What are the responsibilities and job description for the Exercise Support SME position at Native American Technology?
Description
The Exercise Support SME will support the Joint Training, Exercise, and Evaluation Program (JTEEP) support for the U.S. Air Force (AF) in developing, integration, aligning, and implementing Joint & AF Exercise objectives, Policy and Guidance.
Travel may be required.
This position is contingent on contract award.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Coordinate with MAJCOMs, National Guard Bureau, and Joint National Training Capability (JNTC) program stakeholders, to collect operational and resourcing requirements for participation in EC and associated activities.
- Provide Air Force input to the planning process for joint exercise schedules and joint exercise development and assist the appropriate USAF MAJCOM representative through the Joint Staff’s Joint Training Coordination Program (JTCP), to include coordination on other Service requests for USAF forces to support other Service exercises, as well as USAF requests for other Services support for USAF exercises and USAF Opposing Force (OPFOR) JTCP.
- Participate and interface with appropriate agencies for overall exercise planning and coordination, and to identify mission area exercise shortfalls ensuring exercises meet Joint and USAF guidelines.
- Organize and facilitate the working groups and HAF level white cell support ensuring exercise stakeholders are informed of changes and are best postured to achieve exercise objectives.
- Participate in the exercise assessment of EC and support services activities.
- Review technical directions, decisions and technical elements of proposed projects and actions for validity and impact to Joint and Service training capabilities and develop and direct recommended USAF responses.
- Analyze proposals, DOD guidance, policies, directives, and changes in resource requirements, and assesses potential operational impacts to EC and associated activities.
- Provide inquiry response support, preparing proposed executive level responses to requests for information via the Task Management Tool (TMT) and other electronic means. Requests for information can be of an unclassified or classified nature.
- Responsible for coordinating, changing, and preparing for publication, AF Instructions guiding AF participation in EC and associated activities.
- Attend various meetings throughout the performance period, some of which will require travel to CONUS and OCONUS locations.
- Participate in teleconference, video teleconference, and secure video teleconference meetings when appropriate.
- Document participation/support provided in a monthly status report.
- Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSA).
Requirements
Required Education and experience:
- Minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated experience at the MAJCOM or above in interpreting or editing major policy and procedural guidance documentation for the Department of Defense while conducting and understanding complex analyses and studies to support directors of staff and senior leadership.
- Minimum of five to ten (5-10) years of tactical and operational level experience in major AF weapon systems while supporting military operations.
- Experience with AF operations in either air, space, or cyber domain. Experience in AF, Joint and Coalition exercise planning, execution, and assessment.
- Experienced with multi-domain and multi-functional interoperability and training.
- Experience to collaborate with disparate organizations and develop strategies to accomplish EC and associate initiatives.
- Knowledge of Tactical/Operational Training concepts.
- Able to possess a current or final Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
