Instructional Systems Specialist, S2I-F

The United States Space Force (USSF) at Peterson SFB, Colorado Springs is searching for an Instructional Systems Specialist to support S2I-F (GG-1750-13).

Description:
The Space Force Combat Forces Command intelligence directorate is seeking a senior intelligence training specialist to lead the design, improvement, and long-term management of intelligence training and qualification programs. This position is for a mission-focused professional who understands both intelligence operations and how to build training systems that prepare personnel to perform in demanding operational environments. The selected candidate will work with commanders, mission owners, career-field managers, training organizations, instructors, and intelligence subject-matter experts to turn mission needs into clear, measurable training and qualification requirements.
This role goes beyond developing individual courses. The selected candidate will help shape the command's intelligence training strategy, identify and reduce unnecessary or duplicative training, improve instructor and trainer qualification programs, establish meaningful performance measures, and develop resource priorities for high-value training needs. The candidate will also provide government technical leadership for contractor-supported courseware and training services, ensuring training products are practical, mission-relevant, and aligned with command priorities. This position is ideal for an experienced intelligence professional and training leader who can solve complex problems, coordinate across organizations, and build a lasting training capability for the command.


Ideal Candidate:
- Significant experience in military, Department of Defense, or national-security intelligence operations and training.
- Demonstrated experience applying instructional systems design to analyze performance needs; design, develop, implement, and evaluate training and qualification programs; and measure whether training improves mission performance.
- Ability to translate changing operational intelligence requirements into practical training priorities, performance standards, qualification requirements, instructor-development needs, and resource proposals.
- Experience coordinating across multiple organizations, including operational units, headquarters staffs, training organizations, career-field managers, commanders, instructors, and subject-matter experts.
- Experience managing complex training programs or portfolios, including development of multi-year plans, prioritization of competing requirements, performance measures, risk assessments, and decision-ready recommendations for senior leaders.
- Ability to identify when a problem requires classroom training versus qualification training, standardized on-the-job training, instructor development, job aids, process improvement, or clarified standards.
- Experience developing, reviewing, or managing contractor-supported training requirements, deliverables, and performance measures in coordination with contracting personnel.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to facilitate stakeholder discussions, resolve competing priorities, and prepare concise briefings, decision papers, and recommendations.
- Experience with Space Force, Air Force, joint, or other intelligence-community training and qualification programs is preferred.
- Formal education, certification, or substantial demonstrated experience in instructional design, adult learning, human performance, education, organizational development, or a related field is preferred.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret / SCI security clearance.
• Safeguards classified or sensitive budget-related information and/or files.
• May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
• Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
• This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
• Employee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.
• PCS / relocation funding is authorized and may be made available.
• This position is designated as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Testing Program.
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): 15 days a year.

Qualifications

The 1750 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. In addition to the above requirements, you can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 4th section titled Professional and Scientific Positions.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:

Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.

Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:

1. Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
2. Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
3. Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
   • Job title
   • Detailed duties and accomplishments
   • Employer's name and address
   • Supervisor's name and phone number
   • Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
   • Hours per week
   • Salary, if applicable
4. Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses

College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.

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