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About the Position: Fort Drum, home of the 10th Mountain Division (LI), is located in northern New York's picturesque North Country, one of the most historically unique and geographically beautiful areas of the United States, offering many outdoor recreational opportunities from hunting and fishing to winter sports of all types. Fort Drum is approximately 30 miles from Canada, with the Great Lakes to the west, the Adirondack Mountains to the east, and the St. Lawrence River and Thousand Islands in between.
Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens
Learn more about this agency08/29/2017 to 09/27/2017
$60,210 - $78,270 per year
GS 11
1 vacancy in the following location:
Occasional travel - Business Travel is up to 5%.
Yes—Moving Expenses are authorized. Defense National Relocation Program (DNRP) is not authorized.
Permanent
Full-time - Full Time
No
NEBN172279582004022D
477872300
This position is located in the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security. As the Training Instructor (Flight Simulator) you will be responsible for instructing and evaluating active Army, National Guard, and Reserve component aviators to determine individual ability to perform duties as an aviator/ instructor/ examiner on the AH-64 "Longbow Crew Trainer" Flight Simulator. Using approved evaluation guidelines, the incumbent will review records to verify that individuals evaluated meet all prerequisites and ensure all required equipment is available for flight. The instructor will crew briefings on mission, weather, flight route, performance data, flight control transfer, and crew duties, to include emergency duties. You will direct the operations of the Flight Simulators, interfacing with contract logistic support personnel to ensure the serviceability and availability of the simulator for training. You will be responsible for maintaining pilot skills necessary to demonstrate flight techniques and procedures to aviators during training and to successfully complete evaluations administered by standardization personnel.
Other Requirements: Click here for expanded definitions.
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Experience required: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at
least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this
job.
Specialized Experience: Qualified Candidates for this position must identify in their resume that they possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade/level (GS-09) in the federal service that demonstrates the following: Experience such as: Instructor Pilot and Instrument Flight Examiner in the AH-64 Apache/Longbow Crew Trainer Flight Simulator applying and evaluating basic and advanced helicopter flight technique; experience using proper radio communication procedures; experience developing and presenting aviation training scenarios, lesson plans and courses of instruction for classroom or flight simulator environment.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, and abilities) in the following areas:
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you may qualify if your education meets the definitions below.
To qualify for GS-11: successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in education or a subject area related to the position being filled. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
Combine Experience and Education: You may qualify with less than one year of specialized experience combined with less than three years of graduate-level education, but the total computed percentage of the requirements must equal at least 100% to qualify. (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then, divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond two years by 18. Add the two percentages. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts).
NOTE: Foreign education must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency in order to be considered for this position. Please include this information with your application package.
AND
Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
It is the policy of the Government not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual. Information about an individual's employment experience will be used only to determine the person's qualifications and to assess his or her relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Although an individual's personal conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including conduct during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not itself be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination.
Basis for Rating: Qualified candidates will be assigned to one of three quality categories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified and Qualified. Veteran preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-preference eligibles within each quality category.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority. See Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) for more information. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist (External).
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.
Your resume:
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements: You MUST submit a copy of your transcript if you wish to substitute your education for experience. If you claim qualifications based on education and do not submit a transcript, your education will not be used in making a qualifications determination and you may be found "not qualified. See: Transcripts and Licenses.
If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents follow the directions located at: Faxing Applications and Documents. The Vacancy ID is 2004022. You will need the questionnaire, View Occupational Questionnaire, to complete your faxed application
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.
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.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 to receive consideration.
The Department of the Army provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the servicing civilian personnel unit. Your requests for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position.
If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.
The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "incomplete application" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/477872300. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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