Job opening: Training Specialist
Salary: $72 553 - 94 317 per year
Published at: May 02 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: This position is located at the Chemical School, DOT and Training Development on Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Fort Leonard Wood is located in the beautiful South-Central Missouri Ozarks. The Fort covers more than 61,000 acres and is in Pulaski County, Mo. Bordering the installation to the North are the towns of Waynesville/St. Robert and Interstate 44. St. Louis is a 2hr. drive to the East along I-44 and Springfield is a little more than an hour's drive of Fort Leonard Wood.
Duties
Perform duty as a Team Leader for an assigned work group, responsible to synchronize and link training acquisition with CBRN and HLS Defense along with Obscurant Force Modernization programs.
Schedule team work and priorities, monitors work quality, and recommends schedule changes to program as required.
Develop individual, new equipment/displaced equipment, and unit sustainment training strategies. Identify training support products, to include Training Aids, Devices, Simulations, and Simulators (TADSS).
Participate in and provide training inputs to the Integrated Product Team (IPT) developing concepts, Capability Based Assessments (CBAs), Capability Development Document (CDD), and Capability Production Document (CPD).
Develop, coordinate, and update the System Training Plan (STRAP) to support training requirements addressed in the CDD and/or CPD through Milestone C.
Ensure health hazard assessments and safety are addressed in training products IAW ARs 40-10, 358-10, and 385-16.
Prepare and coordinate the Test Training Support Package (TTSP) and Test Training Certification Plan (TTCP).
Analyze and compile technical data, doctrine and operational concepts in order to prepare studies and evaluations or provide input to studies conducted in-house or by other agencies.
Review proponent materiel and related items to determine shortcomings, design deficiencies, safety hazards and recommended corrective actions.
Represent the Branch on a variety of committees and panels at Joint, DA, and TRADOC level, and serve as a Point of Contact (POC) for the development of training devices/simulations.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Incumbent is required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, (5CFR Part 2634, Subpart I USOGE, 6/08). Executive Branch.
- Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually, in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R, Joint Ethics Regulation, dated 23 March 2006.
- A Secret Clearance is required for this position.
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.
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)People with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)
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 which includes: managing training development for new, improved, and displaced materiel systems; developing training requirements; assisting in development of course design regarding new systems; performing analysis on training requirements and evaluating effectiveness; collecting data for total task inventory; preparing supporting documents for doctrine and training plans; and utilizing knowledge of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense and obscurant operations to perform duties. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).
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Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Education.
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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:
Oral CommunicationProduct EvaluationTechnical CompetenceTraining and Education AnalysisWritten Communication
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 KA-APF-W4K9AA CHEMICAL SCHOOL
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Leonardwood, MO 65473
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- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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