Sof Cbrn Training SME

The Republic of Korea (ROK) Special Operations Forces (SOF) Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) serves as a classroom instructor, exercise observer/controller, workshop facilitator, and technical writer for Amentum’s ROK CWMD Readiness Project. The position is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing all CBRN technical training and capability-based assessment requirements under a variety of Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) initiatives supporting the Combined Forces Command (CFC), U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), and Special Operations Command-Korea (SOCKOR). In addition, the CBRN Training SME conducts organizational level DOTMLPF-P analyses to accomplish supporting tasks and adjust emerging requirements under the DTRA ROK military CWMD capacity-building program. Additionally, the CBRN Training SME is responsible for supporting a variety of project management activities critical to implementing three CWMD capability/capacity gap analysis studies.

The SOF CBRN Training SME will engage directly with the Amentum’s DPM, Strategic Integrator, and CWMD Capability Manager to support all DTRA CWMD program activities. The CBRN Technical SME will also work with relevant U.S. stakeholders, host-nation forces, and OCONUS-based Amentum personnel to ensure appropriate planning, resourcing, and coordination requirements ahead of major workshop and training events. When deployed, provides on-site facilitation of all training and study activities. The SME assists all functional leads in designing and developing all program deliverables required to cultivate, modernize, and sustain ROK force structures necessary to strengthen U.S. interoperability to counter WMD threats.

CBRN / CWMD Operational SME

• Serves as a highly technical SME in WMD operations, radiological and nuclear consequence management, and containment procedures for CBRN hazards in support of joint, combined, and interagency operations
• Provides knowledge of all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle and personal protective equipment
• Provides Subject Matter Expertise for training on WMD hazards and threats, Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE), decontamination operations, presumptive detection equipment, procedures for sensitive site exploitation, and interoperability requirements between U.S. and ROK Forces 

Knowledge

• Comprehensive knowledge of strategic planning principles, theory, techniques, and practices sufficient to advise on the formulation of strategic policies, plans, and programs
• Ability to analyze interrelated issues in long-range planning to make decisions and recommendations that will significantly affect DoD and ROK policies and programs
• Knowledge of foreign military sales (FMS) processes sufficient to synchronize USASAC strategy initiatives with DTRA and other DoD organizations
• Skill to coordinate complex studies and analyses requiring innovation; evaluate and present findings and divergent opinions; and define and describe feasible options, including the consequences of their adoption, relating to the effectiveness and efficiency of Army Security Assistance programs in achieving security cooperation objectives
• Ability to prepare long-range and short-range planning guidance in accordance with broad agency program policies and objectives
• Skill in oral and written communications sufficient to clearly articulate and represent findings and recommendations to a variety of audiences, including senior officials in DoD, CFC, and the ROK

Military Leadership

• Minimum experience as a company grade (preferably Field Grade) officer of a CBRN specialized unit
• Preferred completion of US Army Command and General Staff Officer Course or equivalent
• Minimum of 15 years’ experience in operations coordination roles of responsibility within an operational or strategic level command

Strategic Force Generation

• Experience with the DOTMLPF-P analysis framework to determine future force generation planning, sustainment considerations, and mission readiness requirements against multinational operational needs
• Ability to effectively translate unit level tactical requirements into effective command level actions to establish and sustain unit operations
• Skill to concurrently manage several sustainment initiatives projects that are of major importance to DTRA and CFC

Mission Analysis and Sustainment Planning

• Proven ability to provide strategic recommendations that affect reform to resolve substantive problems across organizational planning, programming, budgeting, and execution processes
• Knowledge of FMS processes to synchronize US-ROK strategy initiatives with other DoD organizations
• Knowledge of governing DoD supply chain and cataloging regulations, policies, procedures, instructions and associated logistic support systems
• Plan and execute technical workshops and visits to support and evaluate the military for member states engagement in support of program objectives

Training Sustainment

• Assists with research, development, and validation of master training plans, standard operating procedures, and supporting training support guidance as required by contractual requirements and/or customer demands
• Develops unit-level Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP), and Training and Evaluation Outlines (T&EO) forms required by customer or client
• Plans, schedules, organizes, and facilitates meetings, conferences, or off-sites visits as required by the project Contract Officer Representative (COR) to support all multinational project sustainment initiatives

Technical Writing

• Serves as Subject Matter Expert of CWMD, SOF, and CBRN doctrine and provides accurate interpretation to effectively compare with RoK coequals to form a common understanding of the Operational Environment to structure future combined force commitments and capabilities
• Develops unit-level Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP), and Training and Evaluation Outlines (T&EO) forms required by the client
• Conducts curriculum recovery using the ADDIE process to ensure all training materials are refined annually

Communication

• Assists the CONUS and OCONUS-based Functional Leads with the planning, developing, resourcing, and execution of all ROK CWMD Key Leader Engagements (KLEs), Working Groups, and product development outside of the TDY schedule
• Coordinates and facilitates M.S. Team/Webex virtual teleconferences (VTC), in-person workshops, Senior Leader Symposiums (SLS) and composes outcomes reports for these events
• Identifies problems (assumptions & risks), gathers data, analyzes/evaluates data, and communicates findings to key US-ROK stakeholders
• Provides daily feedback and accurate reporting to all Functional and Project Leads

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Former experience in an operational Nuclear Disablement Team (NDT), Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) unit, or other similar U.S. military nuclear defeat/response, or consequence management unit
• Experience in highly technical WMD operations, radiological and nuclear consequence management, and containment procedures for CBRNE hazards in support of joint, combined, or interagency operations
• Experience with Combined WMD Operations with ROK Military Forces
• Ability to instruct and mentor multinational forces on technical topics, principles, theories, and concepts of varying scientific complexity with limited background knowledge
• 10+ years’ experience managing and implementation of training projects in support of DoD WMD efforts
• Bachelors degree required; masters preferred.  
• Formal instructor certification highly desired
• Ability to function at a high level with little oversight as well as work in part of a larger team to complete mission objectives
• Exhibits a high degree of attention to detail while designing, developing, and editing products
• Capable of working under tight deadlines and managing tasks through to successful completion.
• Experience managing complex training events involving international stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• TS/SCI preferred, Minimum SECRET

Communication

• Computer – M.S. Office, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Content Management Systems, SharePoint, MS Teams, and virtual team collaboration editing
• Basic Writing – Ability to use correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, clarity, brevity, engagement, proofreading, and revising
• Business / Professional Writing – Ability to formulate analytical report writing, note-taking, email writing, meeting invitations, M.S. Office, business case writing
• Report and Technical Writing – Ability to conduct sourcing, research, analysis, data visualization, cross-culture interviews, document preparation, data collection, and data management
• Presentation Writing – PowerPoint, creativity, brevity, and curriculum materials

ROK and KTO Experience

• Experience serving in Korea or interacting with Korean Forces, USFK, or other Korean geographical commands
• Experience in military operations and plans (five years minimum; within the last ten years).

Time Management

• Ability to function at a high level with little oversight as well as work as part of a larger team to complete mission objectives
• Capable of working under tight deadlines and managing tasks through successful completion

• CONUS-based; willing to travel OCONUS up to 30%
• Willing to work rotating shifts including nights and weekends as required to support ROK and US-based training events.

Complexity:

This position involves gathering information, identifying, analyzing, and developing recommendations to resolve substantive strategic, business, and organizational planning problems. Training and Studies events are often complicated by the need to consider and evaluate the impact of projected changes in the US-ROK mission and functions. The SME must consider the context and the climate of continual change within the DoD and the cultural nuances of the ROK military, which is further complicated by the legislative and regulatory, political, and economic realities facing the future ROK organizational reform initiatives. The difficulty is encountered when conducting cross-organizational analysis and determining the second-order consequences and subsequent impact on other DoD and ROK military organizations; tracking several simultaneous processes; projecting the impact of shifting strategy on CFC operations.

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