Education Specialist

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/03/2025-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. Basic Requirement: One of the basic requirements must be met to be considered for this position. Failure to demonstrate you meet the basic requirement will result in disqualification. EDUCATION: a degree that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position OR COMBINATION: Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in education, or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in A above. - AND - Along with the basic requirement above, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement to qualify at the GS-9 level: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: professional level experience in conducting and applying experiential education techniques and methods, organizing work, setting priorities, and determining resource requirements, determining short and long term goals and strategies to achieve them, coordinating with other organizations or colleagues to accomplish goals, monitor and evaluate progress. Providing oversight of curriculum-based education programs and staff. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least two years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree from an accredited or pre-accredited institution in education, educational leadership, general psychology, human development, teaching methods at the elementary or secondary learning level. Areas of major study include education, earth sciences, history, archeology, anthropology, social sciences, or other closely related subjects pertinent to the management and protection of natural and cultural resources. You must include transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION: I do not have the amount of specialized experience and/or graduate or higher-level education described above; however, I do have a quantity of specialized experience and graduate or higher-level education of the type described above that when combined, the total percentage equals at least 100 to qualify for the position. NOTE: Only graduate education in excess of the first year maybe combined with experience to qualify applicants for positions at the GS-09 grade. PLEASE NOTE: If you are using education to qualify you must submit a copy of your transcripts (A copy of your official transcripts will be required before entrance on duty, if selected). Volunteer Experience: 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.