Border Security Consultant/Trainer

Border Security SME

TechWise Global - United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Level Experienced

Position Type Exempt
Education Level Master's Degree
Travel TBD
Contingent on Contract Award
Job Summary

Subject Matter Expert (SME) will support a Roles and Missions workstream to
review existing client organizations. The SME will operate as part of a
diverse Team of highly trained professionals located in Abu Dhabi, UAE and
coordinate with a remote pool of functional experts as required. This position
requires experience defining border security planning assumptions and
developing capabilities development plans to achieve the organization 's
target mandate and missions. Areas of focus for capability development include
multi-layered border defense strategies to deter, detect, and prevent threats,
identifying enduring border security mission priorities, migrant protection
protocols, developing border security metrics, border security infrastructure,
promoting lawful entry and exit, and counter drug, weapons and contraband
controls. SME must have experience in developing capability development plans,
including defining core mission areas and defining core competencies to enable
these capabilities. Experience assessing the existing organizational design,
identifying capability gaps, and formulating solutions is desired. The SME
must have a clear understanding of strategies for deterring, detecting, and
preventing border threats and supporting roles, responsibilities and
organizations, and how those concepts and capabilities can be scaled and
adapted to support establishing the desired client capabilities.
Essential Functions
Apply border security experience to support the identification of border
security requirements and develop fully integrated solutions that deliver the
required capabilities
* Provide border security subject matter expertise to support a high-level Roles and Missions Review
* Apply appropriate border security concepts as the foundation for generating capabilities-based solutions
* Understand and apply Customs and Border Protections policies and doctrine to scale and adapt concepts and capabilities to inform the development of required client capabilities
* Coordinate, as required, with the remote pool of functional SMEs for specialist on-demand support
* Provide appropriate recommendations to the Project Manager to support on-time development of required client organizational capabilities
* Identify and document Lessons learned throughout development of required organizational capabilities
* Exhibit culturally appropriate interpersonal and negotiation skills
Required Qualifications
* GS14/‎15 Supervisory Border Patrol Officer with extensive operational and planning experience or equivalent experience in Jordan, France, UK, or Australia
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Demonstrated ability to work with minimal oversight in a variety of roles
* Demonstrated management and planning skills
* Advanced Microsoft Office Suite Skills (emphasis in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint)
* Possess active Secret or higher security clearance or have the ability to obtain an interim clearance
* Possess a valid National Passport (with more than ‎6 months to expiration)
Education and/or Experience:
* Master's Degree in Homeland Security, Criminal Justice and Criminology, Law Enforcement, or a related field
* Ten or more years' managing, directing, and coordinating activities aimed at preventing the illegal entry of undocumented noncitizens across national borders by land, water, or air
* Experience identifying operational challenges and devising solutions to ensure compliance with border enforcement and operational practices
* Experience enforcing the criminal provisions of the Immigration and Nationality laws
* Served in multiple supervisory Customs and Border Protection roles within the last five years
* Ability to prepare and conduct executive level briefings on a wide variety of topics
* Work history along the Southern U.S. border or equivalent experience is desired
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.