Joint Advanced Fires Senior Instructor - Evaluator Operations Lead

CornerBrooke LLC; Fort Walton Beach (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CornerBrooke, LLC supports high‑level Joint Fires training at Hurlburt Field, FL, delivering advanced academics and evaluation for the JAFQC as primary instructional faculty and evaluator. The role emphasizes joint fires planning, C2 integration, and multi‑domain concepts under the Joint Staff directive.

The successful candidate will have 12+ years of DoD senior experience, PME completion, and top‑secret clearance eligibility, with 25% travel to support Tier 1 exercises and Joint Staff

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited university.
• 12+ years DoD military experience as commissioned officer preferred.
• Ability to instruct in a military environment; top secret clearance eligible.
• Travel up to 25% to support exercises and curricula.

Responsibilities

• Function as part of instructor/evaluator team for JAFQC across Phases.
• Develop lesson plans, research, create instructional aides, deliver lessons.
• Support advanced courses related to area of expertise in 705th Training Squadron.
• Develop performance metrics, grading criteria, and evaluation standards.
• Travel as Observer/Trainer or role player as required.

Skills

Instruct in military environment

Joint fires expertise

Performance evaluation

Travel readiness

Education

Master’s degree or higher

Weapons Instructor Course training

Job description

Description

Position Title: Joint Advanced Fires Senior Instructor – Evaluator (Operations Lead)

Company:

Location: Hurlburt Field, FL

About CornerBrooke, LLC is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that delivers mission-critical solutions and industry-leading talent to advance the missions of the partners, organizations, and communities we serve

Job Description: CornerBrooke, LLC supports the 505th Command and Control Wing at Hurlburt Field, FL, in executing its mission of providing operational-level Command and Control training and expertise. This position supports advanced academics and training for the Joint Advanced Fires Qualification Course (JAFQC) as primary instructional faculty and evaluation. JAFQC is a Joint Staff directed initial qualification training course for select joint force candidates to prepare them for assignment to Combatant Command Joint Fires Elements. Additional curriculum emphasizes Joint All-Domain Command & Control principles, multidomain synchronization of effects, and integration of classified and compartmented military capabilities to support Combatant Command objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Primary Duty is to function as part of the instructor/evaluator team providing hands‑on guidance, technical support, and performance evaluation of JAFQC students through all Phases of the JAFQC curriculum.
• Position requires performance of platform instructor duty, including lesson plan development, research, creation of instructional aides, and lesson delivery.
• Support Advanced courses for lessons related to their specific area of expertise across the portfolio of courses presented by the 705th Training Squadron (ACC).
• Develop performance metrics, grading criteria, and evaluation standards for student measurement during practical exercises, Part Task Training, and Full Mission Training events supporting the JAFQC curriculum.
• Position may require travel and support to joint force exercises (Tier 1) as an Observer/Trainer or as a role player based on operations tempo and individual availability at the request of the Joint Staff J6 Joint Fires Integration Division.
• Provide fires and effects planning expertise at command and control and operational‑level exercises supporting the 505th Command and Control Wing mission in a non-interference basis to JAFQC preparation and execution.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited university or college, including Service professional military education schools.
• At least 24 months of experience within the past six (6) years in a joint force headquarters (Combatant Command or Joint Task Force) in a Joint Fires Element; Current Operations or Combat Operations Branch (CU-Ops; J33); Fires and Effects Team; Strike Cell; Joint Air‑Ground Integration Center; Joint Air Operations Center; or a Service Component Operations Directorate (ie, J3 equivalent).
• Possess a minimum of 12 years of Department of Defense military experience as a commissioned officer. Must have demonstrated the ability to instruct in a military environment; it is preferred to have at least 1 year of formal platform instruction.
• Completion of Professional Military Education for grade (Intermediate Developmental Education) with Joint Qualified Officer designation highly desired. Graduate of a Service Weapons and Tactics Instructor (eg, Weapons Instructor Course, TOP GUN, etc) desired.
• Demonstrated experience and personal expertise in operational level joint targeting and effects planning, synchronization, and development of Plans and Orders. Experience should include direct involvement in functional application of authorities and effects (ie, Joint Force Land Component; Joint Force Air Component; etc).
• Ability to travel to various locations within and outside the continental United States (CONUS) in performance of the tasks. Travel associated with JAFQC will involve 25% of duty. A current US Passport is required.
• Current Top Secret/SCI clearance eligibility.

EEO

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