You will serve as a INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS SPECIALIST for the Navy Education and Training Command at the CENTER FOR SEABEES AND FACILITIES ENGINEERING.

Duties

You will provide quality assurance, educational standardization, oversight of assigned curriculum, educational tools, technical training solutions, and support of professional development continuums throughout assigned functional areas. You will work within teams of Training Managers and Specialists to oversee and implement the training solutions, develop criteria, draft policy for curriculum, and provide professional instructional systems development advice and support. You will liaise with the academic community and military and civilian research organizations for the purpose of staying current on advances in training development and delivery. You will be the resident expert in training management and program analysis providing expert advice on programmatic aspects of instructional systems design, training and cost analysis, and budgetary requirements for products and services. You will review and recommend approval of policies/procedures; curricula; instructional methods/techniques; qualifications of staff/faculty; adequacy and utilization of training aids/devices, facilities, equipment, testing, and student counseling. You will conduct research and studies to identify new methodologies, technologies, and techniques to improve the delivery of training, and oversees the integration of research results and analyses into training programs and systems.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Overtime may be required.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Instructional System Specialist experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Conducting analyses of occupational areas or jobs to determine requirements for instructional systems or development of training programs; 2) Applying instructional program evaluation theories and strategies to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of instructional programs; 3) Developing and revising instructional materials for courses or occupations; and 4) Developing objective tests and other instruments to measure student achievement. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series and Instructional Systems Series 1750 (opm.gov) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: :

Applicants must possess a 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:

1. Learning theory, psychology of learning, educational psychology: Study of learning theories as they relate to the systematic design, development, and validation of instructional material.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Computers in education and training: Study of the application of computers in education and training, including selecting appropriate computer software.

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Applicants that do not meet the specialized experience may qualify with education or a combination of experience and education as listed below. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree
OR
Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

Contacts

• Address CENSEABEESFACENG CENSEABEESFACENG Port Hueneme, CA 93043 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]