Training Technician (Title 32) (Indefinite)

Army National Guard Units•Richmond, VA

About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 excepted-service position in the Virginia Army National Guard, VA G3. The Training Technician provides technical guidance and assistance to subordinate elements, headquarters operations, and other staff sections in planning, coordinating, preparing, conducting, and documenting individual and collective training. The position assists the training officer with training directives, deployment planning, readiness reporting, operational orders for exercises, command readiness inspections, evaluations, and corrective actions. It also supports training management through assistance visits, review of training schedules and plans, research, and recommendations for annual training guidance and mission-essential task lists. The technician serves as the organization’s technical specialist for readiness reporting, analyzes organizational readiness data, reviews subordinate reports, and advises on improvements to training readiness and post-mobilization requirements. The position manages the command school program, individual training forecasts and quotas, and training budget requirements and allocations. It monitors training-fund obligations, supports requests for orders and unfunded events, and oversees training-ammunition forecasting and allocation. The role also assists with anti-terrorism/force-protection and military-support-to-civil-authorities plans, coordinating with local, state, and federal agencies for responses to disasters, civil disturbances, terrorist activities, and humanitarian assistance. It may provide work-assignment input and temporarily function as the immediate-office supervisor in the Training Officer’s absence. This is an indefinite appointment serving as a temporary backfill for a deployed technician; it may be terminated upon the deployed employee’s return, and continued employment is not guaranteed. The appointment may be made permanent later without further competition.

Requirements

National Guard membership is required, with membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state’s National Guard required before the effective date of placement.
Applicants must be eligible for immediate National Guard membership if they are not currently members.
Must be an enlisted member in grades E5/SGT through E8/MSG and meet the applicable Virginia Army National Guard applicant-group eligibility criteria.
At least 12 months of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 level, including experience with communicative interpersonal skills and distance-learning concepts; interviews and counseling; training techniques and instruction methods; scheduling training events and facilities; supporting assistance visits and training meetings; and participating and presenting at training and military or civilian conference events.
Ability to follow directions and read, understand, and retain instructions, regulations, and procedures relevant to performing or learning the duties.
Selectee must wear the military uniform.
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
Must meet federal employment suitability requirements as determined by a background investigation.
May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
Applicants must limit resumes to two pages and provide exact employment dates and hours worked per week for each employment period.
Educational claims must be supported by transcripts or other documentation if education is used for credit.

Responsibilities

Provide technical guidance and assistance to subordinate elements and staff sections on planning, coordinating, preparing, conducting, and documenting individual and collective training.
Assist the training officer with development and review of training directives, deployment planning, and readiness reporting.
Develop and prepare operational orders for training exercises.
Conduct command readiness inspections and evaluations of subordinate training operations, security, safety, and deployment-readiness planning; identify deficiencies and recommend corrective actions.
Conduct or coordinate assistance visits related to training management.
Review training schedules, circulars, and annual training plans for alignment with command priorities and higher-headquarters guidance.
Research and recommend annual training guidance and changes to subordinate organizations’ mission-essential task lists.
Analyze organizational readiness data, recommend improvements to training readiness, and refine post-mobilization training requirements.
Review subordinate readiness feeder reports, consolidate reports and organizational data as needed, and provide roll-ups for training-officer review and approval.
Train and assist staff sections and subordinate elements on readiness-reporting procedures and related training matters.
Manage and oversee administration of the command’s school program.
Review, approve, and forward forecasts of individual training requirements; incorporate force-modernization, professional military education, and military occupational skill transition requirements.
Allocate and reallocate training quotas among command elements based on guidance, forecasts, execution, and organizational requirements; resolve eligibility, prerequisites, quota, and funding issues.
Assist in preparing annual training budget requirements; maintain and evaluate historical data for projected budgets; allocate and recommend transfers of training funds; monitor obligations and de-obligations and direct corrective actions.
Prepare, review, and forward automated requests for orders as needed; verify accounting classification data and coordinate support for unfunded events.
Ensure training ammunition is forecast, allocated, and used properly; evaluate requests and recommend reallocation of ammunition allowances.
Assist in preparing anti-terrorism/force-protection and military-support-to-civil-authorities plans and procedures.
Coordinate with local, state, and federal agencies on preparations for natural disasters, civil disturbances, terrorist activities, and humanitarian assistance.
Provide input on work assignments within the training and operations section; temporarily function as the immediate-office supervisor in the Training Officer’s absence.
Perform other duties as assigned.