About the Position: The primary purpose of this position is to plan and present communicative skills instruction for the U.S. MEDCoE Captains Career Course (MCCC), Basic Officer Leader Course (BOLC), International Officer Program, (IOP), and staff and faculty of the Health Readiness Center of Excellence (HRCoE). This position is a Temporary Promotion that can be extended up to a maximum of five years and may be made permanent without further competition.

Duties

Duties require a thorough knowledge of the Army writing style, fundamentals of communication (i.e., listening, speaking, and writing), and general English linguistics. Duties also require basic knowledge of theories, principles and techniques of adult education. The Incumbent is responsible for courses covering advanced technical systems and subject-matters. Serves as subject matter expert and advisor on communicative skills subjects for the staff and faculty of HRCoE to include installation and tenant activities.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

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 Employees In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service which includes demonstrating a practical knowledge of the subject area of the position and of the methods and techniques of instruction, which includes: applying principles and techniques of education to help students acquire communication and writing skills; maintaining distributed learning courses and determines the need for and initiate changes/updates in course content; developing training materials to meet program objectives; and evaluating student progress and providing feedback of training results This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in education or a subject area related to the position to be filled, such as, Education. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Education and TrainingInstructional Delivery and Learner DevelopmentOral CommunicationWriting 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-09).

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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address FR-APF-W3VZAA US ARMY TRADOC MEDICAL COE DO NOT MAIL Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk