Senior Training Specialist

USN/USMC Learning Officer

Required Qualifications:

Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in education or a technical field such as computer science. Post-graduate education in AI, Computer Science, or a relevant discipline would be advantageous.

Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in professional education and training, preferably within a military context, including a demonstrated track record of successful implementation of large-scale learning initiatives.

Stakeholder and Community Engagement: Demonstrated experience working with key stakeholders and developing professional communities and implementing strategic initiatives. This includes the ability to communicate and coordinate effectively across departments and ranks.

Desired Qualifications:

Curriculum Development: Ability to develop, propose, and evaluate training and education offerings, balancing the requirements of existing programs with the need for new learning initiatives.

Experience in assessing and evaluating training and education programs for suitability and effectiveness. This includes the ability to adjust strategies based on feedback and outcomes.

Direct experience with AI or data science, at the technical and/or management and/or educational level.

Familiarity of the career progression within the US Navy and USMC. Experience with skill certification programs in the Department of the Navy would be a significant plus.

This is an in-person or remote position, without preference for one or the other. The position requires availability for travel to give or oversee training events and to the in-person quarterly summits. A total of about eight trips per year is anticipated.

Sample tasks and responsibilities:

• Determine the top three obstacles for more quickly and frequently implementing and deploying AI-involved systems in operational commands
• Plan and conduct trips to commands to determine their additional or lacking needs in order to accelerate AI adoption (the knowledge, skills, abilities that would help)
• Propose training and education in AI for active duty US Naval Officers that is "minimally disruptive" to their existing training and education program.
• Engage with N7/N71 as key stakeholder and eventual implementer for additional training and education
• Determine the need and desire for a US Navy "AI Community" and career path, possibly a Unrestricted Line Officer
• Assess and evaluate training and education offerings for suitability to achieve the above objectives
• Pursue an official skill certification (called "AI Rating") and engage with the team that created the Robotics Rating