Principal Military Plans Analyst Trainer

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Northrop Grumman Defense Systems sector (NGDS) is seeking a Principal Military Plans Analyst Trainer to join our growing team of diverse professionals in Suffolk, Virginia.  This position supports the Joint Staff J7, Joint Training, Deployable Training Division (DTD) in providing a continuum of individual, staff, and collective joint training to enhance the operational effectiveness of the current and future joint force.  The selected candidate will provide observation, training, and feedback, focused at the operational and strategic levels, to Joint Force Commanders and their staffs during joint and multi-national training, exercises, and staff assist visits (SAVs).  The focus of the observation, training, and feedback will involve deliberate and crisis planning at the operational level.  The position requires knowledge of national defense strategy, theater strategy and campaigning, the Joint Planning Process, planning at the operational and strategic levels, and the integration of multinational and interagency capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Acts as a subject matter expert and trainer in joint operational planning in joint, multinational, interagency, and globally integrated exercises and operations

• Integrates into, contributes to, and provides functional continuity in the Deployable Training Division’s Plans Section, which consists of military Observer Trainers (OTs) and contractor Analyst Trainers (ATs)

• Mentors, trains, and supports new OTs

• Participates as a member of Deployable Training Teams (DTTs) comprised of OTs and ATs observing, training, and providing feedback to commanders and their staffs during Chairman’s Exercise Program (CEP) exercises and other joint and multinational exercises, as well as for Mission Rehearsal Exercises and Staff Assistance Visits for named operations

• Ascertains key command challenges at the operational and strategic levels of war and conducts cross-functional analysis of information gathered from joint exercises and training events for the development of lessons learned, insights, and best practices

• Understands strategic thought and direction as it guides and is influenced by campaign, deliberate, and crisis planning at the operational level

• Researches national strategic documents, historical exercise documents, real world operations, the operating environment, command mission, organization, plans, and orders, and interagency and coalition policies, strategies, and plans

• Conducts trend analysis, understands and improves battle rhythms, provides observation and training, ties phased operational planning to strategic thought, and develops feedback

• Develops the Commander’s Facilitated After-Action Review (FAAR), Executive Summary Report (ESR), Combined Functional Report (CFR), and Internal After Action Review (IAAR), Post-event debriefs and summaries, and input to Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS)

• Updates and maintains documents, articles, and periodicals such as "Joint Operations Insights and Best Practices" and joint functional area focus papers

• Develops and facilitates seminars for the National Defense University’s Senior Leader Education Program Joint Operations Modules (PINNACLE, CAPSTONE, and KEYSTONE)

Basic Qualifications:

• One of the following:

  • High school diploma or GED with a minimum of 10 years of professional and/or military leadership experience

  • Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 6 years of professional and/or military leadership experience

  • Master’s degree with a minimum of 4 years of professional and/or military leadership experience

• Ability to write concisely at an executive level

• Familiarity with Joint Planning Process (JPP)

• Familiarity with crisis action planning

• Understanding of how staffs support the commander’s decision cycle

• Ability to travel CONUS and OCONUS as needed (up to 25% of the time)

• Must be able to work on-site in Suffolk, Virginia

• Must have an active U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a DoD Top Secret security clearance once aboard

Preferred Qualifications:

• Combatant Command, Joint Task Force, Division, Afloat staff, or Wing staff experience

• Joint Forces Staff College or Service equivalent

• Experience with the preparation and conduct of seminars or study groups for flag officers

• Ability to write and prepare operational orders and plans

• Experience in the compilation and presentation in both written and oral formats of lessons learned and after action review material

• Experience with operational planning efforts at the operational and strategic levels

• In-depth knowledge of the Joint Planning Process

Salary Range: $71,400 USD - $107,000 USD

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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