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:

Coordinate the develop course material to cover UN Operational Support structure
Adjust learning objectives as necessary
Evaluate training material for improvements
Initiate Environmental Management compliance measures
Train and mentor Technical Trainers
Participate in industry related forums to ensure accuracy of technical information
Develop SOP for vehicle operation requirements to include vehicle operator safety, license requirements, dispatch procedures, radio checks, hazardous goods certification, and movement reports
Differentiate between UN and TCC mission support requirements and responsibilities
Develop basic SOP for units to request, receive, store, issue, dispose, secure, and organize supplies, parts, and weapons in warehouses, conexes, and arms rooms
Understand how changes in the personnel status may affect the unit’s ability to conduct operations.
Collaborate with Team Leads to develop strategies and materials that effectively market the case management application to other bureaus within the Department
Continue self-study to understand all technologies

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
Experience manning, arming, fueling, fixing, moving, and routinely sustaining personnel
Relevant military operations or foreign security force (police or military) capacity building experience in the last 5 years
An understanding of Level 1 medical support staffing, equipping, roles, and responsibilities

An understanding of basic UN Contingent Owned Equipment (COE) System concepts for reference documents, equipment classification, reimbursements, claims, and verification and inspection standards
At least one deployment to a combat, peacekeeping, or other contingency operation while serving in a logistics unit or assigned as logistics staff officer (Preferred)
Experience as trainer to a foreign security partner (Preferred)
Minimum of 15 cumulative years of U.S. or NATO military experience, including combat arms battalion/brigade staff officer experience on a U.S. or NATO military staff (Preferred)
Attainment of military grade of O4 and higher or NATO equivalent (Preferred)
Battalion or brigade staff experience while deployed to a combat, peacekeeping, or other contingency operation (Preferred)
Regional experience 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.

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