You will serve as a TRAINING INSTRUCTOR in the MARINER SKILLS TRAINING CENTER PACIFIC of SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS SCHOOL.

Duties

You will assess progress of students in meeting learning or training objectives related to all facets of Navigation, Seamanship and Ship handling (NSS) curriculum. You will create learning objectives (e.g., task learning relationships, cluster learning events, course content organization) to develop instructional design plans for NSS related content. You will prepare reports regarding training effectiveness and recommendations for systematic changes to curricula and methodology. You will advise school staff and instructors on curriculum related matters. You will review existing training material to determine its usefulness or need to develop new material. You will coordinate the types and capabilities of instructional methods, materials, and media used in training programs. You will prepare a current lesson plan for each period of instruction in an assigned area of responsibility. You will analyze performance data to determine the effectiveness of instructional systems, courses, or instructional materials.

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.
• 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.
• Work is primarily sedentary, requires some physical exertion including standing for extended periods of time to lecture/train students with appropriate number of breaks, as determined by instructor, to maintain instructor and student focus.
• Work is primarily performed with in properly heated and ventilated, and well-lighted office or classroom setting.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: I have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector 1) Instructing students/personnel in ship navigation, seamanship and ship handling principles and procedures; 2) Utilizing bridge simulators or similar ship handling simulators as instruction techniques and competency assessment methods to advance seamanship skills; and 3) Developing curriculum/training material and recommending improvements to navigation, seamanship and ship handling training classes; 4) Evaluating performance of students/personnel to determine effectiveness of instruction and training material. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1700/training-instruction-series-1712/ 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

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS SCHOOL 446 Cushing Road Newport, RI 02841-1209 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]