Instructional Systems Specialist with Security Clearance

Duties
• Manages and integrates Quality Assurance training and education development and training and education development management areas to enable and improve the analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation
• Attends conferences and meetings within defense establishment and professional civilian community to ensure programs and projects are consistent with current trends and scientific advances.
• Develops and manages training plans to support course implementation.
• Provides expert advice, interpretation, and recommendation for change of command training policy.
• Plans, manages, coordinates, reviews, evaluates, and develops QA- related training and education job aids using current training and education development doctrine.
• Develops special course materials or job aids in areas where innovative ideas for ensuring student learning or job performance are required.
• Provides advice and guidance in most difficult areas of training and education design.
• Resolves problems that not only need complex performance technology or training and education development but may also need new and innovative approaches
Requirements Conditions of Employment
• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 50% of the time.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
• The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S
states or possessions to operate vehicles.
• This position is subject to working other than normal duty hours, which may include overtime, evenings, weekends, and/or holidays
Qualifications Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job
You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected
See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
* Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee
* Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
* Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
* Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
* Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
* Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
* Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
* Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
* People with Disabilities, Schedule A
* Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
* Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
* Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
* Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
* Reinstatement
* Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the educational and experience requirements described below
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social)
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience
Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application
Additional information about transcripts is in this document
Basic Educational Requirement: Degree: that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours appropriate to the work of the position to be filled
The course work must have included study in at least four of the following five areas:1
Learning theory, psychology of learning, educational psychology: Study of learning theories as they relate to the systematic design, development, and validation of instructional material.2
Instructional design practices: Study of the principles and techniques used in designing training programs, developing design strategy and models, and applying design methods to the improvement of instructional effectiveness.3
Educational evaluation: Study of the techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of instructional/educational programs, including developing written and performance tests and survey instruments, and determining reliability and validity of evaluation instruments.4
Instructional product development: Study of the techniques appropriate for developing training materials, including identifying learner characteristics, specifying objectives, applying training strategy, validating training materials, and evaluating training.5
Computers in education and training: Study of the application of computers in education and training, including selecting appropriate computer software
(Must include transcripts) In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent which includes:1.) Performing educational and training performance analysis for large and complex organizations; 2.) Evaluating an educational program to determine accreditation standing;3.) Performing education/training quality assurance for a large and complex enterprise program; AND /OR 4.) Integrating training and education quality assurance to improve the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation (ADDIE) of training and education
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12)
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
• Instructional and Performance Support Technology
* Instructional Design
* Instructional Implementation
* Instructional Program Administration
* Instructional Program Evaluation Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12)
To be referred, applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade and qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing of the announcement
Education FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S
education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S
accredited college or university
For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/
Additional information
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S
Citizenship.
• One year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
• This is a Career Program (CP) 32 position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
• Benefits Help A career with the U.S
government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package
As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding
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How You Will Be Evaluated You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above
The selecting official has requested a competitive and noncompetitive candidate list for this vacancy
If you are eligible for the noncompetitive list, you will be evaluated on basic and/or minimum qualifications, as applicable
While required to answer the assessment questions, non-competitive candidates will not be evaluated against the competitive rating and ranking criteria
The selecting official may select from any of the candidate lists
Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement
If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience
If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position
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