Culmen International is hiring a Travel Document Examiner Instructors to provide support for The Department of State (DOS), Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), Office of Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) Global Antiterrorism Training Assistance (GATA) course known as Advance Travel Document Examiner (ATDE).

These positions are in preparation for future need of instructors for the GATA program and will be short term OCONUS assignments.  We are hiring both Staff and Lead Instructors.  Below are requirements for both levels.

Established in 2004, Culmen International is committed to enhancing international security, strengthening homeland defense, optimizing government operations and providing humanitarian assistance around the world.  We provide technical and management expertise, develop innovative technology solutions, and deliver youth care services, logistics, training and language services worldwide.  With experience in over 126 countries, Culmen supports our clients to accomplish critical missions in challenging environments.

As necessary and in accordance with the approved DS/T/ATA curriculum guide, construct and direct Instructors in the construction of improvised explosive device training aids for use during x-ray, disruptor, demolition, and hand-entry exercises. The use of up to 240 training aids per class may be required.

Requirements for Lead Instructors:

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of work experience as a border, immigration, customs, or security officer, involving examining, detecting, and evaluating traveler behaviors and travel documents for validity.
• 12+ years of work experience as a border, immigration, customs, or security officer, involving examining, detecting, and evaluating traveler behaviors and travel documents for validity.
• Formal training in document security features and detecting fraudulent travel and identity documents from Department of Homeland Security (including legacy agencies of Immigration & Naturalization Service, the U.S. Customs Service) or Department of State Consular services or the Department of the Treasury. 
• Graduate of any local, state, or federal law enforcement academy or institution.
• Must have taught at least two (2) iterations of the ATDE course for DS/T/ATA as a staff instructor
• Interaction with the traveling public
• Examining and evaluating travel and identity documents for validity
• Detecting fraudulent documents, whether as a border, immigration, or security officer or investigator
• Conducted work in a forensics laboratory examining travel, identity and civil documents for fraudulent activity.
• Knowledgeable of document security features and trends in fraudulent documents
• Able to use and to demonstrate the use of the tools to include stereomicroscopes utilized to examine documents and identify, detect, and articulate the fraudulent activity used to alter or counterfeit travel and identity documents.

Requirements for Staff Instructors:

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of work experience as a border, immigration, customs, or security officer, involving examining, detecting, and evaluating traveler behaviors and travel documents for validity.
• 10+ years of work experience as a border, immigration, customs, or security officer, involving examining, detecting, and evaluating traveler behaviors and travel documents for validity.
• Formal training in document security features and detecting fraudulent travel and identity documents from Department of Homeland Security (including legacy agencies of Immigration & Naturalization Service, the U.S. Customs Service) or Department of State Consular services or the Department of the Treasury. 
• Graduate of any local, state, or federal law enforcement academy or institution.
• Interaction with the traveling public
• Examining and evaluating travel and identity documents for validity
• Detecting fraudulent documents, whether as a border, immigration, or security officer or investigator
• Conducted work in a forensics laboratory examining travel, identity and civil documents for fraudulent activity. 
• Knowledgeable of document security features and trends in fraudulent documents,
• Able to use and to demonstrate the use of the tools to include stereomicroscopes utilized to examine documents and identify, detect, and articulate the fraudulent activity used to alter or counterfeit travel and identity documents.

At Culmen International we are committed to creating, promoting, and sustaining a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our commitment to these values is unwavering across all our work around the world.  We include and celebrate employees of diverse races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, ethnicities, nationalities, socioeconomic statuses, languages, (dis)abilities, ages, and religious commitments. These differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our employees and clients. Culmen is an equal opportunity employer.