Training Specialist

Federal Emergency Management Agency•Emmitsburg, MD

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This Training Specialist position is with the United States Fire Administration (USFA), located in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The role develops, implements, and evaluates education and training programs for fire and emergency medical services (EMS) audiences. It applies adult learning theory and instructional systems design to create and improve courses, instructional materials, publications, and other training products. The specialist serves as a functional-area expert and program manager for assigned USFA/National Fire Academy specialty or curriculum areas, providing technical guidance and supporting national fire service and EMS education needs. The position also assesses curricula and identifies training gaps by gathering stakeholder input, evaluating program strengths and weaknesses, and coordinating course or educational-system development and revision. The role includes recurring emergency-management responsibilities. Employees may be recalled at any time for emergency operations, work irregular hours or away from their official duty station, and perform duties beyond their usual position description. Deployments may require extensive travel with little notice, extended periods at emergency sites, and physically austere or operationally challenging conditions. If selected, the employee must attend a three-week in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland, within six months of onboarding; FEMA covers travel expenses.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Successfully undergo and maintain a Public Trust - Moderate background investigation; the process may include a credit check and review of financial issues and certain criminal or drug-related matters.
Register for Selective Service, if applicable.
Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements.
Obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
Be able to deploy with little or no advance notice anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period.
Meet the Individual Occupational Requirement through qualifying experience in one or more of the following: teaching or instructing in an appropriate adult education, secondary school, college, military, or industrial setting; supervising or administering a training program; developing or reviewing training materials, aids, or devices and evaluating training results; or working in the position’s subject-matter field while regularly training or instructing others.
For GS-13, have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-12 in the federal government. Qualifying experience must demonstrate one of the specified areas: directing fire and investigative sciences training initiatives, including fire/arson and explosion investigation instruction; managing an incident-management educational program, including course development or revision, presentation, and consultation on incident-management-team training; or developing and implementing adult education programs related to emergency management, fire services, or wildfires in coordination with educational programs and fire protection organizations.
Submit transcripts as required.
No educational substitution is available for the experience qualifications.
If selected, complete a three-week in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland, within six months of onboarding.

Responsibilities

Develop education programs for fire and EMS audiences, including courses, instructional materials, publications, and related training products, using adult learning theory and instructional systems design principles.
Coordinate course delivery and evaluate training programs by reviewing instructional effectiveness and analyzing learner and program outcomes.
Revise training content to address emerging national fire service and EMS issues.
Serve as a functional-area expert and program manager for assigned USFA/NFA specialty or curriculum areas, providing technical guidance and supporting national education needs.
Conduct curriculum assessments and gap analyses by gathering stakeholder input and identifying program strengths, weaknesses, shortfalls, and training needs.
Coordinate development or revision of courses and educational systems.
Participate in recurring emergency-management responsibilities, which may include recall, irregular hours, travel, and deployment to emergency sites.
Attend a three-week in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland, within six months of onboarding.