TRAINING PROGRAM SPECIALIST (MODELS AND SIMULATION)

Full Job Description

About the Position: Incumbent serves as a Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Specialist in Models & Simulation Division for the Join Multinational Simulation Center (JMSC) at Mission Training Complex - Vicenza (MTC-V) providing direct support of operational and training requirements in support of commander centric home- station based exercises.

Incumbent is responsible for all technical efforts in support of training, exercises and contingency operations in the USAEUR-AF Areas of Operations.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to OCONUS Positions Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the 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.

For the GS-12, Specialized experience is defined as: one year of specialized experience equivalent at least to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal Service providing the direction, management, and execution of the Models and Simulation (M&S) program in support of the unit, coordinating training, and contingency operations responsive and relevant in order to prepare soldiers, units, staffs, and leaders for operations in Army, Joint and Combined Force environments responsible for all technical efforts in support of training, exercises, and contingency operation.

This is the definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level.

Subject matter experts (SMEs) will review your resume to determine your technical qualifications for this position based on the required specialized experience.

SMEs will review your resume, starting at your work experience. SMEs will not review additional information beyond your resume (e.g., cover letter, links embedded in your resume).

Applicants passing the structured resume review will move on to the next phase of the assessment process.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Major Duties:

• Advise Commanders and training officers in the use of simulation to meet training objectives.
• Conduct analytical studies and recommends policy and procedures for the use of the Models or families of simulations to support Army, Joint, and Combined exercises, training, and modeling efforts.
• Resolve critical, technical problems in existing systems or models, using knowledge of established guidelines, and application of Army simulations and modeling practices, policies and procedures.
• Influence comprehensive studies to identify and propose solutions to simulations model deficiencies.
• Provide tasks and guidelines for daily operations monitoring and evaluating the technical performance of support services contractors in the use of modeling and simulation.
• Develop strategies for integrating Models and Simulation into current and future training requirements.