**Req ID:** RQ195171 **Type of Requisition:** Regular **Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:** Secret **Public Trust/Other Required:** None **Job Family:** Training **Skills:** Training People,Training Programs,Weapons **Certifications:** Master Training Specialist - NEC **Experience:** 7 + years of related experience **US Citizenship Required:** Yes **Job Description:** Training Specialist Advisor – **SSDS Officer Trainer** Transform technology into opportunity as a Training Specialist Advisor with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Training Specialist Advisor you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on Training Specialist Advisors joining our team to develop, organize, and conduct training and educational programs for U.S. Navy officers in support of the Mk2 Ship's Self Defense System (SSDS) Tactical Action Officer (TAO) & SSDS Prospective Commanding Officer/Executive Officer (P-CO/XO) courses taught at **Surface** **Combat Systems Training Command Hampton Roads (SCSTC-HR) Dam Neck in Virginia Beach, Virginia.** **HOW A TRAINING SPECIALIST ADVISOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT** ● Develops, organizes, and conducts training and educational programs for customer personnel ● Provides dynamic teaching & training as well as assessment that require advanced knowledge of U.S. Navy SSDS Capabilities and Limitations. ● Reviews and analyzes U.S. Navy SSDS Engineering Capabilities and Limitations and U.S. Navy Operational and Tactical doctrine and integrates and conceptualizes the execution of Doctrine optimizing the application of ship's Combat Systems capabilities and limitation in the dynamic operational tactical environment. ● Conducts dynamic assessment of the sailors’ abilities to comply with approved maintenance, operational procedures, and ship’s Battle Orders and thereafter provides formal appraisal of performance with recommendations for improvement and methods to maintain technical and tactical proficiency. ● Observes and assesses contemporaries during practice and certification teaches per requirements NAVEDTRA 135. ● Prepares, reviews, and customizes curriculum lesson plans and instructor guides in support of traditional classroom teaching. ● Supports course reviews and curriculum updates, conducts training gap analysis provides formal feedback and recommendation for course improvement. ● Documents the training conducted with specifics of the individual areas / watch station and is responsible for generation of a formal assessment of measure of success via written report. ● Develops, tests, maintains, and delivers moderately complex SSDS training programs and related materials in support of SCSTC training objectives. ● Establishes and reviews course content and objectives. ● Conducts training sessions and develops criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of training activities. ● Maintains records of training activities, participant progress, and program effectiveness. ● Maintains current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned. **WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:** ● Education: Bachelor's Degree in a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications, training, or work/military experience. ● Required Experience: Seven (7) years of experience with the required system or process as either a maintenance technician manager or operator manager with responsibility for teaching the applicable system or function task to others in a master level training environment. Of the seven (7) years, one (1) year of experience as an instructor in a Navy Training Environment, to include curriculum maintenance, writing learning objectives, preparing test items, evaluating instructional materials and the results of instruction and counseling students on academic learning problems including one (1) year relevant experience interfacing with training systems/simulations for effective and correct presentation of learning objectives is required. ● Required Technical Skills: Experience as a Surface Warfare Officer or Senior Enlisted Operations Specialist or Fire Controlman with experience serving aboard a Mk2 SSDS as a CIC/CDC watch stander. ● Security Clearance Level: **Secret** ● Preferred Skills: Experience as a qualified SSDS TAO or ADWC and/or a Master/Afloat Training Specialist a significant plus. Must be able to support training with extended periods on your feet while instructing. ● Location: SCSTC-HR, Dam Neck, Virginia Beach, VA ● US Citizenship Required **GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:** ● 401K with company match ● Comprehensive health and wellness packages ● Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career ● Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications ● Cutting-edge technology you can learn from ● Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays The likely salary range for this position is $89,250 - $120,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range. Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most. We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology. We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real. 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