Instructional Systems Specialist (Content Developer)

**Summary** View Common Definitions of terms found in this announcement.

Organizational Location: These positions are located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of Leadership and Career Development, in Irving, Texas.

These are non-bargaining unit positions.

Duties The Office of Leadership and Career Development (OLCD) is the lead office within ICE for leadership and career development. OLCD provides essential training and professional development opportunities to help ICE employees enhance their leadership skills and achieve career development goals. OLCD is comprised of instructors, facilitators, curriculum designers, accreditation specialists, technical experts, career development professionals, and administrative personnel that design, develop, and deliver training to support the development of the ICE workforce.

As an Instructional Systems Specialist (Content Developer), at the full performance level you will perform the following duties:

• Serves as an Instructional Systems Specialist developing and implementing training programs using the ADDIE process.
• Creates training that is high quality, legally defensible, and centered on maintaining student engagement through performance and appropriate assessments.
• Creates, evaluates, and reports on training outcomes, and devise solutions to training problems.
• Designs training content that uses multiple types of research-based training procedures.

NOTE: Ensure your resume includes your demonstrated performance in creating training content and completing all phases of the ADDIE process.

**Requirements** Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• You must successfully pass a drug screen.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must certify registration with Selective Service.
• Requirements by Closing Date: Unless otherwise noted, you must meet all requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• Probationary Period: This is a full-time permanent position (Career/Career-Conditional appointment). Upon appointment to this position, you may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.

**Qualifications** Please limit your resume to 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

**BASIC REQUIREMENT:** Degree: that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours appropriate to the work of the position to be filled. The course work must have included study in at least four of the following five areas:

• Learning theory, psychology of learning, educational psychology: Study of learning theories as they relate to the systematic design, development, and validation of instructional material.
• Instructional design practices: Study of the principles and techniques used in designing training programs, developing design strategy and models, and applying design methods to the improvement of instructional effectiveness.
• Educational evaluation: Study of the techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of instructional/educational programs, including developing written and performance tests and survey instruments, and determining reliability and validity of evaluation instruments.
• Instructional product development: Study of the techniques appropriate for developing training materials, including identifying learner characteristics, specifying objectives, applying training strategy, validating training materials, and evaluating training.
• Computers in education and training: Study of the application of computers in education and training, including selecting appropriate computer software.

Submit a copy of your college transcript (unofficial is acceptable) or a list of coursework with hours completed.

IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE ABOVE BASIC EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, YOU MUST ALSO MEET THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: You Qualify For The GS-13 Grade Level If You Possess One (1) Year Of Spec…