EDUCATION PROGRAM SPECIALIST
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PROGRAM ANALYST
Naval Education and Training Command
Department of the Navy
GS-12 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This role involves leading teams to improve naval training programs by identifying gaps, developing new standards, and partnering with universities to enhance workforce skills.
It focuses on analyzing research, evaluating education projects, and using improvement methods to make training more effective.
A good fit would be someone with experience managing diverse teams and a passion for education and process optimization in a government or military setting.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent, including managing interdisciplinary teams for program execution
- Ability to assess and prioritize training and education gaps to identify projects and solutions
- Skills in identifying, shaping, and developing future requirements and learning standards for workforce improvement
- Experience maintaining partnerships with academia on training and education initiatives
- Proficiency in applying Continuous Process Improvement principles to training processes
- Capability to conduct technical reviews of research and development projects for education and training
- Ability to prepare guidelines for measuring training program effectiveness and identifying issues
Full Job Description
You will serve as a PROGRAM ANALYST in the PLANNING AND METRICS BRANCH of NAVAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMAND.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Managing interdisciplinary teams consisting of professionals with diverse expertise and experience to ensure seamless execution of the programs; 2) Assessing and prioritizing training and education gaps to identify potential projects and solutions to address them; 3) Identifying, shaping, and developing future requirements and learning standards for workforce improvement; and 4) Maintaining partnerships with academia on training and education initiatives.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).
Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:
- You will manage and coordinate the analysis and evaluation of complex and innovative research and studies.
- You will apply Continuous Process Improvement principles to improve training and education processes.
- You will participate in technical reviews of ongoing research and development projects for education and training to ensure design integrity and project relevance.
- You will prepare execution guidelines for measuring the effectiveness of training programs to identify problem areas.
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