
Senior Principal Military Trainer – HICOM Facilitator (Fort Leavenworth, KS)
- Fort Leavenworth, KS
- $85,032-141,721 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Conduct mission analysis of higher headquarters guidance (CSA, FORSCOM, CAC)
- Enable scenario development, planning, and orders development to stimulate specific exercise training needs and unit training objectives
- Ensure scenario understanding, battle rhythm events, and critical linkages.
- Integrate training audience objectives into a coherent scenario.
- Review training audience plans and orders
- Coordinate and synchronize warfighting functions in all plans and orders.
- Develop plans, orders, branches, and sequels
- Write Higher Command (HICOM) orders at the Corps and Land Component level for each respective Warfighter Exercise
- During the Exercise Life Cycle (ELC), collaborate with Exercise Control (EXCON) to plan, prepare, and serve as a conduit between Scenario Design/MCTP and the HICOM
- Integrate with the HICOM across warfighting functions during execution and directly engage with staff officers to operationally steer the exercise
- Enable HICOM understanding and execution to meet desired training conditions
- Coordinate with CUOPS and Operations Groups to ensure appropriate HICOM stimulus for training audiences
- Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of related experience
- Graduate of U.S. Army Command and General Staff College or equivalent (MEL4)
- Prior U.S. Military service as a Field Grade Officer (COL, LTC, MAJ)
- Familiarity with current Army and Joint doctrine
- Experience writing operational orders at the Division and above level
- Integrated all warfighting functions into planning
- Prepared scenario-based training
- Coordinated with stakeholders outside your assigned team
- Developed appropriate training for exercise support staff regarding designed scenarios
- Incorporated planning best practices into operational and/or training events
- Served in Current Operations (CUOPS) or Future Operations (FUOPS) at the Division or above level
- Active DoD Secret clearance required
- Master’s degree with 15 years of experience
- Graduate of U.S. Army War College or service equivalent
- Mastery of Army and Joint doctrine
- Demonstrated ability to facilitate WFX HICOM and apply Army/Joint doctrine.
- Experience writing operational orders and annexes at the Corps , Joint Forces (JFC), and Land Component (LCC) level
- Ability to integrate all warfighting function personnel as needed
- Skill in preparing scenario-based stimulus and injects
- Proficiency in coordinating with divisions, MCTP operations groups, and external stakeholders
- Capability to develop and present appropriate training to inform exercise support staff (MCTP, HICOM, EXCON) about the scenario and orders
- Experience incorporating best practices into the planning process and products that provide training audiences an example to follow
- Prior experience as an OCT (Observer, Coach, Trainer) and WFX participant.
- Leadership experience within the Army CTC program, ideally MCTP