Instructor-Facilitator (Civil-Military Relations) - Celestar Corporation - Washington, DC

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT: Active Final Secret Clearance; Clearance and Investigation must appear in JPAS and be within scope (10 – Years); in lieu of a Final Secret, t he Navy Command’s Security Manager may authorize issuance of a DoD CAC and interim access to a DoN or DoD unclassified computer/network upon a favorable review of the investigative questionnaire and advance favorable fingerprint results.

ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE: September 2016

ANTICIPATED START DATE: October 2016

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 Base Year + 4 Option Years

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) – Monterey, CA and other locations as determined by the government.

NOTE: You are Not Required to Relocate – This is an Independent Consultant 1099 Opportunity – Travel and Lodging will be provided from your current CONUS residence to accommodate training events.

OVERVIEW

Provide Professional and Technical Support to The Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) which is a Department of Defense (DoD) organization within the Naval Postgraduate School. The Center prepares practitioners from all over the world for new levels of leadership in their national security communities. In the two decades since its founding, CCMR has evolved to partner with a much broader range of regions and countries.

For this effort we are focused on identifying select Instructor-Facilitators for the International Mobile Education Team and Civil-Military Relations course (IMET) activity which typically involves, but is not restricted to, duties and locations, and durations of the following:

A series of one to two-week long mobile events from the following course offerings, tailored to individual country requirements and developing needs over time to include:

• Civil-Military Relations, Civil-Military Relations for Junior Military Leaders, Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, Security Forces and the Electoral Process, Local Focus Program on Civil-Military Relations, National Security Planning Global Commons Security, Intelligence and Policymakers, Intelligence Fusion Centers, Women Integration in the Armed Forces, Cyber Security Policy and Practice, International Defense Transformation, Threat Assessment, Integrated Education And Outreach Programs, Managing Ethnic Conflict and Religious-Based Violence, and other courses — These tailored course series offerings are conducted to all levels of partner nation military officers and civilian leaders and are held abroad as necessary.


• These events occur in a wide variety of countries including, but not limited to: Albania, Algeria, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chad, Chile, Comoros, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Hungary, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Moldova, Mozambique, Palestine, Poland, Slovakia, South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine and Vietnam.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Instructor/Facilitator II Provides high level subject matter expertise combined with proven training management capacity for work described in the program/task. Provides advice on complex training issues and problems that require a detailed knowledge of the subject matter for effective implementation. Designs and prepares reports, studies, and related documentation for training applications, develops assessment criteria for achieving program results and prepares and delivers presentations and briefings to support program development. Attends faculty meetings, professional conferences, and student presentations in order to meet the goals and objectives.

Instructor/Facilitator I Provides subject matter expertise and knowledge for teaching students on the program specific tasks. Assists the Government Program Manager in the analysis, design, development, integration, documentation and implementation for aspects within their area of expertise. Participates as needed in program development with emphasis on the planning, documentation, training and presentation phases. Attends faculty meetings, professional conferences, and student presentations in order to meet the goals and objectives.

The following tasks represent activities which will occur for any and all events associated with this effort:

Conduct Course and Educational Event Development

• You shall provide course and educational event development and delivery to support CCMR education programs for IMET.


• Deliver presentations, products and curriculum material to the Government Program Manager for education events.


• Develop quality course, educational event and/or curricula material that maintain awareness of your assigned area.


• Develop reading assignments, handout material, slide/power-point presentations, homework problems and solutions, projects, course syllabi, and course schedule necessary to provide quality education.


• Develop testing tools and a final comprehensive examination or final project/paper, which will complement and summarize course effectiveness.


• Provide courses and educational events that allow participants to gain a strategic overview of the operational environment and assist participants in readiness to achieve mission objectives in deployed region or topic.


• Properly measure and records student progress.


• Develop an effective research program that will complement educational objectives as defined by the knowledge and skill requirements for the course, educational event and/or curricula.


• Develop a course syllabus or equivalent document which articulates the course or event learning objectives, the enabling objectives, and the grading criteria to ensuring instructional effectiveness and student learning.


• Modify any government furnished course modules to include the most updated references, learning objectives and tailoring to the region for the given topic to be delivered; prior to updating government furnished material the contractor shall provide a summary to the COR of the need and how each should be modified to sufficiently update, revise, augment and localize the existing government furnished material. This material shall be considered open source and the government shall maintain unlimited rights to its use for any future actions.

Delivery of Education and Training Programs

• You shall provide subject matter expertise to the Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) education events.


• Develop and deliver learning scenarios, practical exercises, and course presentations.


• Provide subject matter expertise to workshops, panel discussions, and resident/mobile events.


• Assess student learning and evaluate student performance.


• You shall meet reporting requirements following program implementation by: report event outcomes, assess program effectiveness, record participant feedback, and ensure programs meet educational goals and objectives.


• Develop, disseminate, and archive event deliverables and related reports.


• Collect all relevant teaching material, to include, but not limited to course syllabi, white paper, course schedule or equivalent document to meet NPS goals/objectives, and shall then be responsible for preparing/teaching that material to an identified student population.


• In accordance with the approved syllabus, white paper, course schedule or equivalent document, you shall be responsible for presenting the course in an effective manner, tailoring teaching methodology to accommodate special course requirements, special student needs.


• Develop, tailor, distribute all corollary materials, to include audio visual aids, power point presentations, hand-outs, field-trips, research projects/programs, facilitating student research activities, including theses and group projects, and other like tools/activities.


• Present material in a professional manner; guide student project development to include scoping, review, and modifications; guide student research to include strategy, methodology and tools; advise student writing specifically for knowledge domains such as engineering, science, and policy; advise student presentation and examination of theses, dissertations, and capstone projects; and shall be available during class and for the time specified in the task order to respond to student questions; presentations and answers to questions shall be well-reasoned, well-researched, and shall be up-to-date in terms of current doctrine, subject advancements, and regional issues and in accordance with the highest standards at post-graduate institutions like NPS.


• Develop metrics/evaluations for determining success of course instruction, educational product and training presentations; these metrics/evaluations shall measure understanding and retention of course material. Evaluations shall be analyzed for trends, concerns, questions, improvements, and recommendations given by course participants

Support Students

• Track overall student progress, course effectiveness, areas of concern, and demonstrating trends; reports will be quarterly, in writing, and presented to program office and/or assigned delegate in a format that comports with NPS requirements.


• You will perform all logistics functions, ensuring that students are identified, have the proper material, and can properly register and receive course material


• Identify and assess students’ and participants’ needs for providing recommendations which can be incorporated into improving the operational capacities and requirements of CCMR education programs; this information will also be used in identifying and defining educational goals and objectives so as to ensure student needs are met’ conduct student surveys as appropriate.


• Review student projects utilizing subject-matter expertise; you must likewise demonstrate and deploy high-level oral communication and writing skills in providing guidance to individual students and student groups by providing real-time recommendations to improve student projects, programs, theses, and research.


• Provide high-level guidance, both orally and in writing, on how to identify issues as defined by task orders dealing with student projects.


• Provide, both oral and written guidance, identifying research strategies, methodology.


• Provide, both oral and written guidance, on recommended changes to projects, programs based on subject-matter expertise and contractor understands of post-graduate-level requirements, to include, advances or changes in the field.

Implement and Support Exercises, Case Studies and/or Workshops

• Plan, coordinate, deliver and provide educational and training presentations, products or expertise for exercise implementation, case studies and/or workshops, including logistical support.


• Develop case studies for a given topic, research open sources and use own previous writing/experience on the topics.


• Prepare presentations, educational products, tabletop exercises and training simulations as specified in a given task order for workshops, seminars or educational events; the workshop, table top exercises and training simulations shall incorporate current research along with survey results from both students and faculty; you shall recommended solutions and participate in discussions, using sound, well-researched basis, to include citations for source material during these training events.


• Participate in an open forum with CCMR faculty regarding recommendations for improvements to educational products and exercise implementation plans; these open forums workshops, seminars and training events can accompany a developed case study and/or course implementation strategy; these workshops, exercise implementation and training events shall facilitate a discussion of how participants of educational products, courses will use the knowledge and insight gained through their deployment.


• Provide training events to facilitate a discussion amongst students and faculty to further their understanding of a particular subject matter.


• Develop products for role play in field activities such as war games, multilateral command post and staff exercises, training simulations, field training exercises, and lanes training.


• Draft inputs to post-event deliverables, including after-action reports and lessons learned as defined in each task order.

REQUIREMENTS

Instructor/Facilitator II Bachelor Degree and/or Eight (8) Years of experience in the conduct of training.

Instructor/Facilitator I Bachelor Degree and/or Six (6) Years of experience in the conduct of training. You must have sound understanding of multiple training systems and be proficient in the use of modern education and training graphics tools.

Other Requirements

• Must have recent and relevant international instructional experience in instructing defense transformation or capability development topical areas; recent experience is defined as within the last Two (2) Years.


• Your work history must contain experience directly related to the task and functions under this contract – Please insure that your resume reflects such experience.


• Maintain professional proficiency, as evidenced by a program of personal scholarly advancement; as you will participate in professional societies, meetings.


• Maintain professional skills and experience in order to meet the goals and objectives; Evidence, i.e. published papers, membership, credentials shall be made readily available upon request by the government leadership and should be maintained throughout the life of the contract at no additional cost to the Government.


• Must be willing to travel and teach courses at the Naval Postgraduate School and/or other locations both domestic and international as determined by the government.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a Best Athlete Selection Process! Please ensure that the required and/or desired experience is reflected on your resume to receive fair and competitive consideration.

Come onboard with a company that Values its Employees!

Celestar, a Veteran Owned Company, is Very Competitive with Salaries and Benefits. As an example, we offer Company Paid Benefits that include Employee and Family Dental Insurance, Employee Health Insurance, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability Insurance. We also offer a 401k retirement company match, paid Holidays and Personal Time Off!