Job opening: Training Specialist
Salary: $68 405 - 107 590 per year
Published at: Jun 13 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The ideal candidate for this position will demonstrate experience in developing, delivering, and evaluating classroom-based and technology-based emergency management adult training and education for Federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector officials. In this position you will work as a member of the DHS, FEMA, Resilience, National Preparedness Directorate, and Emergency Management Institute.
Duties
What will I do:
In this position, you will support myriad training related tasks including performing instructional design, conducting guided research, and supporting stakeholder interaction and training committees. Typical assignments include:
Qualifications
The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
To qualify for this position at the GS-09 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the
GS-07 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following:
Providing administrative support to a training program;
Working in the occupation or subject-matter in emergency management principles training or instructing others on a regular basis; and
Experience working with team members to support the development, delivery, and revision of training materials.
-OR- master's or equivalent graduate degree; -OR- 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; -OR- LL.B. or J.D., if related; -OR- Combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable.
To qualify for this position at the GS-11 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the Federal government which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the Federal or Private Sector and must demonstrate all of the following:
Reviewing instructional objectives, plans of instruction, instructor guides, student manuals, or other training-related materials;
Providing technical guidance on the delivery of training programs; and
Working in the occupation or subject-matter in emergency management principles training or instructing others on a regular basis.
-OR- Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; -OR- 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; -OR- LL.M., if related; -OR- Combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable.
Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application:
Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.
Please limit your resume to five pages. If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications.
Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience.
Are you qualifying based on your work experience?
Qualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information organized by experience/position: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and related skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). Federal experience/positions must also include the occupational series, grade level, and dates in which you held each grade level.
Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE)? To accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of deployments that are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment.
Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found "not qualified."
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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
For additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards
Education
Education substitution: This position permits applicants to qualify based on education (or a combination of education and experience), as outlined in the "requirements" section. If you are using education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your transcripts (unofficial are acceptable) with your online application. Once selected and prior to appointment, applicants must provide official college transcripts.
Map
