Training Specialist

Air Education and Training Command • Lackland AFB, TX

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About The Position

The Training Specialist serves as a program manager and contracting officer representative for assigned courses, including evaluating, implementing, and managing training concepts, programs, and procedures to meet mission requirements. The position plans, executes, and evaluates training programs to develop Battlefield Airmen faculty; evaluates courses and adjusts content, teaching methods, schedules, and programming based on internal and external feedback and analysis. The role manages programming actions for the Faculty Development program and serves as contracting officer’s representative for contracted faculty development courses. The specialist also maintains professional contacts across organizational levels and with Major Commands, Air Staff, DoD, OPM, and other government agencies to advance program goals.

The work requires a SECRET security clearance and occasional travel away from the normal duty station, including on military or commercial aircraft. The incumbent may occasionally work outside normal duty hours and perform routine duties in training environments to evaluate program effectiveness. The position requires the physical and mental ability to work in training-area conditions, including adverse weather, extreme temperatures, high altitudes, rough terrain, and travel by aircraft or boat. Physical demands include walking or hiking rapidly for up to 5,000 meters over rough terrain, standing for extended periods, bending, reaching, and lifting training materials weighing up to 30 pounds. A pre-employment physical is required.

Requirements

• At least one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 level or higher, or equivalent, demonstrating practical knowledge of the position’s subject area and instructional methods and techniques.
• Qualifying specialized experience may include teaching or instructing in adult education, secondary school, college, military, or industrial settings; supervising or administering a training program; developing or reviewing training/course materials, aids, or devices and evaluating training results; or regularly training or instructing others in the relevant occupation or subject-matter field.
• Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable federal time-in-grade requirements; one year at the GS-11 level is required for GS-12 consideration when TIG applies.
• Knowledge of instructional principles, practices, and techniques and of training administration concepts, policies, and procedures in special operations training.
• Knowledge of research, data collection, and analysis techniques and practices.
• Knowledge of contracting officer representative concepts, practices, policies, and procedures.
• Skill in evaluating high-risk and/or special operations instructional programs.
• Ability to establish program objectives, schedule activities, and assess progress.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing and maintain effective working relationships with personnel across the component and sister service SOF components.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Must complete the initial online questionnaire and additional assessment(s).
• Must obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance.
• A pre-employment physical is required.
• Must be physically and mentally able to perform duties in demanding training-area conditions, including walking or hiking rapidly up to 5,000 meters over rough terrain, standing for extended periods, bending, reaching, and lifting up to 30 pounds.
• Must be registered for Selective Service if applicable.
• Must provide transcripts if qualifying based on education when education is required or forms the basis of qualifications; foreign education must be shown equivalent to U.S. education.
• Active duty applicants applying before release or discharge must submit the required certification memo or DD Form 214 as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, and evaluate training programs to develop Battlefield Airmen faculty.
• Evaluate courses and adjust content, teaching methodologies, schedules, and programming based on internal and external evaluation, end-user and gaining-unit input, graduate and supervisor feedback, and contract-instructor input.
• Manage programming actions associated with the Faculty Development program.
• Serve as contracting officer’s representative for contracted faculty development courses.
• Develop and maintain professional contacts across organizational levels, Major Commands, Air Staff, DoD, OPM, and other government agencies to further program goals.
• Occasionally perform routine duties in the training environment to evaluate program effectiveness.

Benefits

• Federal employees receive a comprehensive benefits package; eligible employees and their families have access to a range of federal benefits. Specific eligibility depends on position type.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed