Athletic Instructor

Duties

• Serves as head athletic trainer and assistant professor of physical education in the Department of Physical Education and Athletics at the USMAPS.
• Implement and organize a year-round athletic training program for 8 varsity athletic teams, 6 club sports teams, and all other cadet candidate physical training activities.
• Develop course materials and teach post high school and college level courses in Physical Education to men and women in the United States Army.
• Develop and implement the physical training portion for the USMAPS summer training program for injured students.
• Assist injured students with their personal conditioning and rehabilitation programs.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• One year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Incumbent must be a certified athletic trainer in the State of New York and is required to obtain and maintain annual professional certification.

How You Will Be Evaluated

• Benefits

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• Required Documents

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  The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Checklist for Internal/Merit Promotion Announcements.
  
  As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
  
  1. Your resume:

  • Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement.
  • If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
  • For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete and you may not receive consideration for this position.
  • For additional information see: What to include in your resume.

  2. Other supporting documents:

  • Cover Letter, optional
  • Narrative that addresses each of the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities listed above.
  • Written Statement of Teaching Philosophy
  • Academic Transcripts
  • Three references
  • Time-in-grade documentation: If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within-grade Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective date more than one year old).
  • This position has an individual occupational requirement and/or allows for substitution of education for experience. If you meet this requirement based on education you MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you will be rated ineligible. See: Transcripts and Licenses
  • This position requires a job-related license or certification. You MUST submit a copy of your license or certification with your application package or you will be rated ineligible. See: Transcripts and Licenses

  NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

  If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

  Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

  Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

• How to Apply

  How To Apply
  The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration.
  
  Application packages must include:
  1. Your resume/curriculum vitae
  2. Narrative that addresses each of the KSAs
  3. Written statement of teaching philosophy
  4. Academic Transcripts
  5. Three references
  6. DD-214 that must include character of service if claiming veteran's preference (to include VA Letter and SF-14 if you have a serviced connected disability).
  7. Copy of Sponsor's orders, marriage certificate and completed/signed MSP Checklist if claiming military spouse preference
  8. Statement of service from your unit, if currently serving on active duty
  
  In order to receive full consideration, applications should be postmarked or received by the closing date of the announcement.
  
  Submit your full application package to the following address:
  United States Military Academy Preparatory School
  ATTN: Mr. Anthony Diange
  950 Reynolds Road West Point, NY 10996
  Or
  
  email (preferred method) to: anthony.diange@westpoint.edu

  Agency contact information

  Army Applicant Help Desk

  Website

  https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq

  Address

  BR-W1FBAA US MILITARY ACADEMY
  DO NOT MAIL
  West Point, NY 10996
  US

  Next steps

  Requests for further information may be submitted to: Mr. Anthony Diange United States Military Academy Preparatory School 950 Reynolds Road West Point, NY 10996 Phone: 845-938-1918 anthony.diange@westpoint.edu

• Fair and Transparent

  The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
  • Criminal history inquiries
  • Reasonable accommodation policy
  • Financial suitability
  • Selective Service
  • New employee probationary period
  • Signature and false statements
  • Privacy Act
  • Social security number request

Required Documents

Clarification from the agency

See "Who May Apply" in the "Qualifications" section for more information on who is eligible to apply for this position.