
TRAINING SPECIALIST
Naval Education and Training Command
Dahlgren, VAFull-time$102–133K/yrPosted today
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Job overview
The Training Specialist serves in the Surface Combat Systems Training Command and manages the lifecycle maintenance and configuration of waterfront training materials. The role conducts technical studies to define and validate training objectives and provides guidance to course representatives on curriculum development, modification, and maintenance. Candidates must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level, including curriculum lifecycle management, instructional design, and coordination with stakeholders.
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Summary
You will serve as a Training Specialist in the Surface Combat systems training Command (SCSTC) of SURFCOMSYSTRNCMD AEGIS TRAREDCEN.
Duties
- You will manage the complete life cycle maintenance for all ATRC-controlled waterfront curriculum materials.
- You will maintain the configuration baseline for all assigned training materials to ensure accuracy and standardization.
- You will conduct comprehensive technical studies and analyses to define and validate training objectives.
- You will provide authoritative guidance to course representatives on curriculum development, modification, and maintenance.
Qualifications
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1. Managing the life-cycle maintenance, revision, configuration control, and standardization of technical training curricula or courseware. 2. Analyzing hardware, software, equipment-configuration, or modernization changes and determine their impact on training requirements, objectives, and instructional materials. 3. Applying instructional systems design principles and training-program evaluation methods to develop, modify, validate, or assess technical training curricula. 4. Conducting technical studies or analyses to define and validate learning objectives, training requirements, and course-content updates. 5. Coordinating curriculum updates, training-material requirements, or associated acquisition/procurement actions with technical experts, program offices, instructors, and other stakeholders. 6. Provide authoritative guidance on curriculum development, maintenance, implementation, or compliance with established training standards across multiple training sites or organizations. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
How You Will Be Evaluated
In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and application package, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies: Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Customer Service Computer Literacy Partnering Written Communication Oral Communication Problem Solving You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Other Information
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.
How this job compares
Set against the 624 open Training Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 9, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$102–133K/yr
- Virginia median$90–151K/yr26 salary ranges
- US median$70–97K/yr337 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $118K, is 4% below the Virginia median midpoint ($123K) — in the middle half of Training Specialist salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 30 open Training Specialist jobs in Virginia and 624 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Training Specialist postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 472 postings).
- Education
- 141 of the 624 open Training Specialist jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 9, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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