In accordance with the Qualifications Standards for General Schedule (GS) positions under the General Coverage for Professional and Scientific Positions, the following is being provided to you. This position requires 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level.
You must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.
Specialized experience for this position is defined as proven proficiency and supportable hands-on experience (as evidenced in the resume) in ALL of the following:
1. Demonstrated direct (hands-on) experience (within the last three years) in instructional design and working in a project management cycle.
2. Demonstrated a minimum of two years’ experience in the Information and/or Education Technology field.
3. Demonstrated skill in the development of K-12 curriculum, instruction, and assessment materials.
4. Demonstrated skill in the establishment of documentation to support instructional design.
Please address these competencies within your resume:
1. Knowledge of Instructional Design
2. Skill in developing instructional products
3. Mastery of interpersonal, team oriented and motivation skills.
Substitution of Education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade
In addition to specialized experience applicants must meet the BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS LISTED BELOW: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that 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 following five areas: (1) Learning theory, psychology of learning, educational psychology: study of learning theories as they related to systematic design, development, and validation of instructional material. (2) Instructional design practices: study of the principles and 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. (4) Instructional product development: study of techniques appropriate for developing training materials, including learner characteristics, specifying objectives, applying training strategy, validating training materials, and evaluating training: (5) Computers in educating and training. Study of the application of computers in education and
training, including selecting appropriate software.
Please submit all transcripts for the required coursework stated above. You will not receive consideration for this position without required coursework verification.
Education must be from an accredited college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://www.opm.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx.
WORK SCHEDULE: Full Time
OVERTIME: Occasionally
TRAVEL: Occasionally
DRUG TESTING: Not Required
SECURITY REQUIREMENTS: Non-Sensitive
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: Not Required
PCS: Authorized
Applicants selected from this announcement may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
Deliberate attempts to falsify your application information, such as copying portions of this job announcement into your resume, may result in being removed from consideration for this position.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
How You Will Be Evaluated for Delegated Examining:
We will review your résumé and supporting documents, to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. We will evaluate each applicant who meets the basic qualifications on the information provided and evaluate your relevant personal, educational, and work experiences as it relates to fundamental competencies, identified in the Qualifications section above, required for this position. Based on the results of this evaluation, you will be placed in one of the following quality categories:
Best-Qualified: This highest category will be used for those candidates who possess the type and quality of experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position, including all selective placement factors and appropriate quality ranking factor(s), as determined by the job analysis.
Highly-Qualified: This higher category will be used for those candidates who possess the type and quality of experience that exceed the minimum qualifications of the position, as determined by the job analysis.
Qualified: This lowest category will be used for those candidates that meet the minimum qualifications of the position and are proficient in some, but not all, of the requirements of the position. Candidates may require extensive training and/or orientation in order to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position.
Names of the candidates in the Best-Qualified category will be sent first to the hiring manager for employment consideration. Applicants in other categories will be referred in accordance with category rating procedures.
Veterans’ Preference: If you are entitled to veterans’ preference, you should indicate the type of veterans’ preference you are claiming on your résumé. Your veterans’ preference entitlement will be verified by the employing agency. If you are entitled to veterans’ preference and qualified for the position, your name will be placed above non-preference candidates on a list sent to the hiring manager for employment consideration. Qualified veterans' preference eligible with a service-connected disability of 10% or more will be listed at the top of the highest quality category depending on the position and grade level of the job. For information on entitlement see http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx.
All Veterans: You are required to submit a DD Form 214, Military Discharge (Member Copy 4). Veterans claiming 10 Point Preference in addition to your DD 214, you are required to submit a completed SF-15 and, supporting documents outline on the SF-15. http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf
How You Will Be Evaluated for Merit Promotion:
Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the occupational questionnaire. The numeric rating you receive is based on your responses to the questionnaire. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the knowledge, skills and abilities required of this position. If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.
