AJANTA CONSULTING, LLC
Wright Patterson AFB, OH
THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON BID AWARD
The Program Manager will serve as a subject matter expert (SME) to the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) Department of Aerospace Medicing (FE), Aerospace Medicine Studies and Analysis Division (FES), Operational Support Team (FESO). The PM will oversee program development, data analysis, education, training, and field consultative support.
Responsibilities
- Mange the enrollment of students in the designated USAFSAM electronic scheduling system.
- Assist students with course registration, and act as a conduit between USAFSAM schoolhouse, 711th HPW Headquarters OST, instructors, and students.
- Responsibilities shall include student enrollment, assignment, grading, and collaboration with student participant.
- Facilitate instructor affiliate faculty requests through the USAFSAM Education Department.
- Facilitate travel and lodging arrangements between USAFSAM financial management office and projected course instructors
- Raise questions, concerns and any other issues identified with student enrollments or instructors as they arise, to Operational Support Team leadership.
- Coordinate Defense Travel System student issues with the USAFSAM Financial Management section for resolution.
- Coordinate student logistics and shuttle bus travel with the USAFSAM Education department.
- Coordinate with 88th ABW organizations to facilitate student instructional on-site visits.
- Verify the working conditions of all projected information technology systems prior to the start of each scheduled course.
- Coordinate with USAFSAM information systems for the use of classroom phones, information system technical support, and adjustments, deletions, or additions to audio/visual requirements.
- Attend/support meetings related to expertise with government and civilian organizations, academia, and subject matter experts.
- Review all course slide presentations content for copyright material and recommend removal or the addition of an appropriate citation, in accordance with USAFSAM school policy.
- Ensure all slide presentations are reviewed and corrected for spelling, grammar, spelling out acronyms the first time, and using the directed template format prior to use in the scheduled course.
- Utilize an appropriate combination of correspondence, publications, personnel media, guides, pamphlets, meetings, telephone calls, information letters and briefings to publicize the education course plan at all Air Force levels, to registrants and the functional community, taking into consideration such things as funding, the target audience, the message to be transmitted, time constraints, etc.
- Participate in scheduled FESO team meetings by providing updates on course scheduling, student logistics, programmatic updates, concerns or issues, and student enrollments.
- Establish, develop, and maintain effective working relationships with HQs level counterparts in AF/A-1, AFMRA, and 711th HPW components and higher education institutions.
- Establish, develop, and maintain effective working relationships with other contract employees, and assist with the onboarding of newly hired contract employees.
- Participate in initial and on-going training, military specific training/activities and others, as directed by the unit Commander or his/her designee to include continuing education, site visits, workshops, lectures, and seminars to maintain required certifications and updated program requirements.
- Facilitate and/or oversee program evaluation activities to identify program strengths and weaknesses, impact to operational units, and the development and implementation of best practices.
- May be assigned as course director
- Interact with course director(s) and others, such as course developers, registrar personnel, testing and evaluation personnel, and/or faculty development personnel, to ensure the integrity of the Faculty Development program.
- Assist course director(s) by researching and drafting course documents, such as agendas, lesson plans, presentations, and other associated administrative documents.
- Advise course director, assist in responding to and resolving student issues, and elevate program administrative problems.
- Provide End of Course (EOC) feedback that shall be utilized for course improvement.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in health sciences or other closely related field.
- Minimum five (5) years of aggregate professional and working in human performance experience in a specific to military environments preferred
- Minimum three (3) months of experience as a qualified USAFSAM instructor preferred
- Completion of an approved teaching methodology course (e.g. USAFSAM Basic Instructor Course (BIC)) preferred
- Completion of the USAFSAM or CCAF Teaching Internship preferred
- Completion of the USAFSAM Course 48 USAFSAM 36-101, 22 April 2019 Director Orientation preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of program planning process and evidence-based methods to mitigate risks and stressors in occupational workplaces.
- Knowledge of military organization and culture, and the unique stressors placed upon personnel in an operational military workplace
- Knowledge of a wide range of concepts, principles, or methodologies of health sciences to plan, coordinate, conduct and integrate evidence-based IOS programs, including project development and execution, training, analytical evaluation, and advisory services
- Possess skills in collecting data and conducting substantial problem analysis and program evaluation to identify adverse trends, ineffective practices or procedures, and shortcomings.
- Ability to thrive in a team environment, yet able to complete assigned tasks independently or with minimal guidance from team leads.
- Possess organizational skills; the ability to achieve set goals; initiative in performing assigned tasks; ability to follow-up complex projects with influence and integrity; and ability to interact professionally with all levels of personnel within and outside of the organization.
- Possess prior teaching or instructor experience in order to facilitate course scheduling and modifications.
- Knowledge of agency program goals and objectives, the sequence and time of key program events and milestones, and methods of evaluating the worth of program accomplishments.
- Possess skills in preparing project papers, staff reports and decision papers.
- Ability in organizing and delivering briefings to senior leadership, managers, work groups, and higher HQ to encourage understanding and acceptance of findings and recommendations.
- Possess prior operational embedment experience.
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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
- May be required to travel outside of local area for events that include trainings, seminars, conferences, briefings, interventions, and Geographically Separated Units.
- While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee may use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
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