• Job Description

  Req#: 799701700
  This position is covered under the Federal Excepted Service under Title 10 United States Code, Section 1746 and Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations Schedule A, Section 213.3106(h).
  
  Duties
  
  
  The Director leads the DAU Innovation and Experimentation Center within the User Experience Directorate and is responsible for defining and implementing innovations to improve the DAU user experience, learning delivery and effectiveness. Implements research and experimentation to improve learning design and delivery, and application of learning technology. Efforts span the spectrum of research, benchmarking, pathfinder efforts, and assessment of results. Duties include but are not limited to:
  
  1. Strategic Planning: Develop and communicate a vision for innovative learning design, delivery, and related technology research and experimentation to improve DAU's ability to thrive in support of evolving acquisition learning needs.
  2. Program and Resource Management: Set goals to drive continuous improvement in DAU methods to elevate acquisition workforce performance. Design, implement, and manage discrete projects focusing on effective learning and assessment, technology integration, and learner engagement. Manage financial resources and contracted services/SMEs to meet goals.
  3. Faculty Collaboration: Collaborate with DAU faculty to improve focus on andragogical (adult learning) principles in design and delivery of courses, assessment strategies, and action learning. Facilitate user workshops, or internal seminars and training to identify and promote relevant best practices within DAU.
  4. Technology Integration: Collaborate with DAU IT Directorate to prioritize, evaluate, and pilot learning technologies and digital resources to create engaging learner interactions that improve learning effectiveness.
  5. Research and External Collaboration: Conduct and/or coordinate research in collaboration with external peers, on learning design or delivery, to improve respective learning programs. Author and/or contribute to scholarly publications and DAU presentations in relevant government or Learning and Development industry forums.
  6. Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  Faculty Duties:
  
  
  Requirements
  
  
  • U.S. Citizenship is required
  • Males must be registered for Selective Service, see Legal and Regulatory Guidance, please go to http://www.sss.gov for more information
  • Incumbent may be required to obtain and maintain an appropriate security clearance
  • You may be required to serve a two (2) year probationary period.
  • The incumbent of this position may be required to work overtime, irregular shifts, and/or on the weekend.
  • Work may require travel away from the normal duty station on commercial aircraft.
  
  
  Qualifications
  
  
  To qualify for this position at a respective band/grade level, you must demonstrate in your resume/application that you possess the required years of specialized experience equivalent to one band/grade-level lower (or equivalent) to include having specialized experience directly relating to the specific duties of the position, and demonstrate that you have the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully with the experience that demonstrated a practical knowledge in
  • Experience in adult learning development, or modeling and simulation related to training programs.
  • Background in educational research and instructional design.
  If applicable, in addition to the above qualifications, the following has been determined to be Quality Ranking Factors. Quality Ranking Factors are job related knowledge, skills, and abilities that are expected to significantly enhance performance but are not essential.
  • Advanced degree with concentration in any or all of these areas: leadership, leading change, creativity and innovation, learning science, adult learning, data science, data visualization and analytics.
  • Certification (Federal or relevant commercial equivalent) in an acquisition career field such as program management, engineering, product support management, or contracting.
  PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.
  
  VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

• About the company

  The United States Department of Defense is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces. The DOD is the largest employer in the world, with over 1.3 million active-duty service members as of 2020. More employees include over 826,000 National Guard and reservists from the armed forces, and over 732,000 civilians bringing the total to over 2.8 million employees. Headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., the DoD's stated mission is to provide "the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security".

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