You will serve as a SUPERVISORY TRAINING SPECIALIST (NAVIGATION) in the Navigation & Seamanship/Mariner Skills Training Directorate of SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS SCHOOL.

Duties

You will in conjunction with the Type Commander (TYCOM) N7 representative, adjudicate conflicts to the I-NSST schedules to ensure an equitable distribution of training across the Fleet and to support ship deployment schedules. You will coordinate with Afloat Training Groups (ATG) Commanding Officers to identify military personnel to operate the I-NSST training systems and when contract instructor personnel are unavailable. You will coordinate and maintain a listing of all special operator training (SOT) qualified operators. You will manage the operation of the I-NSST facilities, coordinate contract maintenance with PMS 339, NAWC-TSD, and SWSC I-NSST site managers to minimize training impact to the Fleet. You will ensure all Pacific area I-NSST curriculum and practice scenarios are synchronized to support the Command Qualification Exam (CQE), PCO, PXO and MCO scenarios. You will as the senior NSS instructor will ensure curriculum delivery and assessment of Commanding Officers (O5-O6) is being professionally conducted.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Be a professional mariner who demonstrates a mastery of all aspects of the art and sciences of navigation, seamanship, and ship-handling in order to make decisions and recommendations; 2) Possess mastery of the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) and all applications for teaching surface warfare officers international and inland navigation rules of the road; 3) Ability to establish instructional and student performance requirements and standards at subordinate I-NSSTs ensuring alignment with Fleet Skill Objects, Human Capital Objects, and Navy Mission Essential Task Lists (NMETLs); 4) Ability to plan and assign work to subordinates based on overall priorities, and set/adjusts short and long-term goals and priorities accordingly. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1700/training-instruction-series-1712/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS SCHOOL 446 Cushing Road Newport, RI 02841-1209 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]