Joining the Secret Service, Office of the Deputy Director, Operational Medicine Division, will allow you the opportunity to support the strategic direction, development, delivery, evaluation and continuous enhancement of advanced instructional programs designed to strengthen and maintain the agency's emergency medical and operational readiness capabilities. For definitions of terms found in this announcement, please click here.
To be considered qualified for this position you must meet the following qualification requirements for the respective grade level in which you are applying. You qualify for the GS-13 level (starting salary $120,579.00) if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level performing duties such as: Evaluating emergency medicine instructional material for course development or modifications using instructional strategies. Determining personnel training needs to instruct or provide specialized training in emergency operations and/or emergency medical services. Resolving problems concerning design and development of training and evaluation materials in coordination with subject matter experts. Preparing documents, surveys, or memoranda for briefings and meetings for emergency medical services. Selective Placement Factor: In addition to the minimum qualifications described above, you must meet the following requirement to be considered qualified for the position: Must possess and maintain an active Maryland Emergency Medical Technician (MD EMT) OR National Registry Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT) certification. The qualification requirements listed above must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
The selectee will serve as a Training Instructor (Operational Medicine) in the Office of the Deputy Director, Operational Medicine Division. Typical work assignments include: Developing, updating, and coordinating Secret Service emergency services course curriculum, designs, training aids, and instructing training courses. Participating in task/topic analyses for determining training and education requirements or in special staff studies of training/education and testing material. Teaching and providing training for Law Enforcement Responder (LER) classes, EMT classes, Advanced EMT classes, EMT/AEMT/Paramedic refresher courses, specialized emergency medicine and rescue courses for protective detail personnel and emergency medicine, emergency preparedness and rescue courses for personnel. Conducting a variety of ad hoc instructional, administrative, and technical research assignments in support of foreign and domestic protective assignments, as well as force. Apply for this exciting opportunity to provide emergency services curriculum design, instructor certification, accreditation compliance, and strategic integration of training throughout the Secret Service enterprise. This Training Instructor (Operational Medicine) position starts at a salary of $120,579.00, GS -13, step 1, with potential to $156,755.00, GS-13 step 10.