You will serve as a INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS SPECIALIST in the NAVAL MEDICAL FORCES SUPPORT COMMAND (NMFSC) TRAINING & EDUCATION (M7) of NAVMEDFORSUPCMD FT SAM.

Duties

You will serve as the Medical Department expert for instructional systems design. You will provide leadership/ professional guidance to individuals and organizations engaged in the delivery of training throughout the command. You will perform duties of a professional nature in support of Health Sciences training programs under the direction of Naval Medical Forces Support Command (NMFSC). You will serve as the senior educational consultant for instructional systems in the Navy Medical Department. You will provide advice and briefs to higher authority and other agencies and/or commands. You will direct research on and implementation of models for instructional systems design in medical technical, professional, and leadership education and training.

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.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. Passport.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience providing leadership and guidance to school- based instructional system specialist and curriculum development teams. Experience utilizing instructional systems design to serve as the senior consultant for instructional design and performance for the command. Experience applying instructional technology to establish the requirements, guidelines for designing a complete instructional system applicable across the Navy Medical Department. Experience providing guidance in solving special problems in technical, professional, and operational training. 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 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

Successfully completed a 4 year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours appropriate to the work of the position.

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.

All Education claims must be supported with transcript(s).

Contacts

• Address NAVMEDFORSUPCMD FT SAM 6801 Roosevelt Boulevard Jacksonville, FL 32212 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]