In-Country Team Lead

Position Overview

RMGS, Inc. is currently recruiting an In-Country Team Lead in support of the Global Peace Operations Initiative Capacity Building Assistance in Uganda.

**This position is contingent upon contract award. **

Roles and Responsibilities

• Serves as the Project Manager's primary point of contact for contract execution, coordination, and management of GPOI contract activities in the respective African country.
• Primary interface with the U.S. Embassy, Host Nation military leadership, U.S. military and international trainers, and other stakeholders associated with contract execution.
• Manages personnel assignments across training tasks; maintains professional standards of accountability, quality, and effectiveness; monitors conduct and discipline and tracks the movement of his or her team members traveling to, working in, and departing from the host country; and ensures the conduct and quality of all task order activities and requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizen.
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of military experience, which includes service after September 11, 2001.
• Attainment of military grade of CW-3, E9, or O3 and higher.
• Demonstrated experience as a senior mentor/advisor, military or civilian, to a senior foreign security partner with directly related experience in capacity building and unit- level assessments.
• Relevant military operations or foreign security force (police or military) capacity building experience in the last 5 years.
• Regional experience in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in organizational development, conducting activities intended to drive institutional improvement and self-sufficient organizational change.
• Experience as trained and certified Foreign Area Officer (FAO) with regionally focused expertise, including in an Office of Security Cooperation or Defense Attach Office.
• Commanded a combat arms battalion level unit (combat arms is defined as infantry, armor, cavalry, engineer, field artillery, special forces, or special operations forces) in the U.S. or NATO military land forces.
• Experience in a U.S. or NATO military training and doctrine development organization, or permanent assignment to a U.S. or foreign military training school or combat training center.

Company Overview

RMGS, Inc. is a growing small business headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia. We provide security-related training and advisory services to the U.S. Government, allied nations, and private industry. We are an equal opportunity employer. RMGS, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, parental status, age, veteran status, medical condition or disability, genetic information, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.

Company Benefits

RMGS, Inc. offers the following benefits as applicable:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance and/or TRICARE supplemental insurance
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Group and supplemental group life insurance
• Supplemental insurance for Accidents/Critical Illnesses
• 401(k)
• Workers' compensation
• Direct deposit
• Post-hardship differential and danger pay
• Medical evacuation insurance
• Short-term and high-risk life insurance.