Naval Fires Training Analyst

JOB DESCRIPTION:  

The Army Navy Business Group currently has a career opportunity for a Naval Fires training subject matter expert (SME) and analyst to provide Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS) training using the Integrated Maritime Portable Acoustic Scoring System (IMPASS) at Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Atlantic (EWTGL) in Virginia Beach, VA. 

The ideal candidate will be a former Navy Fire Controlman or Operational Specialist with at least four years’ experience as a trainer/evaluator and two years’ experience with NSFS firing/scoring systems. Also, a viable candidate will have sufficient expertise and experience to provide academic support and serve as a shipboard naval fires operational trainer supporting the Fleet Response Training Plan (FRTP). In addition, he/she will have excellent public speaking, presentation, and time management skills, as well as at least six years of applicable Training SME experience in: 

• Conducting fleet training analyses to identify gaps, training needs, and solutions

• Developing and modifying training event/exercise scenarios and curricula

• Delivering training in person and/or online

• Managing training projects

• Designing custom training to meet Fleet/Joint training objectives

Specific Functional Area duties include:

• Provide IMPASS support as team leader/safety observer, buoy deployers/spotters and IMPASS control unit operator.

• Provide IMPASS deployment training for unit and strike group level naval fires training program in support of FRTP pre-certification and sustainment training.

• Support naval surface fires training requirements in live and synthetic exercises and events.

• Support Navy fires training to units (classroom and virtual) using the 20E18B and Shipboard Embedded Trainer for synthetic Naval Fires Training.

• Provide academic training and education in person.  Provide subject matter expert course of instruction (COI) for NSFS Mobile Training Teams (MTT).

• Assist government representatives and stakeholders to maintain, update and standardize the instructor certification program and ensure instructor knowledge and presentation skills maintain credentials.

• Develop, maintain, and distribute instructional material.

• Provide support for curriculum review, development, and implementation for academics of warfare training requirements for NSFS.

• Provide detailed post-mission reports and scoring information.