Roles/Responsibilities:

Provide research analysis, business case development, persuasion papers, project schedules, and performance measures in support of the Force Development Strategic Plan reporting and implementation.
Provide technical expertise and administrative support to the command.
Research and evaluate learning capabilities across the Federal and private sectors in order to help determine potential solutions or courses of action that will help meet emergent training and education requirements.
Develop information and thought papers, decision papers, and reports. Reviewing and analyzing training and education performance data, developing effective models for analysis, succinctly framing the problem, demonstrating impact, developing credible courses of action, and applying cost-benefit analysis to determine strengths and weaknesses.
Incorporating lessons learned into training and education.
Perform organizational practices that encourage innovation and creativity in operating more effectively.
Improving effectiveness of assessment in order to ensure individual readiness and ensure accuracy and quality of the training and education continuum.
Providing technologically advanced learning opportunities.

Requirements:

Must have a diverse mix of skills and private sector experience within the learning/education field.
Must have the ability to tell an objectives-based story regarding training and education requirements and compare and contrast possible solutions.
College-level verbal and written communication skills in order to clearly articulate complex or technical Marine Corps training and education issues and impacts, and present at the General Staff Level.
Must demonstrate the ability to develop sound analytic frameworks and associated analytic methodologies/techniques for addressing both structured and unstructured problems along with high quality analysis that is communicated in Marine Corps lexicon.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for the preparation of survey trend analysis reporting.
Experience in producing executive level visual presentations with appropriate text, tables, and graphics using MS Office applications.

Preferred:

Statistics or Mechanical Engineering Degree
Master of Science degree in Education or a related field, with significant experience in adult learning in multiple areas: instructional and assessment techniques, resident/face-to-face learning, distance learning, blended learning, simulation and coaching, faculty development, counseling and mentoring techniques.
Experience structuring and implementing verbal forms of data collection through interviews and discussion groups with senior personnel. Writing structured guides for purposes of providing read-aheads and getting the interview/facilitation team on the same page to ensure consistent and accurate data is being collected, cross-checked and synthesized.
Advanced analytics experience conducting data/root cause analysis using appropriate models and methodologies to properly define a problem and it's impact, and evaluate solution sets.

Physical Requirements:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

General Office Demands:

Must be able to operate general office equipment including but not limited to: computer, phones and related media and information devices on most or all workdays
Ability to communicate and interact with others, both in person and/or by telephone to conduct business
Working under time pressure
Working rapidly for long periods to meet deadlines
Must be able to travel as needed and adhere to AFSC travel policies and procedures.
Physical requirements can typically be characterized as sedentary: work involves exerting up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Major Job activities and mental requirements:

Multiple concurrent tasks
Ability to perform under stress
Reading and comprehension
Writing
Problem solving
Confidentiality
Customer contact

Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy:

Armed Forces Services Corporation (AFSC) is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.