Attaché Training Program (ATP) Instructors

Job Description

Job DescriptionDescription:

• Be able to instruct with authority over the entire range of Defense Attaché Service topics. Design, publish and present instructional lessons for JMAS students in accordance with JMAS SOPs and program standards.
• Coordinate guest lecturers and ensure that guest lecturer materials and presentations meet JMAS standards.
• Serve as Seminar Directors, responsible for evaluating students written products and practical exercise performance, documenting performance in accordance with established SOP’s, providing regular feedback to support skill-building, and participating in
• student reviews.
• Maintain student records in accordance with SOP’s.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to JMAS students on a range of technical and interpersonal skills required for successful performance in Defense Attaché Offices and Embassy environments.
• Serve as Course Directors, when designated, to administer, evaluate, synchronize, and manage blocks of instruction in the ATP curriculum in accordance with established JMAS and ATP procedures.
• Serve as Primary Points of Contact for JMAS off-site exercises, when designated. Be responsible for direct coordination
• with outside agencies, synchronize scheduling of meetings/trainings/briefings, maintain current contact information for all points of contact and agencies supporting lessons and exercises, keeping them updated and readily available on the shared electronic filing system.
• Review and adjust all exercise-related materials (letters, Foreign Liaison Officer handouts, documents, read-aheads, news clips, etc.) before each class iteration.
• Coordinate with exercise Role Players and JMAS Faculty attending JMAS exercises before each exercise iteration; assess the performance of the Role Players against learning objectives and provide the respective JMAS Contracting Officer Representative (COR), with feedback. Conduct a faculty after-action review within 24 hours of the end of off-site exercise(s) for which they are the
• lead. Maintain the exercise folder in accordance with JMAS policy and procedures.
• Provide off-site faculty support for approximately ten (10) days three (3) times per year in support of a JMAS exercise in Florida or, under extraordinary circumstances, an alternate venue as deemed necessary by the Commandant. Perform all other instructor functions related to the administration, design, delivery, execution and maintenance of assigned training blocks and program duties, in accordance with JMAS standard operating procedures and current directives.
• Actively support ongoing JMAS accreditation activities through participation on assigned accreditation committees and/or working groups; understand and support accreditation efforts by Council on Occupational Education (COE), International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET), and potentially others deemed critical by the JMAS Board of Governors.

Requirements:

• The Attaché Training Program Instructor shall have a minimum ten (10) years’ experience in Department of Defense environments with a bachelor’s degree in any discipline.
• Additionally, a minimum of one complete a successful tour of duty as an Attaché or Defense Liaison Officer/Assistant Defense Attaché in the Defense Attaché Service is required.
• A minimum of four (4) instructor personnel on the contract will maintain certification in the personality typing instrument utilized by JMAS which is presently the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI); additionally, a minimum of four (4) personnel will maintain currency as certified EQ-i2.0 & 360 Emotional Quotient Inventory practitioners.
• If a single person holds both certifications; they may be counted against both requirements.