Supervisory Instructional Systems Specialist (Wildland Fire)

Summary

These Supervisory Instructional Systems Specialist (Wildland Fire) positions are with the US Wildland Fire Service, GS-1750-13 working in the following location: Boise, Idaho

Duties

As a Supervisory Instructional Systems Specialist (Wildland Fire) your duties will include but are not limited to the following: Supervisory: Establishes priorities, develops performance standards, improves work processes, and promotes a safe, inclusive, and high-performing work environment. Develops and mentors program staff. Process Development and Curriculum Oversight: Develop and oversee processes for training and education product development and maintenance. Ensures training programs and products align with interagency standards, organizational priorities, and current operational practices. Management Advisory Services: Analyzes program data, learner feedback, operational inputs, and policy changes; to provide recommendations on training effectiveness, curriculum priorities, and workforce capability needs. Serves as an advisor to leadership on training effectiveness, human performance assessment and improvement, curriculum priorities, and instructional systems program development and improvement. Physical Demands: The work is primarily sedentary and mostly indoors, but may require occasional visits to incident base camps where occasional overnight stays may require sleeping on the ground in sleeping bags and in tents. Occasional overnight travel up to 20% may be required. Work Environment: The work is performed in an office environment with normal safety precautions. Field visits and occasional travel may be required which will involve primarily air and automobile modes of transportation. There may be occasional need to visit incident bases and other field locations that may differ substantially from the normal work environment.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position you must possess the Minimum Qualification requirements listed below. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. Only experience obtained by 11/20/2026 will be considered. Instructional Systems Specialist Series, 1750: Basic Requirements: You must have a 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. You must include transcripts with your application which lists above required courses. Failure to provide will remove you from further consideration. In addition to the above positive education requirement, in order to qualify for this position at the GS-13 grade level, you must possess the following Minimum Qualifications by the close of this announcement: I have one (1) year of specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: 1) Applying instructional systems design (ISD) methodologies and adult learning theory to design, develop, or evaluate competency-based training curricula delivered across multiple formats (e.g., classroom, blended, distance learning). 2) Conducting or applying the results of training needs assessments to identify performance gaps and translate them into validated learning objectives and instructional strategies. 3) Coordinating the development, review, or maintenance of training or curriculum products within a governance framework involving multiple stakeholders, subject matter experts, or interagency partners. 4) Analyzing training program data, evaluation results, or operational feedback to recommend improvements to curriculum, delivery methods, or training program effectiveness. 5) Providing technical guidance, advisory services, or recommendations to management on training program direction, workforce development priorities, or instructional systems standards. 6) Applying knowledge of wildland fire or all-hazard operations to ensure training content reflects current operational doctrine and validated competencies. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This position has a mandatory education requirement. To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work. Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | U.S. Department of Education. How do I receive credit for a college degree obtained in a foreign university in another country? - OPM.gov Applicants must submit all necessary documents to a private U.S. organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials, commonly called a credential evaluation service. To be acceptable, the foreign credential evaluation must include/describe: The type of education received by the applicant; The level of education in relation to the U.S. education system, and state that its comparability recommendations follow the general guidelines of the International Education Standards Council; The content of the applicant's educational program earned abroad and the standard obtained; The status of the awarding foreign school's recognition and legitimacy in its home country's education system; and Any other information of interest such as what the evaluation service did to obtain this information, the qualifications of thee valuator, and any indication