Maritime Credentialing Project Manager
About The Position
Harkcon, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager for a workforce-transition and credentialing initiative that helps military personnel translate training and experience into recognized civilian maritime qualifications. The position involves understanding maritime careers, training standards, qualification records, and credentialing pathways, and coordinating among service members, educators, credentialing specialists, and program leaders. The role is primarily based at federal customer facilities in Norfolk, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Remote work or telework is subject to government approval and is not guaranteed. The position is contingent upon award of a contract to Harkcon. This is a full-time position that may support a distributed team through a combination of remote work and activities at federal customer locations. The employee must participate in virtual and in-person meetings, work during normal customer business hours, travel periodically, and use customer-approved collaboration and information systems. Specific location, travel, and access requirements will be confirmed before placement.
Requirements
- Experience creating and implementing successful maritime training programs and courses.
- Active instructor and/or assessor qualification issued by the National Maritime Center.
- Prior military experience as a member of the Afloat Community.
- Familiarity with military A-Schools, C-Schools, qualification systems, and governing directives applicable to military training systems.
- Strong understanding of maritime regulations, standards, and best practices.
- Working knowledge of maritime occupations, shipboard duties, training records, qualification systems, and credentialing concepts.
- Experience coordinating technical reviews and translating complex requirements into clear guidance, crosswalks, or action plans.
- Strong project-management, research, writing, briefing, and customer-service skills.
- Ability to handle sensitive personnel and training information appropriately.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Teams, SharePoint, and structured tracking tools.
- Ability to meet federal background-investigation, credentialing, and system-access requirements and remain eligible to obtain a Secret security clearance; an active clearance is not currently required.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of merchant mariner credential applications, sea-service documentation, approved training, examinations, medical or security prerequisites, and endorsement pathways.
- Experience with military A-School, C-School, apprenticeship, qualification, or rating-development programs.
- Project Management Professional or similar certification.
- Four-year degree in education, training, or maritime studies.
- Prior Coast Guard afloat experience and familiarity with military training-enterprise operations.
- Familiarity with e-learning authoring, examination-development, and digital learning tools.
Responsibilities
- Manage projects aligning military occupations, training, qualifications, and sea service with civilian maritime credentialing requirements.
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, stakeholder maps, risk logs, issue trackers, and recurring reports.
- Coordinate reviews of training records, course content, qualification standards, assessment requirements, and credentialing pathways.
- Develop crosswalks, process maps, guides, decision tools, briefing materials, and outreach products explaining credentialing options and required actions.
- Coordinate with maritime instructors, assessors, credentialing specialists, training commands, operational personnel, educational institutions, and program offices.
- Track questions, cases, cohorts, documentation requirements, decisions, and follow-up actions using approved systems and shared workspaces.
- Identify policy, process, data, and communication barriers to credential attainment and recommend practical improvements.
- Support informational sessions, stakeholder meetings, applicant or participant communications, and program performance reporting.
- Maintain accurate records and ensure advice and products align with current statutes, policy, and credentialing standards.
- Develop and maintain examinations within approved secure systems.
- Support instructional design and curriculum revisions addressing identified credentialing gaps.
- Crosswalk maritime standards and approved courses to support continued course approval.
- Coordinate participant inquiries and schedule credentialing counseling sessions.
- Recommend curriculum adjustments that address credentialing gaps at minimal cost.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
