INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS SPECIALIST
What you'd do
We are committed to: Teamwork: Partnering at all levels and across organizational boundaries for mission accomplishment. Integrity: Adherence to the highest legal and ethical principles in our responsibilities. Excellence: Unrivaled defense intelligence expertise. Service: Putting the welfare of the Nation and commitment to our mission before oneself.
Major duties
DIA employs a variety of professionals who serve throughout the workforce to ensure successful operations. To view this position’s duties, click Vacancies to be directed to DIA’s online application system. Please make note of the position title and 6-digit Job Opening ID number to which you are interested. You can scroll to the bottom of the page to locate the announcement or click on the “Advanced Search” link and enter in the 6-digit Job Opening ID number in the “Job Opening ID” field.
What you need to qualify
ASSESSMENT FACTORS 1. Is flexible and responds in a timely fashion to changing requirements, priorities, and short deadlines. 2. Works independently to create accurately written, complex products tailored to a specific audience in an easily understandable manner. 3. Makes informed decisions about work priorities to ensure accurate completion of assignments and projects, and makes adjustments as required. 4. Applies knowledge of ADDIE and instructional design/delivery methodologies to develop curricula that supports both individual and organizational learning goals. 5. Seeks opportunities to lead or co-lead a learning project, or team; develops evaluation reports; seeks opportunities to provide status updates to senior officers; develops junior officers to build skill and expertise; and builds different perspectives. HIGHLY DESIRED SKILLS 1. Seeks opportunities to leverage learning technologies. 2. Identifies and works to eliminate conditions that impede within-team and across-team collaboration and knowledge sharing. 3. Seeks opportunities to assist with program reviews, audits, and prepares reports for stakeholder consultation; gains expertise in standards for accreditation. Basic Requirements: 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. 5. Computers in education and training: Study of the application of computers in education and training, including selecting appropriate computer software. Some positions in this series may specialize in one or two functional areas, where more specific academic preparation may be necessary. For such positions, agencies may require course work in the applicable functional area(s) as part of the above-required 24 semester hours.
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