You will serve as a in the TRAINING SPECIALIST of THE BASIC SCHOOL (TBS), TRAINING COMMAND, TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND (TECOM), Quantico, VA. working directly for the Testing and Evaluation Officer, a Captain, 8006. The incumbent performs a wide variety of duties relative to testing and evaluation and institutional effectiveness for programs of instruction (POIs) and the entire academic process at TBS.

Duties

You will assist the Testing and Evaluating Officer in guiding, mentoring, training, and supervising the Testing and Evaluation section in creation and administration of student evaluations and institutional effectiveness instruments. You will develop reliable and valid testing materials formative and summative. You will study course objectives, outlines, and other available training materials or consults instructors or subject matter experts (SMEs) in developing test items. You will analyze trial administration of test to determine reliability and presents recommendations on which test items use. You will assist in developing or revising objective test. You will determine suitability for intended use, ease of administration and scoring, misleading terminology, overlapping items, and items with clues to answers and similar deficiencies. You will identify training requirements that will permit section personnel to better accomplish their projects using state-of-the-art instructional design concepts, technology, and procedures. You will assist with instructional and remediation duties in support of all students, staff and instructors, at TBS and especially in direct support of the POIs and the Instructor Education Program.

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 complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Performing testing and evaluation for Programs of Instruction (POIs), developing testing materials, and reviewing and preparing analytical and statistical reports. 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 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

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.M., if related

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND 1019 Elliot Road Quantico, VA 22134-5001 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]