Senior Technical Trainer

Logistics Staff

• Minimum of ten (10) years of U.S. or NATO military experience, including service after September 11, 2001.
• Demonstrated experience planning and providing tactical-level staff support to battalion and brigade-level soldiers and their systems (tactical logistics functions include manning, arming, fueling, fixing, moving, and routinely sustaining approximately 500-800 personnel).
• Relevant military operations or foreign security force (police or military) capacity building experience in the last 5 years.
• (Preferred) At least one deployment to a combat, peacekeeping, or other contingency operation while serving in a logistics unit or assigned as logistics staff officer.
• (Preferred) Experience as trainer to a foreign security partner.
• (Preferred) Minimum of fifteen (15) cumulative years of U.S. or NATO military experience, including combat arms battalion/brigade staff officer experience on a U.S. or NATO military staff.
• (Preferred) Attainment of military grade of O4 and higher (or NATO equivalent).
• (Preferred) Battalion and/or brigade staff experience while deployed to a combat, peacekeeping, or other contingency operation.
• (Preferred) Regional experience in Sub-Saharan Africa.

UN Military Peacekeeping-Intelligence (MPKI) Staff

• Minimum of ten (10) years U.S. or foreign military experience, including service after September 11, 2001.
• Demonstrated military experience as a military intelligence practitioner.
• Relevant military operations or foreign security force (police or military) capacity building experience in the last 5 years.
• Experience as a trainer to a foreign security partner, military or civilian
• (Preferred) Completion of a U.S. or foreign equivalent recognized military intelligence course for land forces.
• (Preferred) Experience working in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Operations Staff.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of U.S. or NATO military experience; must include combat arms battalion/brigade staff officer experience on a U.S. or NATO military staff. [Combat arms is defined as armor, cavalry, engineer, field artillery, infantry, special forces, or special operations forces. Staff officer experience is defined as a primary staff officer assignment on a U.S. or NATO battalion or brigade staff; O3 non-primary staff officer time on a U.S. or NATO battalion staff or O4 non-primary staff officer time on a U.S. or NATO brigade staff will be considered with detailed evidence of that candidate’s active performance and participation in integrated battalion/brigade planning and operations, particularly performing those duties while deployed to a peacekeeping, combat, or other contingency operation.]
• Attainment of military grade of O3 and higher (or NATO equivalent).
• Relevant military operations or foreign security force (police or military) capacity building experience in the last 5 years.
• Experience as a senior trainer, military or civilian, to a foreign security partner.
• (Preferred) Minimum of fifteen (15) cumulative years of U.S. or NATO military experience, including combat arms battalion/brigade staff officer experience on a U.S. or NATO military staff.
• (Preferred) Attainment of military grade of O4 and higher (or NATO equivalent).
• (Preferred) Regional experience in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• (Preferred) Battalion and/or brigade staff experience while deployed to a combat, peacekeeping, or other contingency operation.

Engagement/CIMIC Staff

• Minimum of ten (10) years U.S. or foreign military experience, including service after September 11, 2001.
• Demonstrated military experience as a civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) practitioner. [CIMIC experience is defined as experience formally serving in a Civil Affairs unit and/or formal assignment – annotated by dates and duration – to an Engagement Team or CIMIC staff position in a maneuver unit. Candidates without these required assignment titles or unit experience may only be considered acceptable with detailed evidence of demonstrated experience and expertise – annotated by dates and duration – conducting formal, structured, and stand-alone CIMIC and engagement operations as a primary function of their responsibilities.]
• Relevant military operations or foreign security force (police or military) capacity building experience in the last 5 years.
• Experience as a trainer to a foreign security partner, military or civilian
• At least one deployment to a combat, peacekeeping, or other contingency operation as part of a civil affairs, engagement, Human Terrain, or other CIMIC-related team. [Candidates with a deployment that does not meet these required assignment titles may only be considered acceptable with detailed evidence of deployment experience conducting formal, structured, and stand-alone CIMIC and engagement operations as a primary function of their responsibilities.]
• (Preferred) Completion of a U.S. or foreign equivalent recognized FET or civil affairs course for land forces.
• (Preferred) Experience working in sub-Saharan Africa.

Unit Tactics

• • Minimum of ten (10) years of U.S. or NATO military experience in a combat arms specialty [combat arms is defined as infantry, armor, cavalry, engineer, field artillery, infantry, or special operations forces].
  • Attainment of military grade of E-7 and higher.
  • Experience deployed to an overseas contingency operation since September 11, 2001.
  • Relevant military operations or foreign security force (police or military) capacity building experience in the last 5 years.
  • Experience as a senior trainer, military or civilian, to a foreign security partner with directly related experience in capacity building and unit level assessments.
  • (Preferred) Experience as an instructor in a tactics training unit (e.g., U.S. Army Ranger School or USMC Advanced Infantry Training Battalion) developing individual and collective skills intended to develop technical and tactical proficiency.
  • (Preferred) Regional experience in Sub-Saharan Africa.