Education Services Specialist

Voluntary Education Opportunities

The primary purpose of this position is to plan, implement, administer, and advise on Voluntary Education opportunities, the Military Tuition Assistance (MilTA) program, career and force development programs, testing, and other education and training services and activities available to military members, Department of Defense (DoD) civilians and family members.

Provides individual career, academic, and force development advisement services to military personnel, dependents, and civilian personnel pursuing Voluntary Education opportunities. Serves as technical expert on a variety of Voluntary Education programs. Provides advisement and coordination on the SkillBridge program. Provides mass briefings and a variety of outreach and customer services duties. Performs various administrative duties related to the Voluntary Education program.

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Professional and Scientific Positions, to include the Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) for the GS-1740, Education Services Series. A bachelor's degree (or higher degree) that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours appropriate to the position to be filled in one or a combination of the following areas, with at least one course from (1) or (2). (1) Tests and measurement: Study of the selection, evaluation, administration, scoring, interpretation, and uses of group and individual aptitude, proficiency, interest, and other tests; (2) Adult education: Study of the adult as a learner, teaching-learning theories for adults, models and procedures for planning, designing, managing, and evaluating adult learning activities; (3) Educational program administration: Study of the foundation and methods in organizing for adult and continuing education programs; (4) Curriculum development or design: Study of the principles and techniques for development of curricula for adult or vocational education programs; (5) Teaching methods: Study of teaching strategies and learning styles of the adult learner; (6) Guidance and counseling: Study of the purposes and methods in counseling and guidance, the role of the counselor in various settings, approaches to counseling, and the uses of tests in the counseling situation; (7) Career planning: Study of career development, learning activities, systems, approaches, program coordination, use of educational and community resources, and vocational counseling systems; OR (8) Occupational information: Study of theories of occupational choice and vocational development and their application to the guidance process. Identification and utilization of various @types of occupational information and resources.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-07, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes assisting in planning, implementing, administering, and advising on activities designed to provide individualized career-related or self-development education plans to include education and training academic opportunities, tuition assistance program, career development programs, and other education and training services and activities and counseling students or enrollees to establish educational and occupational objectives. OR Education: Two (2) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree directly related to the work of the position. Note: you MUST submit a copy of your transcript(s). OR Combination of experience and education: Applicants have a combination of experience and education to qualify for this position and the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. Note: you MUST submit a copy of your transcript(s).

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Professional knowledge of education theories, principles, procedures, and practices of secondary, adult, or continuing education programs and their accrediting processes. Knowledge of various educational testing methodologies to select, administer, and interpret diagnostic tests such as interest, aptitude, and achievement tests used in educational and career planning. Knowledge of a variety of academic, occupational, vocational, and career development resources (educational and/or community). Ability to interpret agencies' directives, instructions, and guidance and make local decisions and recommendations based on analysis. Ability to provide professional training and briefings to a wide range of audiences as well as effectively communicate orally and in writing.