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US21

In-Country Team Lead (GPOI - ECM Training Senegal)

US21, Richmond, Virginia, United States,


Duties and Responsibilities:

The Team Lead (TL) serves as the Project Manager’s primary point of contact for contract execution, coordination, and management of GPOI contract activities in the respective African country. The TL is the primary interface with the U.S. Embassy, Host Nation military leadership, U.S. military and international trainers, and other stakeholders associated with contract execution. The TL manages personnel assignments across training tasks; maintains professional standards of accountability, quality, and effectiveness; monitors conduct and discipline and tracks the movement of his or her team members traveling to, working in, and departing from the host country; and ensures the conduct and quality of all task order activities and requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

U.S. Citizen.

Minimum of fifteen (15) years of military experience, which includes service after September 11, 2001.

Attainment of military grade of CW-3, E9, or O3 and higher.

Demonstrated experience as a senior mentor/advisor, military or civilian, to a senior foreign security partner with directly related experience in capacity building and unit level assessments.

Relevant military operations or foreign security force (police or military) capacity building experience in the last 5 years.

Regional experience in Sub-Saharan Africa.

(Preferred) Experience in organizational development, conducting activities intended to drive institutional improvement and self-sufficient organizational change.

(Preferred) Experience as trained and certified Foreign Area Officer (FAO) with regionally focused expertise, including in an Office of Security Cooperation or Defense Attaché Office.

(Preferred) Commanded a combat arms battalion level unit (combat arms is defined as infantry, armor, cavalry, engineer, field artillery, special forces, or special operations forces) in the U.S. or NATO military land forces.

(Preferred) Experience in a U.S. or NATO military training and doctrine development organization, or permanent assignment to a U.S. or foreign military training school or combat training center.

(Preferred) French Language Proficiency.

Job Type:

Contract

Schedule:

8 hour shift

Application Question(s):

Final work location will be in various cities in Senegal. Will you be able to deploy upon short notice? Project is forecasted to be a four-week training iteration.

Experience:

Microsoft Powerpoint: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

Fairfax, VA 22031 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

Fairfax, VA 22031: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location:

In person

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