Instructional Systems Specialist

JANUS Research Group•Port Hueneme, CA

14d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is contingent upon contract award and is located ON SITE at the Center for Seabees and Facility Engineering (CSFE), Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, CA. The Instructional Systems Specialist is responsible for the administration and supervision of educational or training services in formal education and training programs to support customer and program objectives. Qualified candidates must have experience working within the Operations and/or Training Department within a Naval Construction Force unit. The role involves administering, supervising, advising on, designing, developing, or providing educational or training services in formal education or training programs. This requires knowledge of learning theory and the principles, methods, practices, and techniques of the instructional systems field, potentially including knowledge of specific subjects or occupations for which instruction is provided. Experience with the Instructional Systems Development (ISD) model for developing new and/or revised instructional materials is essential. The specialist will select appropriate instructional media, materials, and equipment, plan and accomplish the production of all instructional materials, and identify the relationship between training deficiencies and training system modification requirements. Additional duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in education, psychology, or instructional system design/analysis or similar technical degree.
3-5 years of experience in instructional systems analysis, design, and development.
Proficient in Microsoft Office software.
Written and oral communication skills.
Ability to read, interpret, organize, and synthesize source material into well-written, concise learning products.
Proficient with the Authoring Instructional Material (AIM) II.
Familiar using content management systems – Content Planning Module (CPM), Learning Management Systems (LMS), and Learning Assessment Systems (LAS).
Ability to apply Integrated Learning Environment (ILE), ILT and IMI principles and guidelines for the design and development of training products.
Experience in learning theories such as: Instructional System Design (ADDIE or similar), Andragogy-Learning strategies focused on adults, Bloom’s Taxonomy-Classification of learning objectives within education, Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction-An instructional design model put together by Robert Gagne, Collaborative Constructivist Learning-Sociological theory of knowledge that applies the general philosophical constructionism into social settings, Problem-based Learning-Student centered pedagogy in which students learn about a subject in the context of complex, multifaceted, and realistic problems, Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning-Encompasses several principles of learning with multimedia, Discovery Learning-Participant will gather data and make determinations based on case study information.
Experience working within the Operations and/or Training Department within a Naval Construction Force unit.

Responsibilities

Administers, supervises, advises on, designs, develops, or provides educational or training services in formal education or training programs.
Select instructional media, materials, and equipment best suited to meet learning objectives.
Plan and accomplish production of all instructional materials.
Identify the relationship between training deficiencies and training system modification requirements.
Additional duties as assigned.