Instructional Systems Specialist

Job Description:

The incumbent serves as a Program Manager for major technical training project, responsible for planning and directing all major phases of the Instructional Systems Design process, including needs analysis, course/program design and development, selection of instructional media and methods, and formative/summative evaluations.

Duties

Typical duties and responsibilities may include the following:

Incumbent is recognized expert within the FAA and is called upon to provide leadership for highly complex and challenging activities under the minimal direction of a manager or executive.

Serves as training expert to develop new and innovative concepts, approaches, methodologies, techniques, and policies, or as a senior project manager or team leader for large, challenging work activities. Inspires, motivates, and guides others toward goal accomplishments.

Develops and sustains cooperative working relationships. Encourages and facilitates cooperation within the organization and with customer groups. Fosters commitment, team spirit, pride and trust.

Serves as Program Manager for new manager development curriculum and advising a cross-organizational council on AVS training needs in the FAA Electronic Learning Management System (eLMS); researching and administering the licensing of virtual training software and other programs that could enhance the delivery of AVS training; researching and acquiring or developing a standardized system to call for training, schedule, and best deliver training within each fiscal year; perform data analyses to determine effectiveness, utilization, and optimization of AVS training; and conduct business analyses to determine the cost effectiveness of proposed training, and the return on investment for current trainings offered.

Serves as a trainer for AVS courses when needed and work collaboratively with every other AVS training program manager to continuously improve the entire AVS training portfolio.

Establish new policies, procedures and approaches that take into consideration FAA policies, and government-wide rules and regulations; advises senior leadership on critical, complex organizational planning and resource utilization issues; leads teams which conduct complex and controversial studies, which result in authoritative recommendations to improve training; and represent the organization in dealing with officials of other FAA organizations, DOT, and other government agencies.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work is reviewed typically through status reports and at project completion to ensure policy compliance and alignment with the requirements of projects and/or work activities.

Job Requirements:

Requirements Conditions of Employment

US Citizenship is required.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.
Subject to completion of a security investigation will be required.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS: 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:

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

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To qualify for this position at the FV-J, FG/GS-14 levelyou must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS-13 level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience is defined as:

Planning and directing all major phases of the instructional systems design process to include needs analysis, design and development, implementation and evaluations.
Leading course development teams to ensure training development projects are aligned with organizational goals, utilize the correct instructional approach and relevant training technologies to promote performance improvement and knowledge transfer.
Ability to provide expertise in instructional training technologies and their administration.

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).

Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.

Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.

Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Required Documents

Applicants must submit an electronic application via Aviator and upload supplemental documents (e.g. transcripts, SF-50) to application by the closing date of this announcement. Failure to submit the application and required documentation by the closing date will result in ineligibility for consideration.

Applicants claiming eligibility for the Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO), MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing date of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO will be considered based on applicable documentation submitted by the closing date.
This position has a positive education requirement; college transcripts are required for ALL candidates newly appointed to the FAA in the 1750 series.

College transcripts must be submitted from current FAA employees applying for internal vacancies if they have never held a position in the 1750 series with the FAA.

College transcripts are not required from current FAA employees who are currently occupying a 1750 series.

If selected, official transcripts are required prior to employment.

If you are a current or former Federal employee (including a current FAA employee), you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.

If you are a current Federal employee and need a current copy of your SF-50, please contact your personnel office. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/. If you are a former Federal employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF-50 by writing the National Personnel Records Center Annex, 1411 Boulder Boulevard, Valmeyer, IL 62295. Additional information is available from this link: https://www.archives.gov/st-louis/opf.

Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO) are preference eligibles and veterans who are honorably discharged from the Armed Forces after completing at least three (3) years of continuous active service. Applicants claiming eligibility for EVHO, MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing date of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO will be considered based on applicable documentation submitted by the closing date.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Job Ident #: 823005800

Company Details

Federal Aviation Administration

800 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20591 USA
www.faa.gov/jobs

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Job Info

Location

Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States

Type

Contractor

Salary Range

$92,964 - $144,121

Company Details

Federal Aviation Administration

800 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20591 USA
www.faa.gov/jobs