Senior Technical Specialist

Training, Simulation and Performance Improvement Division

GS-02F-0096N

QUALIFICATIONS:  A Senior Technical Specialist has experience developing and leading complex technical projects while maintaining working relationships with clients, management, project team members and administrative support staff. Individuals at this level have experience developing advanced concepts for internal research, leading proposal efforts, and managing projects. A Bachelor’s degree in Instructional Systems Technology, Education, Communications, Human Factors, Industrial Arts or other non-scientific/non-engineering discipline with seven or more years of experience in the training, modeling and simulation, and performance improvement domain areas is required. An advanced degree in such a field is encouraged.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Senior Technical Specialists develop and lead projects, maintain working relationships with clients, assume responsibility for project efforts and the technical growth of junior staff members, and develop creative and innovative solutions to problems. Representative functions include:

  • Support concept development and requirements analysis; system design, engineering, and integration; and test and evaluation project activities.
  • Plan, design, coordinate, and control the progress of work to meet client objectives.
  • Prepare and present research reports to clients as project manager, assuming full responsibility for technical, financial, and project completion goals.
  • Participate in the evaluation of assigned personnel and, if appropriate, evaluation and identification of junior staff development requirements.
  • Serve as a mentor to junior staff.
  • Lead proposal efforts and new promotional work.
  • Maintain familiarity with the progress and problems unique to field of specialization.
  • Provide recommendations on ways to improve planning, program development, project and promotional efforts, and ways to contribute to these activities.
  • Follow up on proposals and, when authorized, negotiate with clients in extending current project work and developing new work arising out of the current project.

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