Canine Employment Doctrine Writer - UAE

Location: Al-Ayn
Company Name: TechWise

TechWise Global is conducting a Capabilities Enhancement Project for a military client. The job is located in the United Arab Emirates. This project involves multiple aspects, including developing enhanced training capabilities and comprehensive doctrine that are required for full-spectrum/multi-domain operations in a joint, combined, and inter-agency environment. We are seeking highly qualified subject matter experts to join our team.

The K-9 Operations Doctrine Writer will develop tactical employment doctrine for K-9 Operations Disposal Operations and compose supporting individual and collective skills military training manuals for enlisted personnel and junior officers. This expert will also be required to enhance existing doctrine while working closely with the client and other team members to ensure correlation across other publications.

This expert must be highly proficient in training military working dogs to operate effectively with their handler. The position requires extensive experience in police methods and techniques for military dog handling and their utilization and employment, including basic obedience, controlled aggression, principles of conditioning, building searches, scouting, detection, and daily care and grooming. Experience is also required to train military working dogs in explosives detection to operate as part of Explosive Ordinal Disposal team and to conduct search and reconnaissance operations as part of an Infantry Squad. The ideal candidate should have recent operational experience with military working dogs and possess exceptional listening, writing, and communication skills to collaborate effectively with unit representatives.

During this project, the individual will create products that are consistent with the overall program design, delivered on schedule, and developed within an assigned budget. The expert must excel while working both in a team environment and while functioning semi-independently. Specific qualifications and related information are described below.

Essential Functions:

Work as part of a multi-faceted, doctrine development team that is creating operations and training publications for the UAE Armed Forces, Collaborate with teammates and key client personnel to develop small-unit military working dog training and employment doctrine that is client specific, based on time-proven principles, and focused on the contemporary operational environment. Research U.S. military doctrine to identify supporting concepts that align with and support client requirements. Assess existing client training and employment doctrine, including joint and service-specific publications. Synthesize applicable doctrine to develop narrative that is concise, relevant, and readily understandable by client personnel. Integrate proposed small-unit doctrine with existing client doctrine to ensure consistency of themes, operational terms, integrated concepts, and standardized formats. Work closely with Arabic language translators to convert English language narrative into well-written Arabic prose. Build trust-based relationships with the client’s Training Directorate, Capabilities Development Directorate, and subordinate units, to recognize and address client requirements. Solicit and integrate client recommendations into doctrine products, to increase client acceptance and foster shared understanding of underlying concepts. In conjunction with the Doctrine Team Lead, develop and update an execution plan that describes tasks, schedules, performance standards, and deliverable products for the client organization. Train selected client personnel on doctrine concepts, development methods, and related staff actions in order to enhance the client’s operational capacity and effectiveness.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Retired U.S., U.K. or Australian Military Warrant Officer or Senior NCO
• Served as a military working dog handler in a Military Police, Explosives Ordnance Disposal or Infantry unit
• Five years’ experience serving as military working dog handler during combat operations
• Graduate of a Military Working Dog Handler (MOS 31K) Basic and Advanced Non-Commissioned Course, or service equivalent military education program, or higher
• Associates degree from an accredited college or university
• Experience writing, reviewing and conducting military working dog training using support K-9 Operations employment doctrine
• Proven ability to lead and achieve superior results while operating in a diverse and rapidly changing environment
• Exceptional oral and written communications skills
• Possess active U.S. Secret or higher security clearance (or its equivalent)
• Possess a valid Passport

Strongly Desired Qualifications and Professional Experiences:

• 10 or more years of experience managing, planning, and conducting operations with military working dogs at the squad, platoon, and company level
• Served as an instructor or primary cadre member at the 341st Military Working Dog Training Squadron or NATO equivalent
• Served as a Military Working Dog Trainer at a Combat Training Center or NATO equivalent
• Bachelor’s degree in military science, national security studies, or a related field

NOTE: The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees with this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Only completed applications will be considered. Please apply at www.techwise.com/careers