Summary You will serve as a INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS SPECIALIST in the Navy Reserve Professional Development Center (NRPDC) New Orleans, Louisiana. of NAVRESPRODEVCEN. Responsibilities You will be responsible for establishing curriculum design, development, and/or evaluative criteria through the analysis of educational or instructional deficiencies. You will be responsible for recommending policy and program changes to enhance the quality of instruction and course curricula at NRPDC. You will be responsible for providing professional mentoring and oversight for the military training developers and course writers in the command. You will be responsible for maintaining a good working relationship with NAVRESFORCOM, the affiliated resource and requirements and requirements sponsors, and other customers. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications For GS-11 In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Applicant's resume must demonstrate the following specialized experience: Experience initiating and planning development of the curricula in the assigned specialty areas and establishing curriculum design, development, and/or evaluative criteria through analysis of educational or instructional deficiencies. Experience providing project guidelines, conducting periodic reviews of progress, reviewing complete projects and revising materials or returning them to the originator with directions for revisions. Experience performing analysis to verify training deficiencies and possible solutions and recommend corrective actions. Experience creating curriculum strategy with input from subject matter experts (SMEs), and lead course instructional teams through a review of the objectives and course learning strategies and establish goals and timelines for course development. Experience implementing educational theories, principles, methods, practices and techniques, and the Navy's Instructional Systems Development (ISD) processes for the application of PADDIE and the usage of Content Planning Module (CPM), Learning Object Module (LOM), Authoring Instructional Material (AIM) and CETARs. Experience establishing workflow methods and procedures and determining work to be accomplished both long and short-range, and set work priorities. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Instructional Systems Series 1750 Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Education Instructional Systems Series 1750 Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess Basic Requirements: Degree: that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours appropriate to the work of the position to be filled. The course work must have included study in at least four of the following five areas: Learning theory, psychology of learning, educational psychology: Study of learning theories as they relate to the systematic design, development, and validation of instructional material. Instructional design practices: Study of the principles and techniques used in designing training programs, developing design strategy and models, and applying design methods to the improvement of instructional effectiveness. Educational evaluation: Study of the techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of instructional/educational programs, including developing written and performance tests and survey instruments, and determining reliability and validity of evaluation instruments. Instructional product development: Study of the techniques appropriate for developing training materials, including identifying learner characteristics, specifying objectives, applying training strategy, validating training materials, and evaluating training. Computers in education and training: Study of the application of computers in education and training, including selecting appropriate computer software. Some positions in this series may specialize in one or two functional areas, where more specific academic preparation may be necessary. For such positions, agencies may require course work in the applicable functional area(s) as part of the above-required 24 semester hours. ***A transcript must be submitted with your application .*** Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required. During the application process you will have the option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.