This position is located at Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer. This opportunity is also open to Status eligibles under announcement 24-HUD-687. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-14. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position. As an Instructional Systems Specialist, you will: Manage the development of TDWP's training programs. Design and manage special training projects for employees in HUD. Develop and disseminate guidance regarding education, training, and instruction, to include performance support procedures; enterprise-wide operational training and/or performance support materials; and evaluation data. Provide expert-level advice and guidance to administrators and other service components in planning, conducting, measuring and/or evaluating education, and training programs using models such as Kirkpatrick. Integrate current learning technologies to promote effective teaching strategies and to improve learning experiences. Analyze a broad range of training and informational materials, while serving as subject matter expert in instructional technology and instructional design. Have experience using Adobe Captivate, Neo Speech, Articulate, Storyline, PhotoShop or similar software.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Specialized Experience: For the GS-13 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Working with instructional systems design and development methodologies and principles to create and conduct training needs assessments to determine the requirements for either revision of instructional systems or the development of new training materials. Examples of such experience may include: - Developing training or instructional materials based on an agency's educational theory and emerging instructional technologies; OR - Providing technical advice, guidance and recommendations to management and other key officials on training and developmental design. Experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.

Education

The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

Basic Requirements:
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.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]