About the Position: This position is located US Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) Learning Center (ULC) Huntsville Alabama. The incumbent works as a Course Manager within a n assigned PROSPECT functional program, managing the programming, planning, development coordination and implementation of assigned PROSPECT courses.

Duties

Plan, develop, coordinate, and evaluate assigned courses supporting the strategic plan, mission, vision, and values to ensuring they are communicated and integrated into the Proponent Sponsored Engineer Corps Training (PROSEPCT) program. Serve as an authoritative consultant and primary educator in the area of quality assurance/evaluation, teaching and learning methodologies, and instructional technologies. Manage all training resources (instructional services, materials, equipment, applied instructional technologies, facilities) required for execution of course development. Develop current and long-range plans/objectives for accomplishment of the mission to include both resident courses and Distance/Distributed Learning (DL) initiatives. Assign and control work in progress for specialists and technicians assigned to support the designated Corps program areas. Establish tuition requirements that provide financial stability to assigned courses and estimate future training requirements.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• You may be required to travel up to 25% of the time.

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. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDefense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education 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 REQUIREMENT FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS SPECIALIST, GS-1750-12: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher 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. OR (5) Computers in education and training: Study of the application of computers in education and training, including selecting appropriate computer software. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: at least one year of experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: (1) reviewing curriculum for distance learning or social media; (2) applying instructional design techniques; (3) advising customers and other users regarding the objectives of the training program; (4) managing all training resources (instructional services, materials, equipment, facilities) required for execution of assigned courses and (5) performing budget execution and monitoring obligations incurred and expenditures of funds. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Financial ManagementInstructional DesignInstructional Materials & Curriculum DevelopmentInstructional Program EvaluationNeeds/Occupational AnalysisTests and Measurement 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-11).

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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address BK-APF-W4DUAA USA ENGR & SUP CENTER, HUNTSVILLE DO NOT MAIL Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]