This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), Office of Business Operations and Accountability (BOA), Human Capital Management Division (HCMD), Operations Training Unit (OTU), with 2 vacancies in Kansas City, MO.
As a Physical Scientist - Master Instructor, you will perform the following duties: Serve as a Master Instructor, facilitator, and training program analyst. Develop and provide subject matter expertise for the development of training and resources, and to meet needs under the scope of the National Weather Service (NWS) Operations Training Unit, and the various Physical Sciences services provided by the NWS.
Assist with coordination of Scientific topics, instructors, and logistics for all Operations Training Unit residence courses. May personally deliver training to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) employees within the Physical Science job series using best practices. Visit NWS field offices to gain knowledge in and stay current on NWS field procedures and culture.
Serve as a team manager with a focus on multiple professional and technical performance support solutions to enable NWS employees to reach optimum performance in present assignments and future responsibilities. Responsible for coordinating and integrating permanent and temporary instructors assigned to the division, based on the training needs of the target audience.
Plan, coordinate, and provide classroom instruction (including seminars, conferences, practical exercises, lectures, and other activities) for resident and mobile courses. Mentor and develop associated instructors, ensuring they use adult learning techniques based on the experiential learning model. Research, evaluate, and direct the integration of simulation packages into technology instruction where applicable.
Utilize established curriculum development guides and faculty development and quality assurance programs to provide professional training research and analysis. Assist with the development of exercise and practical exercise scenario support products. Review and direct the updates of courseware, at least annually, or as changes in technologies or instructional requirements dictate.
In accordance with standards, ensure the publishing and maintenance of all required curriculum on Commerce Learning Center, or other academic information sharing mediums. Serve as a technical authority or team leader and provide authoritative advice to other agency scientists and high-level officials, conducting investigations into phenomena that may require development of new techniques.
Develop, revise, and write technical portions of agency guidelines that may affect other agencies or industries. Write reports and position papers on subjects which often generate controversy. Develop and maintain functional competencies in appropriate meteorological sciences, systems, and applications, utilized in the assessment and communication of weather-related events, in order to act as primary or assistant instructor on curricula as required.
Substitution of education for specialized experience is not applicable to this vacancy. College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Math 210, etc.), name of accredited institution, course title, number of credit hours and grade earned.
You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.
Note: Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work. An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty. Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.
For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation.
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This position is with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
The posted pay range is $108173 – $140627/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-09-09.
There are 2 openings for this position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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