This position is contingent upon contract award and will be located in San Antonio, TX.
Summary
Provide instructional design technical expertise to the Instructional System Design (ISD) team to analyze, design, and evaluate ISD training deliverables in accordance with MIL-HDBK 29612 guidance and applicable service-specific directives. Analyzes and designs integrated training solutions for aviation, ground, naval, and space training programs with Subject Matter Expert (SME) input based on customer stated and derived training requirements. Develops Task Lists, Objective Hierarchies, Media Analyses, and Syllabi for U.S. Department of Defense and international customers. Validates training task traceability between program requirements, tasks and associated learning objectives, and syllabus training events. Conducts ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of active training systems with targeted recommendations to continually improve program performance.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Coordinate with management to prioritize business and program ISD needs
Identify training data source inputs needed to evaluate training system effectiveness
Analyze and design training system requirements as well as evaluate training system effectiveness for new and existing training programs
Analyze mission, job tasks, training tasks, learning objective and objective hierarchy, training method and media, and course syllabi requirements as well as gaps or inefficiencies within existing training systems
Develop/update Master Tasks Lists (MTLs), Master Training Tasks Lists (MTTL), learning objective hierarchies, training method and media reports, and course syllabi
Develop and deliver formal Training System Requirements Analysis (TSRA), Training Needs Analysis (TNA), and training gap analysis reports to customers
Develop and review proposal and program course materials, including but not limited to: selection of appropriate instructional methods, development of instructionally sound course objectives, design and development of realistic scenarios and case studies, and design and development of valid assessment tools
Attend ISD-related customer interface meetings and generate any necessary materials or slides for required presentations
Ensure all ISD requirements in proposal submissions are compliant with customer specifications
Ensure traceability is maintained on all baseline and changed ISD documentation on active training programs starting with contract startup and continuing to the end of the contract
Develop and maintain data visualization using application like DOMO, Power BI, and Microsoft Azure
Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets
Generate technical reports describing prevailing trends within and between training programs with targeted recommendations to continually improve training
Accomplish ISD work in accordance with company policies, processes, procedures, and work instructions
Develop and review special program-oriented procedures and work instructions related to ISD support, as required
Support training needs assessments for assigned proposals and projects
Develop, prioritize, and meet ISD deliverable budget, schedule, and scope milestones
Conducts peer reviews to verify production in accordance with established quality standards
Consult with customers on performance management and instructional strategies
Interface with project manager to confirm instructional methods are being followed
Employ industry standard software and format technical documents to a specific standard
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications and Education Requirements
Bachelor's in Education/Instructional Systems Design or related field and 5 years of experience in ISD management field or a combination of education and related experience.
Minimum of (5) five years professional experience in systematic approaches to curriculum development
Experience conducting data analytics measuring training system effectiveness
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite of applications, including developing macros and applying formulae for Microsoft Excel
Ability to quickly learn, understand and breakdown complex, high-tech systems
Ability to prioritize work requirements with minimal supervision
Results-oriented approach to performing work
Strong organizational skills and business acumen
Communication Skills
Must demonstrate excellent written communication (including technical writing), verbal communication (including presentations), and interpersonal skills.
Must demonstrate excellent decision making skills
Mathematical Skills
Must be able to interpret and analyze data and statistics and to apply concepts of basic calculations
Reasoning Ability
Must be able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Must be able to identify and differentiate between Type I and Type II statistical errors
Must demonstrate the ability to interpret complex customer requirements and attitudes from verbal, non-verbal, and written communication
Must demonstrate the ability to apply principles of logical, scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems
Must be able to calculate figures and amounts, identify positive/negative trends and correlation coefficients, determine statistical significance, and to model and interpret graphical data sets
Preferred Skills
Prior courseware and/or syllabus development experience highly desired
Prior experience with Domo or Power BI data visualization software highly desired
Prior experience with aviation training systems highly desired
Prior database experience desired
Prior experience developing web enabled lesson content desired
Prior experience with SQL, Python, or R programming languages desired
Security Responsibilities
Must complywith all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval. All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.
Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
Must be able to access actual aircraft environment or synthetic training devices on occasion.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Must have the ability to travel and work overtime as necessary.
Must be able to sit and operate a personal computer for long periods
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
Position Type
Regular
CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.
Equal Employment Opportunity
At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception.
As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", we're proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.
At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability or age.
The masculine form may be used in this job description solely for ease of reading, but refers to men, women and the gender diverse.
