Education Services Specialist Security Clearance

Position: EDUCATION SERVICES SPECIALIST with Security Clearance
Location: Vandenberg Space Force Base

Duties
* Provides individual career, academic, and force development counseling to military personnel of all ranks, their dependents, and/or civilian personnel pursuing undergraduate/graduate, vocational, technical, licensure/certification, and professional development opportunities at various levels.
* Serves as technical expert on a variety of educational programs. Evaluates individual's potential and eligibility for a multitude of programs to include Community College of the Air Force (CCAF), Air Force commissioning, Defense Activity for Nontraditional Education Services (DANTES), non-resident professional military education (PME), and VA education benefits. Advises separating and retiring Airmen on the Job Training, Employment Skills Training, Apprenticeships, and Internships (JTEST-AI) for eligible Service Members (i.e. Skill Bridge).

* Provides mass briefings and a variety of outreach and customer services duties.
* Performs a variety of administrative duties related to the educational counseling program.
* Counsels/Advises military personnel, their dependents, and /or eligible civilian personnel regarding military and academic testing programs and how they apply to career development and degree programs.
* Administers the installation's military personnel tests for a variety of military purposes to include procurement, aptitude, promotion, proficiency, and qualification tests including the Armed Forces Classification Test, the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test, the Electronic Data Processing Test, the Test of Basic Aviation Skills Defense Language Proficiency Test, and Air Force WAPS, interest batteries (Sil) and career assessment inventories, A4/6 end of course tests.

* Manages installation level testing programs for military tests (WAPS, DLPT, AFCT, etc.), and A4/6 tests (CDC, PME, etc.). For the military tests: identifies promotion eligibility requirements involving grade, Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC), training status codes, promotion eligibility codes, and Enlisted Performance Reports, and coordinates with office of primary responsibility (OPR) to validate and determine correct data. Requirements Conditions of employment
* U.S. Citizenship Required
* Males must be registered for Selective Service, see (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).
* Must be able to obtain and maintain Secret Security clearance
* This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
* Employee must maintain current certifications
* Disclosure of Political Appointments
* Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
* Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
* Work occasionally requires travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft
* Personnel data to which the incumbent has access are controlled by the Privacy Act of 1974 and must be safeguarded appropriately
* May be required to work other than normal duty hours, which include evenings and weekends Qualifications 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, to include the Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) for the GS-1740, Education Services 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 position to be filled in one or a combination of the areas described below:
At least one course must have been from (1) or (2) below.
1. Tests and measurement:
Study of the selection, evaluation, administration, scoring, interpretation, and uses of group and individual aptitude, proficiency, interest, and other tests.
2. Adult education:
Study of the adult as a learner, teaching-learning theories for adults, models and procedures for planning, designing, managing, and evaluating adult learning activities.
3. Educational program administration:
Study of the foundation and methods in organizing for adult and continuing education programs.
4. Curriculum development or design:
Study of the principles and techniques for development of curricula for adult or vocational education programs.
5. Teaching methods:
Study of teaching strategies and learning styles of the adult learner.
6. Guidance and counseling:
Study of the purposes and methods in counseling and guidance, the role of the counselor in various settings, approaches to counseling, and the uses of tests in the counseling situation.
7. Career planning:
Study of career development, learning activities, systems, approaches, program…