Training Specialist- SV-1712- I - Transportation Security Administration - Arlington, Virginia - EXPIRED

This Training Specialist position is located in the Workforce Engagement and Development Division (WEDD), General Training and Career Programs Branch, within the Office of Training and Workforce Engagement (OTWE), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected for this position, you will be providing oversight and guidance for the preparation of training, curricula, and supporting documentation for instructor-led, online, and blended learning programs. Typical assignments include, but are not limited to:

• Collaborating with course sponsors and program managers to ensure course learning objectives, organizational training requirements, and agency mission and goals are validated and incorporated into the curriculum design process.
• Developing and implementing the curriculum lifecycle for required general training courses. Formulating and presenting recommendations about how to address agency general training needs.
• Assessing and validating agency training needs through analyzing organizational performance data, consulting with senior officials in program offices and subject matter experts, and conducting in-depth surveys, interviews, and focus groups with employees and instructors. Providing program offices and subject matter experts with feedback utilizing all communication methods regarding all aspects of the training program.
• Collaborating with learning management system (LMS) staff to determine the appropriate strategy and approach for deploying training to the target audience.
• Collaborating with LMS staff to develop, document, and improve processes for testing and deploying training to the target audience.
• Establishing processes and procedures to continuously monitor, evaluate and improve the curriculum lifecycle.

To qualify for the SV-I Pay Band (equivalent to GS-13), you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-H or GS-12 Pay Band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position to be filled. Such experience includes demonstrate an advanced knowledge of training program principles, concepts, regulations, and practices to perform routine and varying training assignments; AND utilizing analytical methods and evaluative techniques related to teaching or curriculum design or applying adult learning concepts to plan, design, develop or evaluate training materials; AND providing advice, guidance and recommendations on a variety of training-related problems and needs.

NOTE: Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.

You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

You will be evaluated based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of the experience and/or related education as reflected in your resume and supporting documentation. You are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show possession of the competencies required for this position. We will compare your resume and supporting documentation to your responses on the assessment questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and any supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your category placement may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job.

When completing the assessment questionnaire for this position, you will be prompted to elect if you wish for your application to be considered as External (where Veterans’ Preference applies), as Status (current or former Federal Employees), and/or Internal to TSA as a current permanent or competitive temporary employee. At that time, please select the answer(s) that apply to you and your application to this position.

Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Grouping procedures. Under Category Grouping, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:

Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;

Well Qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceed the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job; and

Qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.
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