This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS) Office for Coastal Management (OCM) with one vacancy in Marineland, FL; Naples, FL; St. Petersburg, FL; or Charleston, SC. This position is also announced under vacancy number NOS OCM-24-12255511-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As an Instructional Systems Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Provide leadership and expertise in learning science and adult learning theory. Stay abreast of the latest applications of learning research to bring innovation and maximize the effectiveness of instructional products and services that support coastal communities' understanding and action to build healthy resilient coasts. Lead the climate-focused instructional design team in providing innovative, effective, and efficient instructional design service to subject matter experts. Guide staff assigned to support climate adaptation-focused education efforts. Set strategic direction for climate education and literacy programs for the Office of Coastal Management (OCM). Support strategic and operational planning for the development and delivery of OCM learning products, bringing to bear knowledge of coastal issues and instructional systems expertise. Conduct periodic review, evaluation, and analysis of instructional projects and processes, and recommend improvements. Forge partnerships across the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and with other organizations, make connections, and initiate strategic collaboration with other agencies and organizations whose training and educational objectives are aligned and synergistic with the Office of Coastal Management (OCM). Serve on Intra and inter-agency groups, representing the Office for Coastal Management, and guiding development, measurement, and reporting of performance metrics. Serve as federal project lead to provide project planning, direction and task management for a team providing instructional expertise to design and develop instructional products on a range of climate adaptation and resilience and coastal management topics in a variety of instructional formats supporting continued development of the Digital Coast Academy. Track and update project progress during each contract period, providing reviews and guidance to task teams, and proactively communicating project plans and progress. Provide additional project and contract management and advisory services on specific problems, projects, programs, and functions in assigned program area.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: This position has a positive Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of Specialized Experience in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet the following requirements: To qualify for the 1750 series: EDUCATION: 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: Learning theory, psychology of learning, educational psychology: Study of learning theories as they relate to the systematic design, development, and validation of instructional material. 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. 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. 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. Computers in education and training: Study of the application of computers in education and training, including selecting appropriate computer software. Some positions in this series may specialize in one or two functional areas, where more specific academic preparation may be necessary. For such positions, agencies may require course work in the applicable functional area(s) as part of the above-required 24 semester hours. -AND- SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To qualify at the ZA-4 or GS-13 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must also possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-3 or GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Using appropriate learning theory in the instruction of coastal manager, practitioner, or environmental education audiences on topics related to coastal community resilience or healthy ecosystems; Tailoring coastal environmental science and resilience concepts and topics for learning groups, applying learning science to the design and development of innovative educational products or services, and evaluating the effectiveness of coastal management or climate resilience-based instructional products to meet audience needs; and Making significant contributions to partnerships or networks of coastal professionals working collaboratively toward shared goals.

Education

College Transcript: Submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., bio 101, math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Note: Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work. An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty.

• Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Arthi Chandrasekaran
• Email: [email protected]