TRAINING SPECIALIST (JOINT CONCEPTS).

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret Clearance.
• Covered by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program; must sign a DA Form 5019-R and pass a urinalysis test prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
• May be required to work other than normal duty hours, including overtime, evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.
• Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time.

Qualifications

Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories for current Department of Army Civilian Employees are eligible.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes:

• 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.
• Utilizing training management databases, systems, or lessons learned repositories to collect, compile, and analyze training data, after-action reviews (AARs), and operational assessments.
• Developing performance measures and training assessment criteria, including mapping training tasks to mission-essential readiness metrics, to track and report on unit and organizational training outcomes.
• 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).

Education substitution is not permitted for this role; qualification must be met using experience alone.

Additional Information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required.
• This position requires a 1-year probationary period.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized.
• Position may be filled as a time-limited promotion, reassignment, or change to lower grade not to exceed 5 years by a current permanent Army employee.
• Reasonable Accommodation (RA) requests for online assessments are available for applicants with disabilities.