Staff Operations And Training Specialist

Full Job Description

Position located at: United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, 11 Psychological Battalion, 2 Psychological Group, located in White Plains, Maryland.

This position requires an active membership as a Soldier in the Army Reserve before a start date can be set.

To learn more about minimum qualifications to join the Army Reserve, visit http://www.goarmy.com/reserve/jobs.html Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes reviewing training guidance to advise management on training requirements; tracking status of unit and/or individual training to ensure compliance; monitoring a training budget; and submitting training applications for personnel.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07) or Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Organizational Management and Leadership, Public Administration, Business Administration, Management.

or Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Monitor unit and individual training requirements through an automated Army training system.
• Maintain unit training budget for justified authorizations and efficiency.
• Request training for staff in Army Training Requirements and Resources System (ATRRS).
• Reviewing training records to recommend individual and unit training.
• Draft instructions, requests, reports, and briefings on the status of the program requirements and uniform application.
• Develop forecasts and provide input for training plans.
• Analyze plans, reports and regulations to determine training needs and recommend program changes.
• Review mobilization plans and directives issued by higher headquarters and monitor implementation.
• Conduct inspections to ensure training exercises are in accordance with Army Organizational Inspection Program procedures.
• Review reports to assure accomplishments of training program objectives are met.