TRAINING SPECIALIST (JOINT CONCEPTS)

Lead command efforts in joint concept development, testing, and doctrinal updates, providing expert briefings to 3- and 4-star senior leaders.

Align the Joint Training Program with Joint Staff guidance and commander priorities, revising the Joint Mission Essential Task List (JMETL).

Conduct research and design rigorous validation assessments to determine the training and cost-effectiveness of new instructional systems.

Coordinate the Lessons Learned Program and facilitate critical after-action reviews (AARs) for command exercises and operational activities.

Provide authoritative policy and procedural guidance on emerging joint warfighting concepts and technologies to components and external agencies.

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.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees In order to qualify, you must meet the 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.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Assisting in the design, coordination, and evaluation of joint concepts, joint doctrine, or collective training programs to align organizational efforts with combatant command or joint-level strategic objectives; 2) Utilizing training management databases, systems, or lessons learned repositories to collect, compile, and analyze training data, after-action reviews (AARs), and operational assessments; 3) Developing performance measures and training assessment criteria, to include mapping training tasks to mission-essential readiness metrics, to track and report on unit and organizational training outcomes; and 4) Applying analytical, evaluative, and cost-benefit methodologies to evaluate instructional delivery techniques, identify program efficiencies, and provide recommendations to senior leadership on the viability of experimental training programs.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). 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-12).