Instructional Systems Specialist Security Clearance

Position: INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS SPECIALIST with Security Clearance
Location: Gordon

Duties
* work closely with subject matter experts (smes) to define learning requirements and content.
* work involves extensive planning and organization, analysis of accumulated data and information, and considerable coordination and integration of the work with other course or functional activities.
* participate in the development and revision of course analysis products (long and short-range peacetime and mobilization training strategies), individual training plan, course administrative data, programs of instruction.
* establish and maintain liaison with training and training management personnel/agencies involved in education and training throughout the tradoc school system. Requirements conditions of employment
* appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
* three year trial/probationary period may be required.
* must be able to obtain and retain a secret security clearance.
* this position has a temporary duty (tdy) or business travel requirement of 10% of the time. Qualifications cyber excepted service positions are not subject to the two-page resume limit. Your full resume will need to be uploaded to your usajobs profile using the document type "other documents". Who may apply: only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Army ces positions apply veteran's preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by section 2108 of title 5 u.s.c., in accordance with the procedures provided in dod instruction 1400.25, volume 3005, "ces employment and placement".

If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by section 2108 of title 5 u.s.c., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through national service programs (e.g., peace corps, americorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional;

philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is . This position is in the professional work category at the full performance work level within the ces occupational structure.

Basic requirement for instructional systems specialist: degree: bachelor's degree (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. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: to qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year of specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position.

Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by
1) applying a systems approach in the design and development of army lesson plans and programs of instruction (pois) to ensure that individual training and evaluation material adequately meets field requirements;
2) performing analysis…