Ops and Admin Specialist Iv

**About VATC**

**Operations and Administrative Specialist IV**

**LOCATION**:Stuttgart, Germany

**CLEARANCE**:TS/SCI security clearance

**JOB PURPOSE**:
The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Directorate of SOF Operations (J3), Joint Collective Training (J3-JCT) has the responsibility for planning, designing, coordinating, synchronizing, and executing collective training and exercises across the USSOCOM Enterprise (including Sub-Unified Commands, Theater Special Operations Commands (TSOCs) and Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), SOF Component Commands, Special Operations Joint Task Forces (SOJTFs), and SOF Battle Staffs). J3-JCT SOF are trained and ready to support Geographic Combatant Commanders (GCC) through unified action to execute the full range of SOF core activities and operations. J3-JCT facilitates the interdependence, integration, and interoperability (I3) among SOF, Conventional Forces (CF), Interagency (IA), and Partner Nations (PN) forces through exercises. Contractor will maintain functional currency and relevancy and awareness of SOF and Joint Enterprise training requirements through constant research of past and current operations, Presidential Policy Directives, DoD Instructions, Manuals, Guides, and Directives; Joint Exercise Instructions, Manuals, Guides, Directives, and Courses; campaign plans, Concept Plans (CONPLAN), Operation Plans (OPLAN), execute orders (EXORD), Joint, Service, and SOF doctrine, Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) products, professional journals and publications; attendance at JCT professional development activities (contractors assigned to JCT); attendance at the JCT Exercise Design Seminar (EDS) and Trainer Seminar (TS), Joint Special Operations, and other Department of Defense or Service/SOF Courses (when approved by the government); coordination and attendance in key USSOCOM HQ Joint Directorates (J-DIRS) battle rhythm (BR) events); participation in USSOCOM, Service, or Joint Staff (JS) Working Groups; attendance at professional conferences; and/or monitoring the Joint Training Information Management System (JTIMS) / Joint Training Tool, Defense Readiness Reporting System-Strategic (DRRS), Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS), USSOCOM Lessons Learned System (SOFLIS), Special Operations Debrief and Retrieval System (SODARS)**.**

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Reads and analyzes incoming TMTs to determine their significance and plan their distribution; Manages Task Management Tool; manages Task Management Tool
- Drafts, edits, and reviews incoming and outgoing JCET correspondence or policy-related documents
- Manages AMHS - reads and analyzes incoming message traffic to determine their significance and plan their distribution; composes message traffic for coordinating and executing events.
- Coordinates with regional planners for scheduling and integration of JCET events in support of country plans and campaign objectives
- Communicates with U.S. Embassy and Country Teams to meet JCET requirements
- Communicates with SOCEUR staff to coordinate movement, logístical support, reporting, and other requirements for JCETs
- Plans, prepares, and schedules in-briefs for units conducting JCET events
- Communicates with USSOCOM and USSOCOM components to identify and schedule JCET training opportunities
- Tracks and maintains awareness of the status of deployed forces conducting JCETs
- Prepare appropriate training methods and materials based on Adult Learning and Training principles that train Battle Staffs on the 12 SOF core activities and 18 SOF joint HQs tasks at the operational and strategic levels in functional areas that include: command and control, computers, communications, information systems (C4I); operations, plans, intelligence, fires, sustainment, communications, information and knowledge management, information operations, cyber, civil affairs, interagency, and partner nation coordination
- Maintain functional and cooperative relationships with operational and strategic level planners and leaders in the USSOCOM HQs, GCC's, TSOC's, the Joint Staff, and JSOC, in order to facilitate a synchronized effort in exercise design and execution across the community of interest
- Coordinate with Joint SOF Trainer Functional Lead to maintain current functional and SOF and joint training products on the Joint Online Information Center (JOIC)
- Support exercise design, JELC planning, scenario scripting, key staff role playing, training, and observations
- Utilize the ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate) model in executing the Joint Training System / Joint Training Tool to determine exercise and training requirements, design and develop appropriate training materials and scripting for in-person and online delivery, deliver in-person and online training using adult training principles, observe and evaluate training effectiveness and efficiency
- Create or review/critique events concepts, to include purpose, objectives, broad scenario character