EDUCATION SERVICES OFFICER

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THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a EDUCATION SERVICES OFFICER, Position Description Number T5216000 and is part of the ME DCSPER, National Guard.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Twenty Four (24) Months Experience developing goals and objectives that align organization and military human resources objectives and establishing policies and procedures.

Coordinating, planning, and scheduling with other organization managers and customers.

Providing advisory services to battalion and unit commanders concerning the incentives available to their assigned personnel.

Ensuring leadership is in compliance with statutory and regulatory guidance to maximize program effectiveness. Major Duties:

This position is located in the Military Personnel Office (MILPO), Plans and Actions Branch of the Army National Guard.

The purpose of this position is to supervise two or more of the following programs: education, incentives, testing, and guidance.

The position serves as the principal advisor and consultant within the State and has primary responsibility for the development, management, and administration of the aforementioned programs through budget management, personnel supervision, program management, policy development, and advisory services.

MAJOR DUTIES: 1. Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of assigned program areas, ensuring that legal and regulatory requirements are met.

Develops goals and objectives that align organization and military human resources objectives and establishes policies and procedures for accomplishment of the same.

Coordinates, plans, and schedules with other organization managers and customers as appropriate.

Reviews and provides advice on organization missions, functions, and manning of serviced units, including Reorganization, Activation, Deactivation, and Transformation.

Identifies, analyzes, and provides recommendations to supervisor on significant issues and problems related to work accomplishment.

Provides oversight as principal advisor and consultant to the MILPO and TAG. Provides advisory services to battalion and unit commanders concerning the educational needs of their assigned personnel.

Ensures that leadership is in compliance with statutory and regulatory guidance to maximize program effectiveness. 2.

Provides advisory services to battalion and unit commanders concerning the incentives available to their assigned personnel.

Ensures that leadership is in compliance with statutory and regulatory guidance to maximize program effectiveness.

The incumbent functions as the principal liaison between Army National Guard (ARNG) members and participating public and private educational institutions.

Numerous contacts with these institutions are for the purpose of negotiating agreements for a variety of traditional, non-traditional, and special purpose education programs.

Establishes analysis systems to ensure actions are timely and to ensure effectiveness of programs.

Performs self-inspection and presents detailed and comprehensive reports and recommendations with any corrective action taken to supervisor.

Follows-up to ensure complete and quality resolution of discrepancies. Analyzes the impact of policy, regulation, law changes, and force structure to the organization's workforce. 3.

Directs and/or performs educational and vocational counseling which consists of advising and assisting ARNG members on individual programs of study available, to include High School Equivalency (GED), correspondence, military credit conversion (ACE), analysis of life experience, self-teaching, new and innovative/non-traditional college to include Associate and Baccalaureate degree programs, first Masters or Professional degrees which meet their academic and vocational requirements.

Assists personnel in selecting the appropriate course of study through information obtained by interviews and educational record research. Assists in completing enrollment applications as needed.

Estimates and obtains the necessary program funds and determines their allocation. 4.

Serves as the coordinator and senior Test Control Officer for the DANTES testing section to include ordering, receiving, accounting, and safeguarding test material with appropriate security measures; and disseminates program guidance for examinations.

Determines individual readiness to take examinations, administering General Equivalency Diploma (GED), DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST), American College Testing/Proficiency Examination Program (ACT/PEP), Army Personnel Testing (APT) and College Level Examination Program (CLEP), general and subject examinations.

5.

Provides oversight in completion of assisting military personnel whose records do not indicate successful completion of civilian education requirements for commissioning Officers, appointing or commissioning of Warrant Officers, or Enlisted Soldiers who have not achieved equivalency of non-traditional educational means.

Evaluates all service school training, subject examinations, college transcripts, College Level Examination Program-General Examinations to ascertain the presence of the minimum required hours in required areas.

Where evaluation of credentials indicates accumulation of fewer than the number of credits required, assists individuals in preparing a program that will enable them to meet requirements.

Provides oversight for the receipt of evaluations and certification of transcripts.

Coordinates with State Recruiting and Retention Manager to assist with recruiting and promotional programs in educational institutions in which National Guard programs are established.