Responsibilities:
The Sponsor has a requirement for a contractor to assist the Sponsor with Contracting Officers Technical Representative (COTR) instruction. The Sponsor requires an instructor to teach existing in-person COTR courses; support administrative details of the courses; and participate in the creation of other COTR training courses. The instructor's understanding of Sponsor mission areas and COTR work is paramount. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
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Ability to speak to topics and facilitate courses on one or more of the following:
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Acquisition Planning
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Contract Management
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Resource Management
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Program Management
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Federal Acquisition Regulation
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Other Transactional Authorities (OTA)
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Experience and passion for teaching, developing people, providing feedback, mentoring, and coaching.
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Demonstrate leadership skills reflecting integrity, credibility, and accountability.
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Willingness to discuss personal leadership/management challenges and lessons learned in a learning environment.
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Strong familiarity with the Sponsor's information technology, comfort with using and learning about new technology and analytic tools, and willingness to promote technology that enhances learning design and delivery.
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Ability to use facilitative behaviors such as active listening, paraphrasing, questioning, summarizing, and using tools like problem-solving and action planning.
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Outstanding communication, collaboration, briefing, and facilitation skills needed to effectively interact in a classroom setting.
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Strong interpersonal and critical thinking skills (analysis, judgment, information-seeking).
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Ability to multitask and work independently, as a self-starter.
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Ability to work effectively with other instructors.
Experience with Microsoft Office, Outlook, SharePoint, PowerPoint, and Sponsor learning software platforms.
Qualifications:
- Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph
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Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline
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BS 10-12, MS 8-10, PhD 5-7
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Ability to fully coordinate master project schedules
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Ability to coordinate information flow between all programs and organizational managers
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Ability to establish functional and technical specifications and standards, solve hardware and software interface problems, define input/output parameters, and ensure integration of the entire system or subsystem
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Provide a total systems perspective including technical understanding of relationships, dependencies, and requirements of hardware and software components
Desired Qualifications
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Ability to test and evaluate hardware and software to determine efficiency, reliability, and compatibility with existing systems
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Identify measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct it, relative to the goals of the system
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Ability to work in a dynamic and challenging environment
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Ability to coordinate with engineers, systems analysts, programmers, technicians, scientists, and top-level managers in the design, testing, and evaluation of systems
EEO Statement:
We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.