ACERSS - Assessment Analyst Job Opening

Technology Automation & Management (TeAM), Inc.

TeAM is looking for highly motivated and highly skilled individuals who are ready for exciting opportunities with a growing company. For more than a quarter of a century, we've built our reputation as a premier solutions provider to the Federal Government, and eagerly seek creative problem solvers to join our TeAM.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Description

Personnel should possess appropriate knowledge of and experience in these areas:

• Extensive global regional expertise and knowledge of Air Force/Department of Defense needs for deployment education and training.
• Extensive knowledge of foreign language teaching techniques and instructional systems.
• Extensive knowledge of learning theory, psychology of learning, educational psychology, and Instructional Product Development.
• Extensive knowledge of Instructional Design Practices, principles and techniques and curriculum development.
• Extensive expertise and knowledge of the spectrum of negotiation/ mediation concepts, skills, and theory.
• Extensive knowledge of standardized web-based interactive course delivery systems (e.g. Blackboard).
• Extensive expertise in instructor facilitation and faculty development.
• Extensive knowledge of education evaluation, including the development of written and performance tests.
• Extensive knowledge of computers in education and training.
• Extensive knowledge of industrial/organizational psychology, competency modeling, and psychological assessment.
• Extensive research experience in areas of culture and ethnography.
• Extensive research experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
• Extensive research experience in research methods, investigations, and education programs.
• Knowledge and skill with multimedia methods of design and delivery (e.g., imbedded video instruction).
• Extensive knowledge of relational databases and database tools such as Oracle database, Java, and reports tools.
• Extensive knowledge of web technologies such as HTML and XML.
• General knowledge of and competency with Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) and Adobe Acrobat Professional.
• General knowledge of and competency with the Defense Travel System.
• Where impartial and independent peer reviews are required: the peer reviewer/researcher must be an academic scholar who holds a graduate-level degree (preferably a PhD) in history, political science, international relations, cultural anthropology, archeology, or cultural geography and is deeply versed in the respective country's culture and customs; possess cultural currency, via multiple, in-country cultural field research visits of at least two weeks in-country per visit over the course of several year
• Extensive knowledge of mobile application and content management system (CMS) creation, maintenance and enhancement: For the iOS environment advanced knowledge of Objective-C, for the Android environment advanced knowledge of the Ionic framework, and for the CMS environment a working knowledge of AngularJS, PHP, MySQL, Amazon Web Services, and HTML/CSS.
• Extensive expertise and knowledge of strategic leadership communication concepts and best practices.
• Extensive expertise and knowledge of nuclear/weapons of mass destruction (WMD) deterrence concepts.

Performs assessment support to include administering, collecting and analyzing assessment data for courses (such as demographic surveys, pre- and post-course attitudinal surveys, pre-course tests, situational judgment tests, exit surveys, and end of course surveys), Language Enabled Airman Program (LEAP) boards, e-Mentor interactions, Language Intensive Training Events (LITEs), Cultural Studies Project (CSP), Air Force Negotiation Center (AFNC) events, and other emerging requirements.

Assists in conducting comprehensive assessments of education and training courses. Identifies performance trends and indicators, to include accessing and analyzing data for significant course periods; conducts course effectiveness assessments; provides end of course feedback and other assessment analysis data. Based on student and instructor feedback, modifies presentation format and updates curriculum to correspond to education levels necessary for target audience.

Provides assessment assistance to the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) effort by evaluating via rubric and qualitative coding a sample of student responses to graded evaluation instruments for Culture Courses taught in the AU schools. Validates cross-cultural competencies to be used to provide cultural guidance to AU schools.

Assists in conducting on-going psychometric (e.g., reliability & validity analyses), longitudinal, multivariate, and nonparametric analyses using sophisticated statistical, measurement and programmatic assessment techniques and manages large databases in Excel/SPSS. This requires knowledge and experience in statistics and measurement techniques involving applied or experimental data, such as conducting laboratory or field research and/or working on applied projects focused on collecting, analyzing, and reporting data.

Coordinates/schedules General Officer Pre-deployment Acculturation Course (GOPAC) assessments activities with the course director and academic advisor. Activities include, but are not limited to, conducting assessment interviews and collecting formal documentation throughout the GOPAC execution period; compiling draft assessments After-Action Report (AAR); delivering post-course assessment Hot Wash to USAF Culture and Language Center (AFCLC) staff; and making recommendations based upon assessment findings.

Position Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree preferred)

Experience: Qualitative and quantitative data analysis experience.

Certification: Certified in Microsoft Office 2013 Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, or perform to that level of proficiency.

Full-Time/Part-Time Pending Contract Award Pending Contract Award Relocation Assistance Sign-on Bonus Exempt/Non-Exempt Non-Exempt Location ACERSS - Maxwell AFB, AL

This position is currently accepting applications.