EDUCATION SERVICES OFFICER(Title 5)

DUTY LOCATION: G1, Hartford, CT

AREA(S) OF CONSIDERATION:

• Area I: All On Board Federal Employees (T5), Tenure 0,1,2,3 within the CTNG with U.S. citizenship.
• Area II: All On Board Federal Dual-Status Military Technicians (T32), Tenure 0,1,2,3 within the CTNG with U.S. citizenship.
• Area III: All current and former members of the CTNG with U.S. citizenship.

Qualifications:

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Bachelor's Degree or higher that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours appropriate to the position to be filled in one or a combination of the areas described below. At least one course must have been from (1) or (2) below.

1. Tests and measurement: Study of the selection, evaluation, administration, scoring, interpretation, and uses of group and individual aptitude, proficiency, interest, and other tests.
2. Adult education: Study of the adult as a learner, teaching-learning theories for adults, models and procedures for planning, designing, managing, and evaluating adult learning activities.
3. Educational program administration: Study of the foundation and methods in organizing for adult and continuing education programs.
4. Curriculum development or design: Study of the principles and techniques for development of curricula for adult or vocational education programs.
5. Teaching methods: Study of teaching strategies and learning styles of the adult learner.
6. Guidance and counseling: Study of the purposes and methods in counseling and guidance, the role of the counselor in various settings, approaches to counseling, and the uses of tests in the counseling situation.
7. Career planning: Study of career development, learning activities, systems, approaches, program coordination, use of educational and community resources, and vocational counseling systems.
8. Occupational information: Study of theories of occupational choice and vocational development and their application to the guidance process. Identification and utilization of various types of occupational information and resources.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Your resume and any other supporting documentation you wish to provide must clearly substantiate you currently possess 12 months of specialized experience in the following:

• Experience equivalent to a GS-09 demonstrating the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of the techniques of organization, direction, coordination and control.
• Knowledge of education theories, principles, processes and practices of secondary adult, and/or continuing education.
• Knowledge of/and skill to employ the methodology and techniques of counseling (but not full professional knowledge) in motivating and encouraging the individuals served by the program.
• Knowledge of contents and scope of educational material utilized in the education services program.
• Ability to establish and maintain close working relationships with a variety of resources.
• Ability to formulate educational programs, for non-traditional student requiring traditional programs, modifying their needs and career development requirements.
• Ability to communicate ideas and thoughts orally and in writing.
• Experience in estimating and obtaining the necessary program funds and determining their allocation.

Responsibilities:

This National Guard position is for a Education Services Officer, Position Description Number T5216000 and is part of the CTARNG-JHFQ, National Guard.

JOB SUMMARY: The purpose of this position is to supervise two or more of the following programs: education, incentives, testing, and guidance. The position serves as the principal advisor and consultant within the State and has primary responsibility for the development, management, and administration of the aforementioned programs through budget management, personnel supervision, program management, policy development, and advisory services.

The major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of assigned program areas, ensuring that legal and regulatory requirements are met.
• Provides advisory services to battalion and unit commanders concerning the incentives available to their assigned personnel.
• Directs and/or performs educational and vocational counseling which consists of advising and assisting ARNG members on individual programs of study available, to include High School Equivalency (GED), correspondence, military credit conversion (ACE), analysis of life experience, self-teaching, new and innovative/non-traditional college to include Associate and Baccalaureate degree programs, first Masters or Professional degrees which meet their academic and vocational requirements.
• Serves as the coordinator and senior Test Control Officer for the DANTES testing section to include ordering, receiving, accounting, and safeguarding test material with appropriate security measures; and disseminates program guidance for examinations.
• Provides oversight in completion of assisting military personnel whose records do not indicate successful completion of civilian education requirements for commissioning Officers, appointing or commissioning of Warrant Officers, or Enlisted Soldiers who have not achieved equivalency of non­traditional educational means.

Salary : $77,655 - $100,947