Academic Training Analyst

About the Role

The Army Navy Business Group is seeking an Academic Training Analyst to provide fleet training support as a subject matter expert (SME) at Tactical Training Group Atlantic (TTGL), Dam Neck Annex, Virginia Beach, VA. This on-site role involves delivering and developing academic instruction, training curricula, and customized training solutions for naval, joint, and coalition maritime operations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and monitor on-site academic instruction for training audiences and provide Mobile Training Team (MTT) instruction for ships, staffs, and other DoW/HLS units.
• Develop, maintain, and deliver instructional material, including outlines, lesson plans, reference materials, briefs, lectures, videos, scenarios, animations, handouts, student and instructor workbooks, study guides, testing materials, critiques, and feedback.
• Translate academic content, lessons learned, emerging doctrinal changes, and training requirements into usable training products and services, including customized instruction for short-notice deployments and unit-level needs.
• Research, analyze, and employ best learning strategies and methods, leveraging collaborative technologies, blended learning models, simulations, and games to engage students.
• Develop and provide inputs for course completion reports following training delivery.
• Recommend materials for a tactical reference library (virtual and hard copy) of classified and unclassified manuals, documents, and reference materials.
• Assess courseware, delivery methods, and new application versions to determine impact, functionality, and best methodologies for training development and delivery.
• Monitor applications development schedules and assess equipment requirements for future version releases.
• Inform the Government of equipment, personnel, training, specialized expertise, and time requirements for future training.
• Provide input to TTGL schedules officer for annual academic course scheduling using cost-effective and efficient plans.
• Understand principal combat mission areas (IAMD, SUW, ASW, Intelligence, IO/IW, STW, EXW, and C2) and their interaction at the Composite Warfare Commander (CWC) level and below.
• Provide expertise in assigned combat mission areas, including subject matter expertise in U.S., Allied/Coalition, and threat platform capabilities, tactics, and doctrine.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship with an active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor of Arts or Science degree (or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree).
• Six (6) years of experience as a senior trainer/evaluator.
• Four (4) years of general training program analyst and Functional Area experience, including:
  • Conducting fleet training analysis to identify gaps, training needs, and solutions.
  • Developing and modifying training event/exercise scenarios.
  • Delivering training in person and/or online.
  • Developing training curricula.
  • Managing training projects.
  • Designing custom training to meet Fleet and joint training objectives.
• Experience with naval fleet synthetic training (FST) development, execution, and evaluation, and simulation program operation.
• Broad understanding of fleet tactical warfare principles, doctrine, the Navy Planning Process (NPP), and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP).
• Excellent public speaking, presentation, and time management skills.
• Proven written and verbal communication skills at the junior management and senior executive level.
• Ability to act independently and manage multiple priorities with minimal impact on productivity.
• Proficiency in MS Office (e.g., Excel and PowerPoint).

Qualifications (Preferred)

• Understanding of all phases of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP) and familiarity with the Fleet Response Training Plan (FRTP), Fleet Training policy documents (including the Fleet Training Continuum [FTC]), and Type Commander Training and Readiness manuals.
• Two (2) years of experience with Tactical Warfare Modeling and Simulation Systems (JSAF, JAWS, or BFTT).
• Master Training Specialist qualification.

Pay

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000, based on experience and other factors.

Schedule

Full-time, day shift. On-site at Dam Neck Annex, Virginia Beach, VA.