTC may assume the responsibility of the Officer Directing Exercise (ODE) for various exercises i.e. NOBLE JOLT (NOJO) LOYAL LEDA (LOLE) LOYAL DOLOS (LODO). NOJO is a logistics and sustainment centric Computer Assisted Exercise/Command Post Exercise (CAX/CPX) that will train JLSGNP. LOLE and LODO are land domain tactical level Computer Assisted Exercises/Command Post Exercises (CAX/CPX) that will train relevant headquarters from the NFS in the Warfighting Corps role. Additionally JFTC may support the NATO GEORGIA (NAGE) exercise/s.

Specific duties may include but are not limited to:

MEL/MIL Incident Development Workshop:
The Industry SME will provide specialized guidance on private sector and critical infrastructure considerations to support the Incident Development phase of the exercise. The SME will ensure that incidents and scenarios accurately reflect the roles capabilities and vulnerabilities of industry actors including critical infrastructure providers supply chains technology and commercial services within the CE. The SME shall advise on potential impacts of military operations humanitarian activities and other exercise elements on industry functions as well as opportunities for collaboration coordination and problem-solving between military civilian and private sector stakeholders. The SME will support the design of incidents that highlight challenges requiring militaryindustry cooperation and demonstrate how operational problems can be mitigated through effective engagement with industry partners. The SME will coordinate with other SMEs to ensure that industry perspectives are integrated across functional areas including stabilization humanitarian assistance human security communications and civil resilience. Additionally the SME shall capture lessons learned and provide actionable recommendations to improve the realism relevance and effectiveness of industry-related incidents including considerations for risk management continuity of operations and public-private coordination. Deliverables include expert input to incident design and MEL/MIL development recommendations for incorporating industry and critical infrastructure perspectives into scenarios and a post-exercise summary highlighting key findings lessons learned and actionable guidance for future exercises with emphasis on effective militaryindustry coordination and problem-solving.

MEL/MIL Scripting Workshop:
The Industry SME will collaborate with the EMs and the exercise planning team to develop and refine the major events incidents and injects for the exercise. The SMEs role is to ensure that MEL/MIL design incorporates realistic industry perspectives including commercial capabilities technological solutions and private-sector support to military and civil operations. The SME shall provide guidance on scenarios from friendly neutral and adversarial perspectives ensuring incidents reflect real-world challenges in coordinating cooperating and leveraging industry expertise to solve operational problems. Additionally the SME shall advise on the implications of operational decisions for Civil-Military-industrial interactions capability gaps and innovative problem-solving ensuring that incidents trigger meaningful decision-making and support exercise training objectives. Deliverables include expert input to MEL/MIL drafts recommendations for integrating industry considerations across scenarios and a post-workshop summary highlighting key findings lessons learned and actionable guidance for future exercises.

*The duties listed above are intended only as general illustration of the various types of work that may be performed while providing deliverables. Specific statements of duties not included do not exclude them from the position function if the work is similar related or a logical assignment to the teams functionality.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of relevant field experience (IOs NGOs government agencies think tanks peacekeeping industry or humanitarian missions).
• Possess strong analytical abilities and communication (written and oral) at a professional level.
• Understanding and or experience with NATO structure roles and responsibilities.
• Experience with working with or in nations that a represented in the training or exercise if there is a regional theme present.
• Have a minimum of three years of professional experience working with industrial sector stakeholders including defense industries critical infrastructure providers energy companies transportation networks technology firms or supply chain operators.
• Possess demonstrated experience in advising on industrial capabilities supply chain resilience production capacity and the role of industry in national or multinational defense crisis response or resilience frameworks.
• Have a strong understanding of how private-sector industries interact with governmental organizations military commands and civil authorities during crises including issues related to resource constraints infrastructure impacts and workforce availability.
• A native English language speaker or an individual presenting excellent command of spoken and written English with a proven ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing at the level of (SLP) NATO STANAG 6001 - 3333 (Listening Speaking Reading and Writing)

*This position is not a full-time employment work position; this is an intermittent part-time / on-call contracted work position designed to support specific named NATO training exercises. Employment is only during the execution of these training events with the work effort estimated to be a few weeks out of the year.

Clearance: Must possess an active NATO or U.S. SECRET or higher security clearance.

Location: NATO Joint Force Training Centre Bydgoszcz Poland

Travel: CONUS and OCONUS travel will be required.