Posted: September 10, 2010

Training Specialist
Duration: 4 months only
Location: NOLA
US Citizenship required and a minimum of an interim Secret Clearance required to start

IPPS-A has an opportunity for a Training Specialist in New Orleans. This position will perform a variety of tasks in support of training related activities. Duties include, but are not limited to contributing to the development of a training plan, designing and developing training materials, and researching U.S. Army Training and Doctrine (TRADOC) guidelines. Candidate must be versatile and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. Strong communications skills are a must.

Roles and Responsibilities:
Participate in training and knowledge transfer best practices analysis.
Review and incorporate U.S. Army Training and Doctrine (TRADOC) guidelines.
Create UPK exercises and student instruction for completing exercises.
Develop training materials that instruct both business processes and system functionality.
Create Distributed Learning Courseware that is integrated into a UPK product.
Develop training scenarios and identify data needs for those scenarios.
Write effective training text including introductions, instructions, feedback and summaries that flow well and are easily understood.

Basic Qualifications:
Minimum Education / Bachelors degree, Interim Secret Security Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications: – Prior experience with Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) guidelines – Prior experience with Integrated User Productivity Kit (UPK) / Distributed Learning (dL) products – Prior experience with Web Based Self Service training – Prior experience with Knowledge Management (KM) and Electronic Performance Support System (EPSS) – Prior experience with Student Evaluation (Test) Packages and Job Aids – Self-starter with excellent time management skills. – Ability to solve problems, creatively and analytically. – Desire to work with information systems. – Excellent communication (written and oral) skills. – Proficient in Power Point and other Microsoft Office applications.