Instructional Systems Specialist Security Clearance

Position: INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS SPECIALIST with Security Clearance
Location: Maxwell

Duties
* Operations Manager. Leads working groups and executes operations-focused projects to ensure the AU commander, senior staff, and school/center commanders, commandants and deans have the situational awareness, data, metrics and rigorous analysis required to make evidence-based decisions to execute AU missions.
* Directs Operational/Mission Planning. Develops, authors, coordinates, publishes and revises Air University operational plans that execute AETC/AU mission areas and functions; pinpoints deficiencies, and provides solutions to overcome deficiencies.
* Assists in Strategic Planning. Recognized as an authoritative consultant/assistant for Educational Strategic Planning for the Air Force, AETC and Air University.
* Manages the Air University Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)/Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Program. Recognized as the AU authority on AU's MOU/MOAs. Requirements Conditions of employment
* U.S. Citizenship Required
* Males must be registered for Selective Service, see (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).
* If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at:  
* This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
* Disclosure of Political Appointments
* Incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
* Incumbent may be required to travel via commercial or military transportation.
* This is an obligated position in which an employee has return rights. Upon the employee's return, incumbent may be required to vacate this position.
* Not Centrally Managed and PCS not authorized. Qualifications This is a Term position NTE 2 years the individual selected for this position may be extended without further competition. Current Federal civilian employees may apply for this position using "Reinstatement" eligibility and if selected, a break in service of at least 4 calendar days may be required prior to appointment to this position.

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Professional and Scientific Positions Group Standard, to include the Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) for the GS-1750, Instructional Systems Series. BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT:
Successful completion of a full 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 to be filled. 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. AND In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: SPECIALIZED

EXPERIENCE:

Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 or above grade level in the Federal service which includes knowledge of a wide range of professional concepts, principles, methods, techniques, and practices of one or more specialties of the instructional systems field as well as of learning theory, gained through extended study, experience, and maintained currency with developing trends in the field of learning.

Comprehensive knowledge of a wide variety of instructional development methods sufficient to conduct analysis to determine the requirements for revision of existing instructional systems or development of new training programs. Comprehensive knowledge of an extensive variety of instructional program planning methods and techniques sufficient to plan total support, i.e., personnel, equipment, facilities, budget, and other resource requirements. Skill in conferring with…