INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS SPECIALIST

Your tasks

• Analyze educational and instructional problems to establish design, development, and evaluation criteria for enlisted medical education and training programs.
• Convert military service training requirements into measurable learning objectives, lessons, units, courses, and consolidated training programs.
• Develop learning maps, conduct learning analyses, organize course content, and establish the sequence, duration, emphasis, and required proficiency level for each unit of instruction.
• Develop, review, and revise instructional materials using instructional systems development principles, adult learning theory, training research methods, and instructional technology.
• Design and coordinate program control documents, lesson plans, training texts, multimedia products, computer-based instruction, and other training materials.
• Coordinate curriculum products with program leadership, instructional staff, subject-matter experts, evaluation personnel, and participating in military services to obtain approval and ensure compliance with applicable accreditation standards
• Plan and conduct studies to evaluate student performance, instructional effectiveness, and education and training program outcomes.
• Design, review, and validate testing plans and assessment instruments that measure student achievement of established instructional objectives.
• Analyze examination results, test items, and survey data to determine validity and reliability and recommend curriculum changes that support continuous process improvement.

Requirements

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirements for Instructional Systems Specialist GS-1750-12: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher 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:

1. Learning theory, psychology of learning, educational psychology: Study of learning theories as they relate to the systematic design, development, and validation of instructional material.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

OR

1. Computers in education and training: Study of the application of computers in education and training, including selecting appropriate computer software.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes, establishing training materials to ensure customer's needs are met; researching and applying guidelines, policies, and regulations to training material; and implementing changes to curriculum where needed. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Education FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications.

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About the Position: The incumbent of this position will serve as an Instructional Systems Specialist GS-1750-12 for Defense Health Agency Headquarters located at Fort Sam Houston, TX.