Senior Joint Training Requirements Specialist, National Guard Bureau

Senior Joint Training Requirements Specialist National Guard Bureau

Location: National Capital Region (Arlington Virginia area). Hybrid with on-site presence at the National Guard Bureau and telework under a Government-approved arrangement. Type: Full time exempt Clearance: Active Secret required at start Travel: 20 to 30 percent CONUS

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 Bureaus Joint Doctrine Training and Force Development Directorate (NGB-J37). You will be the person the National Guard Bureau calls when a Joint Training Plan needs to be right when a states mission essential task list needs rebuilding or when the joint training database of record needs an advocate inside the Joint Staff. You will also lead the Northeast region and serve as the alternate to the Program Manager.

This position is contingent upon contract award.

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 commanders and directors initial training guidance

Serve as the National Guard Bureaus 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 Bureaus 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

Required Qualifications

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

Bachelors degree preferred; equivalent professional and military experience accepted in lieu of a degree

United States citizenship

Preferred Qualifications

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

Bachelors or Masters degree in military science emergency management education training management or a related field

Work Location and Travel

This role is based in the National Capital Region with regular on-site presence at the National Guard Bureau in Arlington Virginia and telework the remainder of the time under a Government-approved arrangement. Classified work on SIPRNet is performed on site. Travel is approximately 20 to 30 percent within the continental United States primarily to Joint Force Headquarters in the Northeast region to regional training workshops and to exercises and exercise planning conferences nationwide. All travel is authorized in advance and reimbursed in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulation and published Government per diem rates.

About CORTEK: Founded in 2003 CORTEK is a distinguished Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) defense Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) terrorism prevention Counter-WMD (CWMD) support services and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)/Privacy Act support. With over a decade of experience CORTEK has delivered mission-critical solutions to government clients including the Department of State (DOS) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Defense (DoD). Our proven track record includes 12 years of incumbency on DOS contracts supporting WMD threat mitigation and consequence management programs and comprehensive support for the Defense Threat Reduction Agencys (DTRA) technical and strategic objectives across Physical and Biological Sciences Engineering Policy and Operations. Additionally CORTEK has provided onsite analytical support for the Department of the Army Headquarters (HQDA) at the Pentagon.

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Pay Transparency Non-Discrimination: CORTEK will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about discussed or disclosed their own pay.

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