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Aga Khan Development Network

Through emergency relief, recovery, resettlement, and disaster risk reduction programmes, FOCUS supports communities in rebuilding safer lives and transitioning from dependence on humanitarian aid to ...

AKDN

Through emergency relief, recovery, resettlement, and disaster risk reduction programmes, FOCUS supports communities in rebuilding safer lives and transitioning from dependence on humanitarian aid to ...

Muslim Aid USA

Development Coordinator (DMV)

Fairfax, VA · On-site

$55K - $60K/yr

We serve communities through humanitarian aid, long-term development programs, and seasonal campaigns rooted in compassion, justice, and service to humanity-regardless of background or faith.

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SME Instructor Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) 106-005

IC-CAP LLC

Springfield, MO • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 14 days ago

Job description

We are primarily sourcing level 2 Candidates but will consider level 1 Candidates.
SME Instructor Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR): delivers in-resident and distributed learning instructional programs in accordance with course requirements at the NGA College. Uses instructional methods such as guided discussions, lectures, demonstrations, small group exercises, seminars, workshops, and laboratories. Uses instructional technology, including but not limited to Blackboard. Conducts assessment strategy in accordance with the course design, including instructor observation, testing, and grading. Provides formal and informal student feedback. Provides subject matter expertise (SME) throughout the curriculum creation process, including content review and feedback to development staff. Relevant instructional experience includes but is not limited to, experience developing and delivering technical training and educational courses in academic, commercial, government, or industrial organizations.
Work Role:
  • Desired degree(s) in one of the following: Geography, Geodetic Science, Geospatial Intelligence, Spatial Statistics, or a related discipline
  • Possess documented experience within the last 36 months as Geospatial Analyst that has created, analyzed, and interpreted spatial data. The Candidate will apply their knowledge of geographic information science and technology, statistics, spatial thinking, remote sensing, intelligence issues and social and physical science to characterize events, discover relationships and trends, and produce geospatial products
  • Possess a working knowledge of the application of GIS and analysis of geospatial data to solve intelligence problems that may face the DoD or the Intelligence Community
  • Demonstrated fundamental knowledge of the principles and applications of imagery interpretation, digital image processing systems, collections, and sensor phenomenology
  • Demonstrated strong working knowledge of ESRI GIS software and extensions and NGA, DoD, Federal, and Commercial data sources, standards, and models
  • Demonstrated experience maintaining a database
  • Demonstrated experience creating, editing, reviewing, and responding to Requests for Information
  • For deployment teaching deployer training instructors, requires documented experience supporting a GEOINT mission within the past 24 months. May require additional documented experience directly supporting the NGA mission at a site external to customer base (e.g., OCO-related deployment, Disaster/Humanitarian Relief support, etc.) within the past 24 months of RFP release date

Job Criteria:
  • Understanding of various policies associated with collaborating with other agencies
  • Understanding of the HADR TCPED process
  • Experience with an assortment of data and imagery sources used
  • Experience with ArcGIS and RemoteView

Level 1 Experience:
  • Bachelors degree in area of expertise plus three years of experience, or six years of relevant experience. The expertise must align with work role
  • Desired Minimum Instructional Experience: Three (3) years of relevant instructor experience

Level 2 Experience:
  • Masters degree in area of expertise plus 3 years of relevant experience; or bachelors degree in area of expertise plus 5 years of relevant experience; or 20 years of relevant experience
  • Desired Minimum Instructional Experience: Four (4) years of relevant instructor experience

Security Clearance:
  • Active TS/SCI and the willingness to sit for a CI polygraph, if needed

IC-CAP provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status

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