AUKUS AUS Training Lead Job Listing at SPA in CT (Job ID 2025-19846)

Description

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent trade training of 10+ years' experience with Navy operations and training (submarine experience preferred)
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with senior leaders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability in communicating complex topics in written form
• Proficiency with Microsoft Power Point, Word, and Excel
• International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or Export Administration Regulations (EAR) are applicable to this role and as such, the position will or is likely to require access to material controlled by ITAR and EAR (Controlled Material).  Therefore, any person occupying the position must be able to satisfy ITAR and EAR controls, which may require specific authorisation to access Controlled Materials.  Accordingly, your citizenship, previous citizenships, race or nationality, or substantive contacts where such contacts are affiliated with proscribed countries under ITAR may be a factor in determining your suitability for this role. Further information on this requirement can be found at: https://spa.com/about/compliance-statements/. If you are concerned about whether you will satisfy the requirements of the role insofar as they relate to ITAR and EAR, you should contact Talent@spa.com, who will be able to provide you with relevant information.
• Current Australian Security Clearance.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Royal Australian Navy staff
• Experience working with international partners

The Lead Analyst will manage a small Australia-based team and integrate this effort into the larger multinational AUKUS effort, beginning with U.S. Navy training and eventually transitioning U.K. Royal Navy training curricula. The Lead Analyst will refine and employ industry best practices (eg, Australian Defence Force's Systems Approach to Defence Learning, or SADL). The Lead Analyst would mentor and train junior analysts with little/no Defence background.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Develop expertise in assigned areas through completion of assigned training, written research, and interviews with subject matter experts
• Maintain status, drive progress and provide frequent updates on all assigned tasks
• Communicate clearly and concisely across a wide range of products including e-mail, after-action reports, policy or other structured papers, data analytics, and flag-level briefings
• Organize and support virtual and in-person meetings where much of our difficult trilateral coordination is accomplished
• Exercise project leadership
• Design, plan, organize deliverables, and ensure that strategic intent of all assigned projects is met
• Motivate, mentor and lead purpose-built teams across functional, organization and international boundaries to accomplish objectives
• Build new relationships as necessary