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SAIC · 1 day ago

Academic Training Analyst

Virginia Beach, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

6+ years exp

SAIC is a company focused on defense and intelligence solutions, and they are seeking an Academic Training Analyst to provide fleet training support as a subject matter expert. The role involves conducting fleet training analysis, developing training curricula, and delivering training to various naval units.

Information TechnologySecurityService IndustrySoftware

Work & Life Balance

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

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

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 supported by outlines, lesson plans, reference material, briefs, lectures, videos, scenarios, animations, handouts, student and instructor workbooks and study guides, testing materials, critiques and feedback designed to prepare the warfighter to bring effective skill-sets to ships, squadrons, warfare commander staffs, group staffs, NFC staffs, and other organizations/ commands involved in conducting naval, joint and coalition/allied maritime operations

Translate academic content, lessons learned, emerging doctrinal changes and training and education requirements into useable training products and services including customized instruction for short notice deployment, unit-level, group, and Fleet-specific requirements to meet the needs of deploying naval forces

Research, analyze and employ the best learning strategies and methods to employ, train and sustain a quality instructional staff as well as leveraging state-of-the art technology into the development and delivery of all phases of training by aggressively pursuing options including collaborative technologies, blended learning models, simulations, and games to fully engage and motivate the students

Develop and provide inputs for the development of course completion reports following the delivery of training

Provide recommendations to the Government regarding materials needed for a tactical reference library (virtual and hard copy) of classified and unclassified manuals, documents and reference materials required to conduct training and for the development and maintenance of curriculum

Assess courseware, delivery methods and new versions of applications to determine impact, functionality, and best methodologies to develop and deliver training on new application’s functionality and based on changes to policy, doctrine, higher headquarters guidance, lessons learned, software version updates, and course content review board results and changes to models and simulation

Monitor applications development schedules and assess equipment requirements for future version releases

Inform Government of equipment, personnel, training, specialized expertise, and time requirements necessary to accomplish future training

Provide input to TTGL schedules officer with regard to annual scheduling of academic courses using the most cost-effective and efficient plan for in-house instruction and MTTs

Understand all principal combat mission areas, IAMD, SUW, ASW, Intelligence, IO/IW, STW, EXW, and C2, and how they interact at the CWC level and below

Provide expertise in assigned combat mission area, including subject matter expertise in US, Allied/Coalition, and threat platform capabilities, tactics, and doctrine

Qualification

Fleet tactical warfare principlesNaval fleet synthetic trainingTraining program analysisTactical Warfare ModelingMS Office proficiencyPublic speakingInstructional material developmentTime managementWritten communicationVerbal communication

Required

Must be a U.S. citizen with Top Secret clearance and Bachelor of Arts or Science degree

Six (6) years of experience as a senior trainer/evaluator

Four (4) years of general training program analyst and Functional Area experience (4 years in lieu of degree will be considered); see detailed tasks above

Must possess proven written and verbal communication skills at the junior management and senior executive level, be able to act independently, and effectively manage multiple priorities and interruptions with minimal impact on productivity and deliverables

Experience in use of MS Office (e.g., Excel and PowerPoint) products

Preferred

Understanding of all phases of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP) and familiarity with the 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