Training and Development Specialist II

V2X Inc; Hohenfels; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

V2X Inc. seeks a Special Operations Forces (SOF) Planner/SME to support the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) Operations Group at Hohenfels, Germany.

The role focuses on training SOF/CF interdependence, developing scenarios, and delivering orders and events that mirror real-world SOF operations. Responsibilities include creating WARNOs and OPORDs, managing the MEL, and ensuring interoperability with conventional forces.

Qualifikationen

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Aufgaben

• Serve as SOF Planner and SME for JMRC, providing planning and advisory support across joint and combined rotations.
• Write WARNOs, OPORDs, FRAGOs, complex battlefield injects, and target packets for exercises.
• Design exercise scenarios and manage the Master Events List to drive flow and training objectives.
• Coordinate and integrate SOF force involvement into overall exercise planning with conventional forces.
• Serve as a SOF Scripter during exercise execution, modifying events as needed.
• Utilize Time‑Phased Force and Deployment Data (TPFDD) and Joint Manning Documents (JMDs) to enable realistic injects.
• Assess operational readiness and SOF/CF interoperability across units.
• Provide written and oral reports and briefings to observers, controllers, and leadership.
• Develop, review, and revise training plans, standards, and supporting products to improve outcomes.

Kenntnisse

SOF operations experience

Interoperability knowledge

Effective briefing skills

Military planning

Long-hour stamina

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

Working across the globe, V2X builds smart solutions designed to integrate physical and digital infrastructure from base to battlefield. We bring 120 years of successful mission support to improve security, streamline logistics, and enhance readiness. Aligned around a shared purpose, our $3.9B company and 16,000 people work alongside our clients, here and abroad, to tackle their most complex challenges with integrity, respect, responsibility, and professionalism.

Job Summary

This position provides Special Operations Forces (SOF) planning and operational subject matter expertise and staff support to the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) Operations Group (OPSGRP) located at Hohenfels, Germany. JMRC’s mission is to train Multinational Interoperability to U.S., NATO, and partner nation forces up to the Brigade level in an extended Live, Virtual, and Constructive Decisive Action Training Environment. JMRC supports the U.S. Army Europe theater security cooperation plan through planning and participation in NATO and U.S. Army Europe exercise programs.

The Special Operations Forces (SOF) Planner is a SOF Subject Matter Expert (SME) and supporting member of the JMRC with focus on training SOF/Conventional Forces Interdependence, Interoperability and Integration (SOF/CF I3). SOF Planner’s work in support of JMRC rotations/exercises includes development, review, coordination, revision, integration and timely delivery of exercise scenarios, orders and events that replicate real world SOF operations/contingencies with an intended training objective of preparing non-conventional and conventional forces for success in current and future missions. SOF Planner provides SOF SME/Planner advice, guidance, technical assistance, recommendations and assessment of unit readiness and capability to JMRC in support of training exercises. This support will occur throughout the full Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC) process period for each training exercise.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Special Operations Forces (SOF) Planner and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC), providing SOF planning, integration, and advisory support across joint and combined training rotations.
• Write and produce doctrinally correct SOF Warning Orders (WARNOs), Operations Orders (OPORDs), Fragmentary Orders (FRAGOs), complex battlefield injects, and target packets in support of joint, combined, conventional, and unconventional exercises.
• Develop and design exercise scenarios and manage the Master Events List (MEL) to drive exercise flow and achieve training objectives; incorporate relevant Warfighting Functions (WfF), SOF organizational structures and interrelationships, TTPs, and joint/service doctrine into all scenario designs.
• Review, coordinate, evaluate, and integrate exercise actions and events to ensure realism, synchronization, and alignment with commander’s intent and training objectives.
• Coordinate and integrate SOF force involvement into overall exercise planning and operations, ensuring continuity, logical flow, and realistic replication of SOF activities within the larger conventional framework.
• Serve as a SOF Scripter during exercise execution in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment; modify or replace planned events and rapidly integrate changes based on training unit plans and actions to ensure exercise objectives are met.
• Utilize Time‑Phased Force and Deployment Data (TPFDD) and associated Joint Manning Documents (JMDs) to enable realistic SOF and joint force integration injects during training exercises.
• Assess operational readiness and SOF/CF integration of SOF and conventional units throughout the exercise, identifying strengths, shortfalls, and trends.
• Provide substantive written and oral reports and briefings to Observer/Controllers and senior leadership on commander, staff, and unit capabilities, performance, and SOF/CF interoperability.
• Develop, review, and revise military training plans, standards, and supporting products to improve exercise design, execution, and training outcomes.
• Analyze plans, operational data, intelligence information, and systems; develop estimates, identify deficiencies, and recommend corrective actions or improvements.
• Collect qualitative and quantitative data during exercises and transform it into analytical products, observations, insights, and lessons learned to inform future training and doctrinal refinement.

Desired Skills and Qualifications

• Experienced in USSOCOM Operations particularly as it pertains to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force integration, interoperability, and interdependency with conventional forces.
• Doctrinal knowledge of U.S./NATO conventional and unconventional operations.
• Possess the level of communication skills required to effectively and efficiently brief military and civilian leadership via written products or oral presentations.
• Proficient in MS PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• Ability to work long hours on consecutive days/nights in support of exercise preparation, execution, evaluation and close‑out.

Required Education And Experience

Bachelor's degree and 10 years of directly related military experience; OR 15 years of directly related military experience in lieu of degree.

Clearance

Possess active SECRET clearance with potential to require a TS/SCI clearance in the future.

EEO Statement

At V2X, we are deeply committed to both equal employment opportunity, including protection for Veterans and individuals with disabilities, and fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We ensure all individuals are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, recognizing the strength that comes from a workforce rich in diverse experiences, perspectives, and skills. This commitment, aligned with our core Vision and Values of Integrity, Respect, and Responsibility, allows us to leverage differences, encourage innovation, and expand our success in the global marketplace, ultimately enabling us to best serve our clients.