Supervisory Instructional Systems Specialist; Wildland Fire

Supervisory Instructional Systems Specialist (Wildland Fire)

• Hiring Agency: Office of the Secretary of the Interior

These Supervisory Instructional Systems Specialist (Wildland Fire) positions are with the US Wildland Fire Service, GS-1750-13 working in the following location:
Boise, Idaho

Key Responsibilities

As a Supervisory Instructional Systems Specialist (Wildland Fire) your duties will include but are not limited to the following:
Supervisory:
Establishes priorities, develops performance standards, improves work processes, and promotes a safe, inclusive, and high-performing work environment. Develops and mentors program staff. Process Development and Curriculum Oversight:
Develop and oversee processes for training and education product development and maintenance.

Ensures training programs and products align with interagency standards, organizational priorities, and current operational practices. Management Advisory Services:
Analyzes program data, learner feedback, operational inputs, and policy changes; to provide recommendations on training effectiveness, curriculum priorities, and workforce capability needs.

Serves as an advisor to leadership on training effectiveness, human performance assessment and improvement, curriculum priorities, and instructional systems program development and improvement. Physical Demands:
The work is primarily sedentary and mostly indoors, but may require occasional visits to incident base camps where occasional overnight stays may require sleeping on the ground in sleeping bags and in tents. Occasional overnight travel up to 20% may be required.

Work Environment:
The work is performed in an office environment with normal safety precautions. Field visits and occasional travel may be required which will involve primarily air and automobile modes of transportation. There may be occasional need to visit incident bases and other field locations that may differ substantially from the normal work environment.

Requirements & Education

This position has a mandatory education requirement. To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

Foreign

Education:

To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | U.S. Department of Education.

How do I receive credit for a college degree obtained in a foreign university in another country? - OPM.gov Applicants must submit all necessary documents to a private U.S. organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials, commonly called a credential evaluation service. To be acceptable, the foreign credential evaluation must include/describe:
The type of education received by the applicant;
The level of education in relation to the U.S.

education system, and state that its comparability recommendations follow the general guidelines of the International Education Standards Council;
The content of the applicant's educational program earned abroad and the standard obtained;
The status of the awarding foreign school's recognition and legitimacy in its home country's education system; and Any other information of interest such as what the…