Joint National Training Capability; JNTC Analyst

Overview

Joint National Training Capability (JNTC) Analyst
Suffolk, VA

Provides analysis and advice on accreditation, certification, and mitigation (ACM) of Service-nominated training programs and sites. All ACM analysts are located in Suffolk, VA within the Joint National Training Capability (JNTC) Branch work spaces. The ACM analysts' primary function is to support and further the mission of JNTC to create persistent improvements to the quality and quantity of joint training at existing service and USSOCOM training programs.

• Support the planning and conduct of JNTC accreditation, certification, and mitigation programs
• The JNTC Analyst will conduct analyses and studies, needs assessments, requirements analysis definition and will work a broad spectrum of tasks requiring analytical skills in various areas of planning, research, military training, and service-related joint training requirements.
• Analysts provide reliable, consistent advice and thought-provoking recommendations to various audiences in training and real-world events.
• Managing / prioritizing large, complex projects involving numerous stakeholders.
• Leading working groups and cross-functional teams.
• Leveraging best practices and handling multiple tasks and interruptions with minimal impact on productivity / deliverables.
• Engaging Senior Staff at the Flag Officer/Director/Manager level.
• Analyzes and drafts complex reports incorporating input from JNTC liaison officers positioned with each branch of Service and SOCOM
• Conducts analysis to determine mitigation actions that increase joint context at Service programs
• Directly interacts with active military officers (O-5 through O-7), government civilians (GS 13 through GS 15) and numerous stakeholders within the Joint Staff, J7
• Comprehends and analyzes issues resulting from Accreditation and Certification visits for 37 service programs and 37 training sites
• Enters program and site issues into Jira / Confluence database, determines components required for specific queries, and produces detailed reports using Microsoft office tools
• Supports development of solutions, plans, schedules, and executes telephonic In Progress Reviews (IPRs) with service program leadership and JNTC Desk Officers
• Develops a Mitigation Action Plan (MAP) consisting of objectives, key tasks, office of primary responsibility (OPR) and incorporates the MAP into a Program of Actions and Milestones (POA&M)
• Prepares materials, reports, and briefings for oversight bodies such as the JNTC Service Board, Executive Steering Committee, and Joint Integrated Process Team
• Maintains mitigation related information in schedules, standard operating procedures, and other process documentation
• Updates Joint National Training Capability SharePoint portal sites
• Perform other duties related to the work described.

• One of the following:
• High school diploma or GED with a minimum of 7 years of professional leadership experience
• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 3 years of professional leadership experience
• Master's degree with a minimum of 1 year of professional leadership experience

• Familiarity with Joint Staff J7 training programs and staff functions
• Understanding of and experienced with elements of joint context
• Experience with collecting data, analysis and determining courses of action
• Experience working with and around senior military and government personnel
• Operational-level experience at a Special Operations Command Component, Joint Task Force or Combatant Command-level staff
• Required to handle multiple assignments involving research, data collection, data analysis, planning, and evaluation of one or more alternative technical approaches.
• Knowledge working with relational database
• Knowledgeable in all-domain environment war fighting challenges.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledgeable in doctrinal approaches to training
• Practiced in modeling a thinking enemy and defeat mechanisms
• Knowledge of service war fighting / staff functions from the company to Major Command / Flight-level
• Proficient in computer applications such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and/or…