Instructional Systems Specialist

Instructional Systems Specialist Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion Safety & Tech. Trng, Tech.

Trng. Dir., Air Traffic Tech Trng Grp., AT Instruc. Design Team, AJI-2430 Summary This position is loced in the Safety and Technical Training Service Unit, Technical Training Directore, Air Traffic Technical Training Group (AJI-2400). This group is responsible for the administrion and oversight of Air Traffic Technical Training, including the identificion of policies and requirements for air traffic technical training in support of the Nional Airspace System (NAS). Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Safety and Technical Training Service Unit, Technical Training Directore, Air Traffic Technical Training Group (AJI-2400). This group is responsible for the administrion and oversight of Air Traffic Technical Training, including the identificion of policies and requirements for air traffic technical training in support of the Nional Airspace System (NAS). Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/05/2026 to 05/14/2026 Salary $95,489 - $148,037 per year The salary listed above does not include locality. Locality determined based on the duty locion of the selectee. Pay scale & grade FV J Locions 2 vacancies in the following locions: Washington, DC Oklahoma City, OK Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-reled duties. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) 1750 Instructional Systems Supervisory stus No Security clearance Not Required Drug test No Announcement number

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Control number 867779400 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open to permanent FAA employees. Duties Help As a recognized expert in instructional system design, the Instructional Systems Specialist (ISS) applies expert knowledge of learning theory and the principles, methods, practices, and techniques of instructional design to provide leadership for highly complex activities involving the instructional design standards and structure across the technical training curriculum for the Air Traffic Organizion under the minimal direction of the Team Manager. As a principal specialist, the ISS uses experience leading/conducting technical training courses for a highly complex technical workforce to define and direct challenging projects, programs, and activities. Applies instructional design principles, practices, techniques, and tools to consult on technical training programs Air Traffic Control facilities. Analyzes technical occupions or performs job task analysis to develop instructional methods, techniques, and competencies for the ATC and ATSS workforce. Designs, develops and maintains technical training merial to improve instructional effectiveness. The ISS uses new Instructional System Design Methods and technologies such as experiential learning (gaming/simulion); blended learning (e.g. Blackboard) to develop and/or maintain training merial and curricula and to analyze and study technical training programs. Uses learning content management system software technology to revise existing instructional courses, and develops new training courses. Conducts studies, evalues and recommends program improvements th impact a wide range of training activities. Develops innovive and effective methods to improve training programs and to ensure consistent high quality technical training to the FAA technical workforce. Develops technical training merial and curriculum to prepare reports and recommendions on the use of new and/or improved teaching techniques. Analyzes and valides instructional content as required. Researches and analyzes new technologies to evalue their impact on FAA's short and long term training development. Incorpores existing and new emerging learning technologies to delivery training stregies. Ensures all training programs leverage approprie adult learning principles. Applies project management principles to monitor and oversee the work of contract instructional designers tasked with developing

ATC/ATSS

training merials. Manages the overall training project list for training being developed by both contract and internal resources. Contacts are internal and external and include representives from all ATO service units, labor organizions, the military and aviion industry. The ISS often represents the Service Unit as a principal point of contact to provide advice and guidance on instructional design standard development. Consults with subject mter experts to design and develop training merials. Often represents AJI on training committees and in meetings to discuss and implement technical training for the operional workforce. Develops briefings th convey stregic vision and/or organizional policies and new initiives to internal and external audiences. Although broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues, the ISS is often required to develop new approaches th take into considerion FAA policies, Government-wide rules and regulions, and external concerns. The ISS may cree new solutions and policy interpretions as situions require. Has broad discretion to ensure the alignment of organizional goals and policies and the requirements of the project or other work activities. The Team Manager reviews work only completion for success in achieving planned results. Has broad discretion to ensure the alignment of organizional goals and policies and the requirements of the projects and/or other work activities. Requirements Help Conditions of employment US Citizenship is required. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents). Some, all, or none of the applicants may be interviewed. Qualificions Qualificions Candides must have one year (52 weeks) of

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

equivalent to least the next lower grade level (FV-I or

FG/GS-13

) th is typically reled to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position successfully. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been least equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression for the occupion in the organizion.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

is defined as: Experience analyzing and validing instructional content for technical occupions to prepare reports and recommendions on the use of new or improved teaching techniques. Experience in applying project management principles to lead and monitor the work of contract instructional designers tasked with developing training merials. You should include relevant examples of the specialized experience in your work history. Errors or omissions may impact your ring or may result in you not being Answer all questions to the best of your ability.

DO NOT ASSUME THAT BECAUSE YOU HOLD, OR HAVE HELD THIS POSITION, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE FOUND ELIGIBLE.

You may be asked to provide evidence or documention th you have this type of experience ler in the selection process. Your responses are subject to verificion through job interviews, or any other informion obtained during the applicion process. Any exaggerion of your experience or any tempt to conceal informion can result in disqualificion.

• Applicants who fail to demonstre possession of any of the above criteria AND who do not provide the required documention will receive no further considerion for this position.
• Applicants may be asked to verify informion on your applicion for employment with the FAA.
• All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement.
• Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualificion requirements and/or selective placement factor(s) (SPF) may be further evalued on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) and/or Quality Ranking Factor (QRF) listed in the announcement.

Based on this evaluion, applicants placed in one of the following cegories: (1) score order; (2) cegory grouping; or (3) alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for selection considerion. Educion This position has a positive educion requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certifices by the closing de of the announcement to verify qualificions. If selected, an official transcript required before appointment. You may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS or fax them to the fax number provided in the announcement (please include the announcement number on each page). Failure to do so will result in loss of considerion. Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. Accredition may be verified the following website: www.ed.gov/accredition . Foreign educion must be evalued by a prive professional organizion specializing in interpretion of foreign educion credentials or an accredited U.S. educional institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired an American college or university. A copy of the evaluion results must be included, otherwise your foreign educion will not be

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

Degree th included or was supplemented by least 24 semester hours approprie to the work of the position to be filled. The course work must have included study in least four of the following five areas: Learning theory, psychology of learning, educional psychology : Study of learning theories as they rele to the systemic design, development, and validion of instructional merial.

Instructional design practices:

Study of the principles and techniques used in designing training programs, developing design stregy and models, and applying design methods to the improvement of instructional effectiveness.

Educional evaluion:

Study of the techniques for evaluing the effectiveness of instructional/educional programs, including developing written and performance tests and survey instruments, and determining reliability and validity of evaluion instruments.

Instructional product development:

Study of the techniques approprie for developing training merials, including identifying learner characteristics, specifying objectives, applying training stregy, validing training merials, and evaluing training.

Computers in educion and training:

Study of the applicion of computers in educion and training, including selecting approprie computer software. If you are a current or former Federal employee, and you currently hold or previously held a position classified in the 1750 occupional series, you are not required to submit a college transcript provided you upload a copy of the SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, verifying your classificion in the 1750 occupional series. Applicants, who are not currently in the 1750 occupional series in the Federal Government and fail to provide a copy of an unofficial or official transcript will not receive further considerion for this vacancy. Upon selection, if not currently employed in the 1750 occupional series, you required to submit an official transcript prior to appointment. If you do not have an official transcript (original, with the raised seal), you should contact your school immediely to request it. Preview job questionnaire Make sure your resume includes detailed informion to support your qualificions and answers to the job questionnaire. Additional informion We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigion. A one-year probionary period may be required. The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure stement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviion-reled companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements

NOTES:

1) As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiive (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to elimining the use of Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narrives from the initial applicion in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant, you are NOT required to provide a narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA section, in your work history, please include informion th provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers evalued further to valide whether the level th you selected is approprie based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a human resource specialist as approprie. 2) This position is covered by the FAA Core Compension plan. Additional informion about core compension is available on the following website: htm://jobs.faa.gov/F AACoreComgension.htm. 3) This Level 5 (Modere Risk; Public Trust) position requires favorable adjudicion of a Minimum Background Investigion (MBI) background investigion prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained. This is not a bargaining unit position. Links to

Important Informion:

Locality Pay , COLA Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IMPORTANT

Applicants may be red on the extent and quality of experience, educion, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantied. Ensure th your applicion package/resume supports your responses. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Only supplemental documention (e.g., transcript, certificions, SF-50, and/or veterans' documention) accepted in combinion with your online applicion. These documents must be uploaded or faxed to 202-267-7032 or l-866-291-3009 on or before the closing de of the announcement. All submitted documents must reference the announcement number. (1) resume with complete work history; and (2) a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action).ALL applicants MUST submit the following: For guidance on how to cree a federal resume, http://www.archives.gov/careers/jobs/forms/resume-guide.pdf Failure to submit all required documents by the closing de will result in a finding of ineligible. We are not responsible for incomplete, illegible or missing documents. Please DO NOT email your applicion documents. We cannot accept documents received via the email system. Documents sent via email will NOT receive considerion. If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/ . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position. You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.

RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week. Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies. Agency contact informion Tiwanda Yarborough Phone 1 (202) 267-4609 Fax 1 (202) 267-8330 tiwanda.yarborough@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion HQ Employment Services Branch 800 Independence Ave, SW, Room 523 AHF-110 Washington, DC 20591 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide . Important - If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Only supplemental documention (e.g., transcript, certificions, SF-50, and/or veterans' documention) accepted in combinion with your online applicion. These documents must be uploaded or faxed to 202-267-7032 or l-866-291-3009 on or before the closing de of the announcement. All submitted documents must reference the announcement number. (1) resume with complete work history; and (2) a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action).ALL applicants MUST submit the following: For guidance on how to cree a federal resume, http://www.archives.gov/careers/jobs/forms/resume-guide.pdf Failure to submit all required documents by the closing de will result in a finding of ineligible. We are not responsible for incomplete, illegible or missing documents. Please DO NOT email your applicion documents. We cannot accept documents received via the email system. Documents sent via email will NOT receive considerion. If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/ . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position. You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.

RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week. Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Tiwanda Yarborough Phone 1 (202) 267-4609 Fax 1 (202) 267-8330 tiwanda.yarborough@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion HQ Employment Services Branch 800 Independence Ave, SW, Room 523 AHF-110 Washington, DC 20591 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide . Important - If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/05/2026 to 05/14/2026 Salary $95,489 - $148,037 per year The salary listed above does not include locality. Locality determined based on the duty locion of the selectee. Pay scale & grade FV J Locions 2 vacancies in the following locions: Washington, DC Oklahoma City, OK Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-reled duties. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Announcement number

AWA-AJI-26-7111TY-98454

Control number 867779400