Sep 11, 2012

PSO Soldier Skills Trainer - Africa

Title: PSO Soldier Skills Trainer

Location: Deployable to Africa

Education/ Skills/ Security Requirements:
Minimum of five (5) years of military operations and training experience in a Combat Arms Specialty required with a strong background in overseas operations focused on training host nation military personnel and units preferred.
A subject matter expert in at least one Combat Arms U.S. Military Occupational Specialty, Branch, or Functional Area.
Experience with U.S. State Department, United Nations (UN) Chapter VI and VII PSO, or Africa Union (AU) highly desired.
Experience with Africa peace support operations is highly desired and should include current experience with the Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program.
Former Special Forces qualified ODA experience or Combat Arms Non-Commissioned Officer or Warrant Officer preferred.
Familiar with standard military training concepts, practices, and procedures. Preferably an individual with recent Military combat and/or PSO experience at E-5 thru 0-3 level.
Experience operating in areas with limited life cycle support and in hardship conditions necessary.
Recent OIF/OEF experiences desired

Job Description Summary:
Peace Support Operations (PSO) Soldier Skills Trainers shall provide Peace Support Operations soldier skills instruction to African military units receiving U.S. Department of State's African Contingency Operations Training Assistance (ACOTA) Program training. Soldier Skills Trainers will instruct and supervise PSO soldier skills training in African for African company grade officers and their soldiers who shall deploy on PSOs. Soldier Skills Training shall focus on BRM, CQM, Movement formations and techniques, Infantry squad and platoon battle drills, Convoy operations, CQM/CQB, C-IED, Recon, Checkpoint operations, crowd control, and cordon and search. Trainers will also instruct African soldiers on instruction in human rights (to include gender respect, elimination of sexual exploitation and child protection), individual health maintenance, individual first aid, HIV/AIDS prevention, and an orientation in United Nations peace support operations. PSO Soldier Skills Trainers shall be responsible for ensuring development of POIs, lesson plans, and training support packages for individual and collective training as noted in each ACOTA Program Office (APO) task order. Trainers are expected to know the US Army doctrine applicable to the task for which they are responsible to instruct.

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