Job opening: Lead Training Instructor
Salary: $114 031 - 148 245 per year
Published at: Apr 16 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
About the Position: This position is under the supervision of the Materiel Fielding & Training (MF&T) Directorate.
Duties
Monitor statuses and completed work to ensure that supervisors instructions on work priorities, methods, deadlines, and quality have been met.
Prepare reports; maintain records of work accomplishments and administrative information.
Assess team strengths and weaknesses and provide leadership to the to the team in exploring alternatives and determined what improvements can be made.
Oversee training development; advise and mentor instructors on various systems and sub-systems.
Lead the team in identifying, distributing and balancing workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow, skill level and occupational specialization.
Coach the team in the selection and application of appropriate problem-solving methods and techniques, provide advice on work methods, practices and procedures; assist the team in identifying the parameters of a viable solution.
Arrange for the training of team members in methods and techniques of team building and working in teams to accomplish tasks or projects, and provide specific administrative or technical training necessary for accomplishment of team tasks.
Provide oversight and input on all training aspects including state of the training base, training methods, Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations (TADSS), hands-on exercises, classroom instruction and test/evaluation of students.
Develop contract language for contract scope and deliverables and reviews instructor input to contract development.
Requirements
- Position may be filled as a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade not to exceed (NTE) 1 year by a current permanent Army employee.
- Time-limited promotions may be extended up to a maximum of five years. Time-limited reassignments and changes to lower grade may exceed five years, however return rights may be impacted. Position may be made permanent without further competition.
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
- Pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
- Position requires a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles or the incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License.
- Incumbent may be required to obtain and maintain a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Government Travel Card.
- When required participate in hazardous material training.
- May be required to handle Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL).
- Position requires the wear and use of prescribed personnel protective equipment.
- Position requires working in adverse conditions or outdoors in all weather conditions including seasonally hot or cold temperatures and in-climate weather.
- Position requires working in loud environments to include but not limited to the motor pool, weapons live fire range, and explosive ordnance.
- Incumbent must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
- Position requires working on, in and around, climbing up on, entering vehicles and operating in confined spaces.
- Position requires temporary duty (TDY) travel up to 75% of the time.
- Initial instructor certification required with recertification required every 5 years after the initial.
- See "Additional Information" section for additional requirements.
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 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 which includes: (1) Delivering operator or maintenance training on weapon systems in motor-pool or field environments; (2) Developing or reviewing training/course materials, aids, devices, etc.; and (3) Utilizing automated training tracking systems to evaluate results. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Instructional DesignLeadershipPlanning and Evaluating
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-12).
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Contacts
- Address GM-W4GGAA US ARMY TANK-AUTOMOTIVE ARMAMENTS CMD
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Warren, MI 48397
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- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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