Space Electromagnetic Training Instructor

The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) Delta 11 (D11) 25^th Space Range Squadron (25 SRS) at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado is searching for a Space Electromagnetic Training Instructor (NH-1712-02, GS 05-11).

Description:
Sustain space electromagnetic warfare superiority by serving as the 25th Space Range Squadron (25 SRS) Subject Matter Expert and Technical Training Instructor for personnel training, qualification, and readiness. In this critical role, you will provide US and Allied warfighters global access to optimized training and testing environments by ensuring all officers, enlisted, and civilian Guardians maintain required mission certifications. Exercising independent judgment, you will translate Department of Defense, US Space Force, and STARCOM policies into executable squadron-level training programs, develop and deliver complex technical curriculum, and coordinate across multiple command echelons. By identifying and eliminating training gaps, you will ensure continuous operational readiness and directly empower force generation capabilities in direct support of national defense and space operations.

The ideal candidate is a highly skilled instructional professional possessing a deep, foundational knowledge of Space Training courses, to include space law, policy, doctrine, orbital physics, electronic warfare, and space systems principles. You demonstrate expert command of diverse instructional methods, techniques, and tools to effectively engage and teach students across varied ages, backgrounds, and experience levels, backed by a strong understanding of educational test and measurement principles. With exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, you seamlessly build effective working relationships and coordinate across organizations, while your analytical abilities allow you to execute specialized training studies, solve complex instructional challenges, and develop innovative curriculum solutions that ensure mission readiness.

Key Skills and Abilities:

1. Knowledge of a wide range of the principles and practical methods, techniques, and tools of instruction to teach a variety of students with a range of differences such as diverse ages, backgrounds, and levels of interest.
2. Knowledge of Space Training course at a foundational level to include space law/policy/doctrine, mission planning, space domain physics (orbital and electronic warfare), space systems principles/technologies, space capabilities and mission operations, threats and adversary capabilities and doctrine, joint planning and intelligence, movement and maneuver, and space battle management.
3. Knowledge of tests and measurement principles, techniques, and objectives.
4. Skill in accomplishing special training studies and projects.
5. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, and establish and maintain effective working relationships.
6. Ability to analyze problems and develop appropriate solutions.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Employee must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret clearance with SCI access, other intelligence-related Special Sensitive information, or involvement in Top Secret SAP to fully perform the duties and responsibilities of the position.
• A non-disclosure agreement must be signed.
• Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
• This position is designated for drug testing. Incumbent is subject to random urinalysis testing as a condition of employment.
• May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments.
• Employee must meet positive education requirements specified in the OPM qualification standards.
• Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
• PCS is not authorized. Incentive is not authorized.
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.
• Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
• Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
• Position will close in 5 business days or 75 applications (whichever comes first).

Qualifications

The 1712 series does have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here.

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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