Instructional Systems Specialist

Quick Facts

• Role: Instructional Systems Specialist

• Focus: Curriculum planning, instructional design oversight, curriculum maintenance, and accreditation support

Description

Plan, coordinate, and develop curriculum for units, overseeing instructional design and maintaining program curriculum. Provide administrative and operational support, including leading the curricula accreditation process through monitoring and testing analysis. Guide advisory board reviews and updates and lead research and preparation of training aids, delivery methods, and technology to drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and develop curriculum for units; oversee instructional design and curriculum maintenance

• Support and help lead curricula accreditation by monitoring and conducting testing and analysis

• Guide and support the advisory board in reviewing and updating curricula and leading revision projects

• Research and prepare training aids, delivery methods, and technology; identify and implement improvements

• Apply analytical studies involving complex, broad, varied subjects

Requirements

• US citizenship

• Determined suitable for federal employment

• Participate in the direct deposit pay program

• Pass E-Verify employment verification (for new Department of the Navy employees)

• Time-in-grade requirements for current federal applicants

• Male candidates born after 12-31-1959 must be registered for Selective Service

• Obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to starting work (failure to maintain may remove the offer)

• Ability to travel to CONUS and OCONUS, including remote/isolated sites, and travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods

• Experience: at least 1 year at GS-09-equivalent level demonstrating curriculum development/design/maintenance, accreditation support via testing analysis, advisory board support for curriculum updates, and training aid/delivery/technology research and preparation

• Education option: Bachelor’s (or higher) with required coursework, including at least 24 semester hours appropriate to the position and study in at least 4 of 5 listed areas; or equivalent PhD/graduate education or a combination of experience and education as specified by OPM

Benefits

A federal benefits package is provided. Eligibility depends on the type of position held and whether it is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.