This vacancy is for a GS-1712-7/9, Training Specialist located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, NMC CUSTOMER SERVICE BRANCH. Duty location will be determined upon selection.
To qualify at the GS-07 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 grade level in the federal sector. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Examples of specialized experience include: Teaching or instructing in an adult education program, secondary school, college, military installation, or industrial establishment in the appropriate field(s). administering a training program. Development or review of training/course materials, aids, devices, etc., and evaluation of training results. Work in the occupation or subject-matter field of the position to be filled that required training or instructing others on a regular basis. OR 1 Full year of graduate level education OR Superior academic achievement NOTE: Education can be substituted for experience at this grade level. To qualify at the GS-09 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in the federal sector. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Examples of specialized experience include: Teaching or instructing in an adult education program, secondary school, college, military installation, or industrial establishment in the appropriate field(s). Administering a training program. Development or review of training/course materials, aids, devices, etc., and evaluation of training results. Work in the occupation or subject-matter field of the position to be filled that required training or instructing others on a regular basis. Reviewing and evaluating a training and/or education program. Analyzing learning needs for students OR Master's or equivalent graduate degree OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.B. or J.D., if related NOTE: Education can be substituted for experience at this grade level. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
You will serve as a Training Specialist and be responsible for creation, development, and design of training materials and courses including job aids, tutorial, user guides, classroom instruction, virtual online instruction, surveys, testing, and the collection of data. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: responsible for creation, development, and design of training materials and courses including job aids, tutorial, user guides, classroom instruction, virtual online instruction, surveys, testing, and the collection of data. Serving as business procedural analyst and technical advisor to other education and training programs for quality assurance and revisions of systematic data. Developing and derives performance objectives, measures for performance, and the tools to analyze student progress. Serving as both training instructor and training instructor support for coordinating, scheduling, development, reviewing and evaluating various training and educational programming. Performing face to face classroom instruction to relay effective and efficient learning for students and other audiences. Using various software to accurately track and record patterns and trends from testing data and reports to programs administrators.