You will serve as a TRAINING INSTRUCTOR (NAVIGATION) in the Navigation & Seamanship Directorate of SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS SCHOOL.

Duties

You will instruct staff and students, on Navigation, Seamanship, and Ship handling (NSS), Bridge Resource Management (BRM), RADAR Fundamentals, Automated RADAR Plotting Aid (ARPA), and Leadership. You will make adjustment in instructional methodologies, to perform an analysis of incomplete data, and/or to perform considerable coordination and integration of the work with other functional activities. You will provide instructor led classroom and simulator training in NSS subjects based on SWOS provided curriculum, and in accordance with the NSS Training Requirements Document (TRD) and applicable Train-to-Qualify (T2Q) program. You will define and establish instructional and student performance requirements and standards in alignment with Fleet Skill Objects, Human Capital Objects, and Navy Mission Essential Task Lists (NMETLS). You will review policy decision and safety investigations/mishap reports affecting Navigation, Seamanship, and Ship handling for applicability, incorporate pertinent information into current course content, and brief instructors on revised content.

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 to maintain instructor and student focus.

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: 1) Instructing students or personnel on navigation, seamanship and shiphandling principles; 2) Utilizing bridge simulators/trainers or similar shiphandling simulators/trainers to demonstrate shiphandling and maneuvering techniques; and 3) Assessing student competency in navigation, seamanship and shiphandling principles. 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 and 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]