TRAINING SPECIALIST (Insider Threat Curriculum Manager)

Summary DCSA's Center for Development of Security Excellence is looking for a Training Specialist to provide support through coordination, implementation, and maintenance for current and emerging security certifications and programs in Insider Threat. This job requires an individual with the ability provide guidance to students and security specialists in the field and ensure that the training curriculum aligns with security skill standards, meets national training standards, and DoD / ODNI policy. Responsibilities As a TRAINING SPECIALIST (Insider Threat Curriculum Manager) you will be responsible for the following duties: - Provides support through planning, coordination, implementation, and maintenance for current and emerging security certification programs. - Serves as a recognized, Insider Threat (InT) consultant and provider of training for the protection of national security information and assets and the performance of sensitive duties as per DOD requirements with respect to Insider Threat. - Provides authoritative guidance to students, security specialists in the field, and the professional DOD security community at large. - Plans, coordinates, and controls InT training programs, products, and services throughout analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation and delivery. - Ensures the CDSE Insider Threat training curriculum aligns with defined security skill standards, meets national training standards, and current DOD and ODNI policy. - Identifies and implements new and innovative courses of instruction and training products and works to integrate technology-based training and other educational technology strategies into existing classroom instruction. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications This position has a Basic Requirement for the 1712: Individual Occupational Requirements Education Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- education or a subject area related to the position to be filled. or Experience General Experience (for GS-5 positions): Experience that provided evidence of the ability to instruct students in the use of equipment, principles, or practices of the subject or occupation. This experience may have been gained as a teacher or instructor; in on-the-job supervision or instruction of subordinates or fellow workers; or in work involving application of the principles, practices, and techniques of the occupation or subject-matter field of the position to be filled. Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience that demonstrated a practical knowledge of the subject area of the position and of the methods and techniques of instruction. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Teaching or instructing in an adult education program, secondary school, college, military installation, or industrial establishment in the appropriate field(s). Supervising or administering a training program. Development or review of training/course materials, aids, devices, etc., and evaluation of training results. Work in the occupation or subject-matter field of the position to be filled that required training or instructing others on a regular basis. *NOTE: Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened from the Office of Personnel Management's (OPMs) basic qualifications requirements. See: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1700/training-instruction-series-1712/ for OPM qualification standards, competencies and specialized experience needed to perform the duties of the position as described in the MAJOR DUTIES and QUALIFICATIONS sections of this announcement by10/14/2025 Applicant must have directly applicable experience that demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job, but will clearly demonstrate past experience in the application of the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position. You must have specialized experience sufficient to demonstrate that you have acquired all the competencies necessary to perform at a level equivalent in difficulty, responsibility, and complexity to the next lower grade GS/GG-13 in the Federal service and are prepared to take on greater responsibility. Generally, this would include one year or more of such specialized experience. Specialized experience for this position includes: Developing, implementing, and evaluating training programs; Evaluating Insider Threat, counterintelligence, security, education, or training programs; Counterintelligence and/or Insider Threat program management, policies, and implementation; Counterintelligence experience, including practical applications to security and security countermeasures, awareness and reporting, new developments, policies, and program procedures; Demonstrated interpersonal and oral/written communication skills, to include public speaking. Specifically you will be evaluated on the following competencies: 1) TRAINING AND EDUCATION ANALYSIS - Analyze processes/programs and interpret results in assessing training and education requirements. Identify individual and collective training and education capabilities and resourcing gaps, and develop gap mitigation strategies. 2) CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT - Develop training and educational content with corresponding curricular products and services to facilitate competency acquisition 3) COUNTERINTELLIGENCE - Support activities that protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted for or on behalf of foreign powers, organizations or persons, or terrorist activities. 4) VULNERABILITIES ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT - Conduct assessments on threats and vulnerabilities, determine the level of risk, and develop and recommend appropriate mitigation countermeasures in operational and non-operational situations. Conduct assessments in a counterintelligence context to protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, and sabotage conducted for or on behalf of foreign powers, organizations or persons, or international terrorist activities. 5) INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY AND LEARNER DEVELOPMENT - Deliver, provide, and monitor training and education for individuals and groups within learning environments. Tailor and adapt instruction to ensure learners' needs are met and learning outcomes are achieved. - Incumbent must successfully attain and maintain the Basic Level Certification for the CDSE's Instructor Certification Program within 24 months of hire date. Education Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. Due to Individual Occupational Requirements, transcripts MUST be provided. Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. Foreign Education: For further information, click on the following link: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/ Additional Information VETERANS PREFERENCE/CURRENT OR FORMER FEDERAL In accordance with DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, veterans preference is not required to be applied when considering candidates with prior Federal competitive or excepted service who have completed a probationary or trial period and have not been separated for cause. Therefore, veterans preference will not be applied to applicants with current federal service, or former federal civilian service meeting the above criteria. Re-employed Annuitant: This position does not meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf Applicants selected from this announcement may be required to serve a two-year trial period. If selected, Federal employees currently serving in the competitive service must acknowledge that they will voluntarily leave the competitive service by accepting an offer of employment for a DCIPS excepted service positions. If selected, non-DCIPS candidates must acknowledge in writing that the position they have been selected for is in the excepted service and covered by DCIPS. All Defense Intelligence positions under the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) are in the excepted service by specific statue, 10 U.S.C. 1601. This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status. For more information on the DCIPS occupational structure click here. For more information about career advancement in DCIPS click here.