Apr 20, 2014

ACOTA Mortar Trainer - Congo

Employer:Engility Corpüoration
Location: Congo

Duties
Provide mortar training to African military units receiving U.S. Department of State's African Contingency Operations Training Assistance (ACOTA) Program training.
Instruct and supervise PKO mortar training in African for African company grade officers and their soldiers who shall deploy to PKOs.
Focus on crew drill, fire direction center operations and fire support specialist tasks.
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.
Training shall support the preparation of ACOTA partner country soldiers for the rigors of sustained PKO in Africa.
Ensure all training scenarios are based on the most current mission area information from Areas of Operation that African PKO battalions and brigades will deploy to.
Training will involve classroom and field instruction in austere environments.
All classes are to be taught in French.
All work will be performed approximately 22km from Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.

This position is for temporary work of limited duration.

THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON CONTRACT AWARD.

Minimum Qualifications:
Possess a unique blend of skills, experience, and knowledge that will allow that individual to best support the goals and tasks of the ACOTA Program.
Minimum of five (5) years of U.S. military operations and training experience (or civilian equivalent) in a Combat Arms Specialty required.
Subject matter experts in at least one Combat Arms U.S. Military Occupational Specialty, specifically either 11C (Indirect Fire Infantryman), 18B (Special Forces Weapons Sergeant) or 13F (Artillery Fire Support Specialists) military occupational specialty (or other US service equivalent).
Must have sufficient fluency to conduct all training in French without an interpreter.


Preffered Qualifications:
Strong background in overseas program operations focused on training local national military personnel and units preferred.
Preferably an individual with recent U.S. Military combat and/or PKO experience at the O-2 to O-4 or E-5 to E-9 level.
Experience operating in areas with limited life cycle support and in hardship conditions preferred.
Recent OIF/OEF experiences desired.


 Apply for this job online