Component Lessons Learned Specialist (C-LLS)

Athenix Special Missions is seeking a Component Lessons Learned Specialist (C-LLS) in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina!

Athenix Special Missions is a world leader in designing, building, and developing realistic training exercises for Special Operations, conventional forces, and partner nations. Our experience ranges from planning individual team training events to executing 2,000-person joint exercises.  

Our mission-tailored solutions include tactical and strategic training events and exercises and often integrate live forces with virtual and constructive training domains. By bringing together the right combination of subject-matter expertise, domain insight, and advanced technology, we help improve mission readiness, increase situational awareness, and enhance performance. 

ASM Quality Policy: To meet or exceed our customers’ expectations for quality, delivery, and service through continual improvement, striving to meet our objectives, and committing to meeting all legal and statutory requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen

Location: Camp Lejeune, NC

Clearance Requirement: Must have an Active DoD TS/SCI Clearance

JOB TITLE: Component Lessons Learned Specialist (C-LLS)

PURPOSE:  The USSOCOM J-59-L Strategy, Plans and Policy Lessons Learned (LL) Branch is responsible for implementing USSOCOM Directive 11-3 SOF Lessons Learned Program (SOFLLP) to enhance joint capabilities through discovery, knowledge development, implementation, and sharing of observations, issues/insights, lessons, and best practices from operation, training events, exercises, experiments, and other activities involving Special Operations Forces (SOF) assets. The SOFLLP applies lessons learned to the full range of joint operations to develop policy and for gathering, developing, and disseminating joint lessons learned across the J59 LL Network.

DUTIES:

· Plans, synchronizes and coordinates the Component Command’s Annual LL Campaign Plans; includes coordination/information sharing with other commands (i.e., Joint Staff, Services, other Component Commands). 

· Coordinates Command driven Before Action Review (BAR) for each specific event to identify objectives outlined by the Command and facilitate achievement of command goals and objectives. 

· Collects, reviews and presents LL material for compliance with policy, attainment of objectives, overall effectiveness, and quality to supported Component Command and USSOCOM.

· Conducts comprehensive post event analysis to identify immediate SOF capability impacts as well as long-range effect on training, employing, and organizing SOF support. 

· Incorporates observations, insights, and lessons learned into the Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS) for their respective commands to ensure data is synchronized, current, and available. 

· Coordinates LL material prior to release from the Component Command addressing non-controversial and potentially controversial matters.

· Regularly meets with numerous military personnel on the advancement of lessons learned information sharing on collection, analysis concepts, principles and applications. 

· Compile Before Action Reports, After Action Reports, Executive Summaries, Post Activity Bulletins and Requests for Information. Documentation shall be complete and include substantiated findings and recommendations, consistent with a high level of quality control and distribution ready. The documentation shall also be audience-specific and captured at the appropriate security level. 

· Develop and maintain an electronic resource, to include key points of contact, to be used for mission continuity that may be accessed by all stakeholders.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

· Seven (7) years of prior service experience, including 2 years of experience working with a Component staff as a staff officer/NCO supporting the DOTMLPF&P, SOFCIDS process.

· One (1) year experience using classified collaborative communications systems, for example DCO.

· Position preference is to be a former Marine Raider. 

Graduated from one of the following courses:

o USASOC

- Special Forces Units: Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC)

- Ranger Units: Ranger School

- PSYOP: Psychological Operations Qualification Course

- 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Combat Skills Training Course

o AFSOC:

- 1 year of USAF or AFSOC experience in the management or execution of Mobility Operations, Strike, Special Tactics, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Recognizance (ISR) & Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED), Aviation Foreign Internal Defense (AvFID), or AFSOF command and control (C2) and agile combat support (ACS) mission areas. This experience can be gained at the squadron, group, wing or staff levels.

o MARSOC

-Marine Special Operations Command Individual Training Course.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status