ACOTA Senior PSO Staff Mentor - IDS International



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IDS International is seeking a Senior PSO Staff Mentor to support the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) contract in Ghana. The Senior PSO Staff Mentor will be the Team Lead’s principal mentor to the Ghana Armed Forced (GAF) for their GAF-led staff training. The Senior PSO Staff Mentor will mentor, advise and assist GAF trainers conducting staff training to battalions deploying to MONUSCO and UNMISS IAW with learning objectives and outcomes. This position is based in Ghana and is contingent upon award.

Responsibilities:

  • Mentor, advise, and assist GAF trainers as they plan, design, and conduct CSOS training for a minimum of 15 training days, which includes 5 days for a Command Post Exercise (CPX) for a GAF battle group and staff preparing to deploy to UNMISS.
  • Mentor GAF FSOS cadre to emphasize some of the following key objectives:
    • Battalion planning and decision making, specific duties of principal and special staff sections and the operation of a 24-hour tactical operations center (TOC).
    • Effective political, military, economic, social, information, infrastructure, physical environment, and time (PMESII-PT) assessment of the battalion’s projected area of responsibility (AOR).
    • Force Protection
    • Base Security and Entry Control Procedures
    • Convoy Security, to include Breakdown/Recovery Operations
    • Route, Area and Point Reconnaissance Operations
    • Unit Mobility and Engineering Operations
    • Cordon and Search Operations


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Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum of a BA/ BS Degree from an accredited institution
  • Minimum of fifteen (15) cumulative years of experience in military operations to include combat arms battalion/brigade level staff or as a civilian trainer of U.S. or foreign military staff.
  • Experience as senior trainer to a foreign security partner with directly related experience in capacity building and unit-level assessments.
  • Thorough understanding of international human rights and peacekeeping mission mandates, including gender respect/parity, protection of civilians (POC), and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Battalion and/or brigade staff experience while deployed to a combat, peacekeeping, or other contingency operation, U.S. or foreign military.
  • Ability to fill the role of TL if required to best support the goals and tasks of the GPOI Program.
  • Military Education Level 3 or 4 (Command and General Staff College or equivalent).
  • UN Peacekeeping Operations experience.

Employee needs to be able to sit at a workstation for extended periods; use hand(s) to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Most positions require ability to work on desktop or laptop computer for extended periods of time reading, reviewing/analyzing information, and providing recommendations, summaries and/or reports in written format. Must be able to effectively communicate with others verbally and in writing. Employee may be required to occasionally lift and/or move moderate amounts of weight, typically less than 20 pounds. Regular and predictable attendance is essential.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state, and local law.

If you require an accommodation to apply for a position with IDS International, please email accommodation@idsinternational.com.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state, and local law.

If you require an accommodation to apply for a position with IDS International, please email accommodation@idsinternational.com.



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