Responsibilites and Duties :
- Provide Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) soldier skills instruction to African military units receiving U.S. Department of State’s African Contingency Operations Training Assistance (ACOTA) Program training.
- Instruct and supervise PKO soldier skills training in African for African company grade officers and their soldiers who shall deploy to PKOs.
- 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.
- Instruct 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 peacekeeping operations.
- 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 or review the US Army doctrine applicable to the task for which they are responsible to instruct.
- This position is for temporary work of limited duration.
- All training must be conducted in French, the language of the host nation military, without the assistance of interpreters or translators.
Minimum tangible Qualifications:
- MUST be able to provide instruction in French. Proof of fluency is required.
- Minimum of five (5) years of U.S. military operations and training experience in a Combat Arms Specialty required.
- Must be subject matter expert in at least one Combat Arms U.S. Military Occupational Specialty, Branch, or Functional Area.
Preferred Qualifications
- Former Special Forces A Team or Combat Arms Non-Commissioned Officer or Warrant Officer preferred.
- Strong background in OCONUS program operations focused on training local national military personnel and units preferred.
- Experience operating in areas with limited life cycle support and in hardship conditions preferred.
- Preferably an individual with recent U.S. Military combat and/or PKO experience at E-5 thru O-3 level.
- Experience with Africa peace support operations is highly desired and should include current experience with the Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program.
- Recent OIF/OEF experiences desired.
- Experience with either U.S. State Department, United Nations (UN) Chapter Seven Operations, or Africa Union (AU) highly desired.
