Are you tired of just being a number? Looking for an innovative organization and the opportunity to learn and grow professionally? At Terrestris, we are changing the way small businesses support the government. We are seeking a Senior Technical Trainer for the United States Department of State to join our team of talented professionals who possess the experience, vision, commitment, and integrity to successfully support the strategic goals of the U.S Department of State’s Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI). This is a temporary position with deployment in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. Join our team, grow your career, and crush your goals at Terrestris.

I’ve never heard of Terrestris. What do you do?

At Terrestris, we leverage technology to create better mission outcomes through better human performance. We approach this by forming strong client and team relationships through transparency. We strive to create an environment where our team can let their excellence shine through. By finding, developing, and incorporating new ideas, we provide memorable services. Rooted in the USMC values of honor, courage, and commitment, Terrestris seeks to deliver extraordinary values to the American people by helping the Government become more efficient and effective.

So, what will the Senior Technical Trainer at Terrestris do?

The vision for GPOI is to promote international peace and security by reinforcing the global commitment to achieve and sustain effectiveness in United Nations (UN) and regional peace operations. In support of this vision, the GPOI mission is to strengthen the effectiveness of UN and regional peace operations by enhancing partner countries’ capacities to prepare, deploy, and sustain peacekeepers and reinforcing UN and regional organizations’ performance and accountability frameworks.

Specifically, this role serves as an onsite support of the Team Lead’s principal trainer in conducting various peacekeeping-related contract training requirements and position new bureaus for long-term success with the application.

What does a typical day look like for the Senior Technical Trainer?

You will:

Manage the United Nations Infantry Battalion Manual (UN Inf Bn) MPKI Cycle to ensure that the Battalion Commander’s decision-making process is fully supported with timely, succinct, and relevant peacekeeping intelligence product
Ensure that UN Inf Bn information acquisition activities are conducted in support of Sector Priority and other Information Requirements (IRs)
Maintain an Information Acquisition Plan (IAP) that fully aligns with Sector Headquarters IRs
Produce timely, relevant, concise, and predictive peacekeeping-intelligence products to support the protection of UN personnel and civilians, as required
Develop a most likely and most dangerous threat actor course of action, and briefs this to all patrol commanders and staff planners to allow operational threat mitigation
Ensure that all relevant information and peacekeeping-intelligence is provided to higher and subordinate units in a timely fashion
Track missions and troops throughout task execution while operating as part of a tactical operations center 24-hours a day in a peacekeeping environment

What qualifications do you look for?

You might be the leader we’re looking for if you have:

The ability to speak French fluently
A minimum of 10 years of U.S. or NATO military experience, including service after September 11, 2001
Demonstrated military experience as a military intelligence practitioner
Relevant military operations or foreign security force (police or military) capacity building experience in the last 5 years
Experience as a trainer to a foreign security partner, military or civilian
Completion of a U.S. or foreign equivalent recognized military intelligence course for land forces (Preferred)
Experience working in sub-Saharan Africa (Preferred)

What kind of benefits does Terrestris Offer?

We offer outstanding benefits including health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, and work-life programs. Our award programs acknowledge employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our service standards. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefit programs. Other offerings may be provided for employees not within this category.

Terrestris is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Military Training Advisor for Sub Sahara Africa (MPKI)