Senior Joint SOF Trainer: Ops & Planning

Athenix Solutions Group; North Carolina; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Athenix Special Missions Group is seeking a Joint SOF Trainer to join the team at Camp Lejeune. The role supports planning and executing the MARSOC Joint National Training Capability events, coordinating intelligence, operations, and logistics to run complex exercises.

The candidate will design training using ADDIE, script injects, and coordinate with USSOCOM HQs and TSOCs to ensure readiness of SOF units for deployment. Strong communication and classroom delivery skills are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of SOF experience or Associate's degree with 13 years.
• Minimum 8 years of special operations experience.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience with the Joint Training System (joint exercise planning management).
• Minimum of 4 years' recent experience serving in a SOF tactical or operational level headquarters.
• Minimum of 4 years' experience developing SOF tactical-operational level products to support GCC, TSOC/JSOC, and SOF components.

Responsibilities

• Maintain currency with SOF and Joint Enterprise training requirements and directives.
• Prepare training methods and materials based on Adult Learning principles for 12 SOF core activities.
• Maintain cooperative relationships with USSOCOM HQs and other planners to synchronize exercise design.
• Coordinate with Joint SOF Trainer Lead to maintain JOIC training products.
• Support exercise design, JELC planning, scenario scripting, and staff role playing.
• Utilize ADDIE to design and deliver in-person and online training; evaluate effectiveness.
• Create/Review events concepts and orders to support mission objectives and real-world planning concepts.
• Produce international/national level products for multinational exercises within guidelines.
• Provide counter-terrorism exercise design expertise during ELLIPSE design phase.
• Incorporate JMETL tasks into observation plans and observe milestones.
• Support JECG and augment key HQ staff positions for SOF Higher HQs as needed.

Skills

Presentation skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree with 8 years SOF experience

Associate's degree with 13 years SOF experience

Job description

Athenix Special Missions Group is seeking a Joint SOF Trainer to join the team at Camp Lejeune. The role supports planning and executing the MARSOC Joint National Training Capability events, coordinating intelligence, operations, and logistics to run complex exercises.

The candidate will design training using ADDIE, script injects, and coordinate with USSOCOM HQs and TSOCs to ensure readiness of SOF units for deployment. Strong communication and classroom delivery skills are required.