Extension CEU Director.

Bureau of Indian Education; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Bureau of Indian Education is seeking an Education Specialist (Extension CEU Director) to design and deliver trainings for tribal members and communities, using innovative technologies. The role involves coordinating CEU offerings, evaluating programs, and managing budgets and external funding.

The position requires building partnerships with tribal governments, USDA agencies, and other organizations to expand educational programming and ensure successful delivery of continuing education

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering continuing education and workforce training programs.
• Ability to manage budgets, grants, and partnerships with tribal communities.
• Ability to coordinate instructors, facilities, technology, and schedules.

Responsibilities

• Designs and delivers educational trainings that engage tribal members and communities.
• Delivers professional development and builds customized programs based on theory and research.
• Coordinates faculty and instructor engagement for CEU offerings.
• Evaluates programs based on participation, enrollment, and completion.
• Manages program budgets and secures external funding like grants.
• Collaborates with USDA agencies and other partners to provide educational programs.
• Partners with tribal groups to exchange information and conduct extension workshops.

Job description

Duties

As an Education Specialist (Extension CEU Director), GS-1701-12, your typical work assignments may include the following under supervision:

• Designs and delivers, appropriate educational trainings to engage tribal members, families, and communities that provide experiential learning opportunities using innovative technologies.
• Designs and delivers professional development both internally and external and evaluates and build customized training and educational programs based on scholarly/scientific theory and research.
• Coordinates faculty and instructor engagement relevant to course offerings of continuing education (CEU).
• Evaluates and assesses program relevant to participation, enrollment and completion.
• Manages program budget including reimbursable funds generated for operation, and secures external funding such as grants, to support and expand educational programming.
• Collaborates with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies, county environmental and land management services, agricultural and natural resources professional organizations to provide educational programs relevant to the county.
• Partners with internal and external groups, especially tribal communities, and individuals to exchange information, share resources, and engage in joint activities for the purpose of creating and conducting extension and continuing education workshops aimed at tribal members in areas targeted by SIPI and as outlined in the USDA-NIFA grant.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Be sure to read the 'How to Apply' and 'Required Documents' Sections.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• As a condition of employment, you will be required to serve a 2-year trial or 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.
• If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959, you are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act and the Defense Authorization Act of 1986, in order to be eligible for appointment to this agency.
• Driving Requirement (Required only at time of appointment): Incumbent may be required, as an incidental duty, to operate a government-owned or leased motor vehicle, in the performance of duties, therefore, a valid driver's license is required.
• Term Appointments do not confer competitive /permanent status (5 CFR Part 316).

Qualifications

Applicants must meet the qualification requirements contained in

Basic Requirements

• Degree: that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position.
• OR -
• Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in education, or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in A above.

In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the following Minimum Qualifications requirements:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

GS-12:

One (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the federal service. Examples include designs, delivers, and evaluates continuing education and workforce training programs; Manages budgets, grants, agreements, and other resources that support program operations; Identifies workforce and community training needs and creates relevant education and training solutions; Coordinates instructors, subject-matter experts, facilities, technology, and schedules to ensure smooth program delivery; Tracks program results, participant outcomes, and stakeholder feedback to improve future offerings; Builds and maintains partnerships with Tribal governments, agencies, schools, businesses, and community organizations; Advises leadership on program development, resource needs, partnerships, and strategic direction.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include School Name, Student Name, credit hours, major, and grade-point average or class ranking, degree and date awarded. All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE).

Applicants are responsible for providing documentation that the educational requirements have been met. To qualify based on education you must submit a legible copy of your transcripts. Official transcripts are required upon selection if you qualified based on education. Education must have been obtained from an accredited or pre-accredited institution recognized by the U.S. DOE (click

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the U.S. (click

Additional information

Initial appointments to the competitive or excepted service:

• Your performance and conduct;
• The needs and interests of the agency;
• Whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government;
• Whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Bargaining Unit Status: Position is covered by Bargaining Unit/Union - Federation of Indian Service Employees, American Federation of Teachers Local 4521.

Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) Documentation

The CTAP/ICTAP provides placement assistance (click must submit a 1) copy of their most recent performance appraisal, 2) proof of eligibility, 3) most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location with their application. To be considered, applicants must be well-qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors; education, and experience requirements), score at least 85 on the assessment questionnaire, and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.