Total 162 Education / Training job vacancies in Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington

• Manages and participates in all aspects of gardens and grounds maintenance for optimal plant health and aesthetics while maximizing scientific and educational value.
• Works closely with Facilities Manager during construction projects, ensuring adequate protection for plants, soils, and existing garden infrastructure.
• Oversees plant health and integrated pest management program.
• Organizes and participates in systematic, goal-related program reviews to evaluate the effectiveness of horticultural and grounds management efforts and works with the Unit Leader to develop criteria for improvements and priorities.
• Evaluates program needs and adjusts to enhance fiscal and environmental sustainability of horticultural operations. Contributes to annual reports and development of project plans with the Unit Leader.
• Ensures horticultural displays and exhibits support United States National Arboretum (USNA) programs and priorities.
• Serves as subject matter expert, Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), or Agency technical representative for contracts and projects at the USNA.

• You will conduct nuclear and non-nuclear basic and specialized inspector training sessions under formal organized programs developed by the Support Branch of the Non-Destructive Test Division (NDT).
• You will prepare lesson plans, instructions, and course material for presentation in classroom situations and on-the-job training by selecting, modifying, and using various instructional methods and techniques.
• You will prepare course plans to provide detailed information regarding object of course, trainee ratings, prerequisites for entrance, schedule of classes, instructor, and funding.
• You will maintain appropriate training records to ensure qualification and re-qualification is performed as required for all Code 135 NDT inspectors.
• You will assist higher level technical support personnel with written procedures, technical documents, monitor and assess inspector performance.

This position is outside the bargaining unit.

As the Supervisory Workforce Analyst, your duties will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Supervise Workforce Analysts and/or Workforce Development Specialists to ensure program policies are observed and basic objectives of the unit are achieved.
• Direct the operation and administration of organizational activities.
• Direct the development and justification from program funding and staff resources to carry out program mission and functions.
• Provide technical program support and perform a variety of program-related assignments for National Office and Regional Office projects.
• Oversee workforce training programs and review grant applications for regulation compliance to help ETA receive funding for programs serving youth and adults, dislocated workers and long-term unemployed, low income individuals, older workers, Native Americans, people with disabilities, individuals involved in the justice system, farmworkers, and/or other targeted populations.
• Collect, organize, and analyze data in development of various budget, legislative, evaluation, planning, contractual and informational documents.
• Manage program operations, implement policies and plans, and/or make significant contributions to policy development.
• Develop and deliver training for grantees and other stakeholders; review contracts, grants, and/or state plans.
• Establish relationships, serve as the principal point of contact, and coordinate unit activities with other divisions, offices, Federal, state, local partners and stakeholders to assure a seamless implementation of ETA initiatives and accomplishment of the ETA mission.
• Ensure all parties are informed about key activities and developments.
• Plan and direct the work of subordinates; identify staff training needs.
• Develop or assist with performance standards; evaluate subordinate performance.
• Hear/resolve employee complaints; issue oral and/or written minor disciplinary actions.
• Improve work processes; evaluate and measure the quality and cost effectiveness of products/services.

• You will coordinate in-service training courses for a law enforcement training program.
• You will present training (e.g., lectures, discussions, guided conference, demonstration methods) to instruct law enforcement, investigative techniques, procedures, and practical application sessions.
• You will perform investigations (e.g., collect and protect evidence, take statements, make diagrams, interview witnesses) to determine warranted action.
• You will report performance, progress, or training needs of law enforcement employees to supervisor.

• You will have knowledge of a variety of PC and web-based software programs including word processing, graphics, spreadsheets, email, and database programs.
• You will have skill in researching files to find, gather, organize, and report on collected information.
• You will be proficient in Microsoft Office and utilizing electronic communication methods.
• You will have knowledge of general requirements needed for handling classified and sensitive materials.
• You will have the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing to share information, correspondence, and reports summarizing issues, and/or to provide administrative support.

***THIS POSITION IS A VIRTUAL POSITION. THE EMPLOYEE MAY WORK AT A VA FACILITY OR OTHER VA-LEASED SPACE OTHER THAN THE FACILITY THAT IS HIRING THE EMPLOYEE***

• Designs, oversees, implements and/or participates in scientific studies, surveys, investigations, or projects, to develop information in areas as cause and methods of disease prevention, control, and treatment;
• Identifies and analyzes public health issues and their impact on public policies or scientific studies/surveys;
• Consults on, monitors, and measures the outcome of assigned programs through studies;
• Serves as a recognized authority or consultant for scientific programs, studies or issues which are considered most difficult, complex nature in terms of their scientific or technical implications;
• Develops and coordinates the sharing of health related educational or informational materials;
• Administers screening, advisory and approval processes for the organization's health science research program;
• Develops and coordinates implementation of research method and design standards, criteria and guidelines for the scientific and technical activities of the organization;
• Develops policies procedures and criteria for administration of the organization's health science research program;
• Performs contract management to include preparing procurement request rationale documents, monitors cost, management and overall technical performance of the contract;
• Manages long-term, significantly complex, public health related contracts;
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• You will participate in developing, initiating, scheduling, an implementing programs for the development of personnel through Continuing Training and Development Program.
• You will provide a draft Quarterly CTD Program Assessment for the CTDL/ND/Director (template will be forwarded to each Code/Shop CTDL to ensure continuity of assessment content and format.
• You will coordinate the keeping of shop/code training plans current, and check them for accuracy.

The School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS) of NTU is an exciting environment for research. The Yong research group works on novel problems in biological and complex systems and has published many high impact papers in top scientific journals such as Science, PNAS, Phys. Rev. Lett., etc.

Our approach is highly interdisciplinary, using emerging state-of-the-art methods from mathematics, physics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, topological data analysis, and statistics. We are interested in analyzing big data of complex systems such as DNA, RNA, biological networks, social networks, financial markets, etc., in order to understand their behavior, pattern and interaction.

Understanding the structure-function relationships of biomolecules is an active area of research due to its fundamental importance in biology, physics, and engineering. The emerging field of Mathematical AI for Molecular Sciences is proposed for molecular representation, featurization, and learning. We are interested in developing physical models using graphs, simplicial complexes for molecular representation, featurization, and learning, particularly in the context of nucleic acids such as DNA, G-quadruplex. The results from the research will provide key insights to understanding the structure-function relationships of biomolecules.

The Yong research group is looking for a highly motivated and qualified Research Fellow with the ambition of producing high quality research that can be published in high impact journals. The Research Fellow will be involved in research design, data analysis, model development, numerical simulations, and report/paper writing.

The Research Fellow is expected to perform state of the art numerical simulations using computing resources from National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore. The incumbent has freedom to design the nature and type of deep learning simulations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Utilize recently developed mathematical tools from algebraic topology, combinatorial topology, computational topology, and differential geometry (e.g., Betti numbers, Hodge-Laplacian, discrete Ricci curvature) to characterize and model biopolymers such as DNA and RNA.
• Develop simplicial models for molecular representation, featurization, and learning, particularly in the context of nucleic acids such as DNA, G-quadruple, to better understand form-function relationship in biology.
• Use molecular modeling and AI (using e.g., the SMILES protocol) to quickly and accurately assess compounds with Essential Physicochemical Properties for drug design and development.
• Translate research findings into practical applications in pharmacology.
• Perform numerical simulations on National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore.

Job Requirements:

• PhD from a reputable university, preferably in physical sciences or STEM related field.
• Good publication track record.
• Strong background in artificial intelligence and biochemistry with prior experience in numerical simulations.
• Expertise in numerical simulations, and the ability to code and run simulations on deep learning workstation/supercomputers clusters.
• Able to think and work independently and have the aspiration to perform high quality research that can be published in high impact journals

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, NTU is looking for a Research Fellow with expertise in heterogeneous catalysis to develop improved catalyst formulations for conversion of plastic waste into carbon nanotubes and hydrogen.

The project is funded by National Environment Agency, Singapore to address one of the largest problems in waste management – the problem of plastic waste pollution. A significant fraction of plastic waste has substandard quality for mechanical and chemical recycling even after sorting and cleaning. The Research Fellow will use pyrolysis-chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technology for converting these plastic waste streams (specifically, contaminated and rejected plastics) into multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and hydrogen. The role of Research Fellow is to develop catalysts that will allow to reduce catalyst cost and increase carbon nanotubes yield to make the process more economically viable.

Key Responsibilities:

The candidate will be undertaking full research work and administrative duties during the term of employment within the following areas:

• Catalyst formulation and testing in pyrolysis-CVD process;
• Liaising with toll manufacturers regarding the feasibility of scaled up catalyst production.
• Cost-benefit analysis for the developed catalyst(s).
• Publishing research papers and documenting developed intellectual property. Reporting the progress to stakeholders (internal and external).

Job Requirements:

• Ph.D. degree in a field relevant to heterogeneous catalysis (e.g., Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Environmental Engineering or other).
• PhD thesis or postdoctoral experience related to heterogeneous catalysis for at least one of the following areas: (a) catalytic waste conversion into carbon nanotubes and hydrogen, (b) catalytic single-walled and/or multi-walled carbon nanotube synthesis from any feedstocks.
• First-author publications in the areas mentioned above.
• High proficiency in English (e.g., TOELF, IELTS, GRE) for preparation of research papers
• Ability to prepare well-written technical reports and research papers.
• Ability to prepare decent quality presentation decks, figures and illustrations.
• Ability to build formal and informal partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Ability to consistently achieve results even under challenging circumstances and understanding what needs to be done to deliver the project.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, NTU is looking for a Research Fellow with expertise in chemical reactors to develop an improved prototype for a thermocatalytic process.

The project is funded by National Environment Agency, Singapore to address one of the largest problems in waste management – the problem of plastic waste pollution. A significant fraction of plastic waste has substandard quality for mechanical and chemical recycling even after sorting and cleaning. The Research Fellow will work on the design, fabrication and testing of a chemical reactor system that will use pyrolysis-chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technology for converting these plastic waste streams (specifically, contaminated and rejected plastics) into multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and hydrogen. The role of Research Fellow is to design a system prototype that can effectively mitigate the impact of impurities from diverse plastic waste streams on production outputs and can be operated in a continuous mode.

Key Responsibilities:

The candidate will be undertaking full research work and administrative duties during the term of employment within the following areas:

• Experimental work on plastic waste conversion into carbon nanotubes and hydrogen.
• Design, procurement, installation and operation of the prototype system;
• Investigation of system performance and determining factors that influence the yield and quality of outputs;
• Development of improvements in system design to mitigate the factors decreasing quality and yield of outputs;
• Development of a continuous process;
• Liaising with vendors regarding the feasibility of scale up and conducting a cost-benefit analysis.
• Publishing research papers and documenting developed intellectual property.
• Reporting the progress to stakeholders (internal and external).

Job Requirements:

• Ph.D. degree in a field relevant to chemical reactor engineering (e.g., Chemical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering or other).
• PhD thesis or postdoctoral experience related to chemical reactor engineering for at least one of the following areas: (a) catalytic reactors, (b) continuous reactors.
• First-author publications in the areas mentioned above.
• High proficiency in English (e.g., TOELF, IELTS, GRE) for preparation of research papers.
• Ability to prepare well-written technical reports and research papers.
• Ability to prepare decent quality presentation decks, figures and illustrations.
• Ability to build formal and informal partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Ability to consistently achieve results, even under challenging circumstances.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Join Our Team at the National Centre for Advanced Integrated Photonics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

The National Centre for Advanced Integrated Photonics (NCAIP) at NTU Singapore hosts research activities in advanced integrated photonics domain.

Position Available: Research Fellow (Electrical Modulator)

Key Responsibilities:

• To be responsible for all the research activities related to electrical-optical modulator calculation, simulation and design.
• To study the resources of non-linearity of analog modulation by investigating carrier and photon dynamics beyond the linear regime.
• To be responsible for administrative and logistical upkeep pertaining to laboratory operations.

Job Requirements:

• Ph.D. degree in either engineering, computer science or applied physics or relevant subject from well-established universities/institutes.
• Must be highly motivated in multidisciplinary research. He/she must have proven experience in electrical-optics modulator.
• Good experience in electrical-optics modulator design.
• Able to work independently as well as in a team.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

The School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) provides a vibrant and nurturing environment for staff and students to carry out inter-disciplinary research in key areas such as Computational Materials Science, Characterisation Materials Science, Defence Composite Materials, Functional Composite Materials, Energy, Nanomaterials, Low Dimensional Materials, Biomaterials Materials, Biological Materials, Bioinspired Materials and Sustainable Materials.

For more details, please view https://www.ntu.edu.sg/mse/research.

We are looking for a Research Fellow to work on design and flexible electronics. The role will focus on Investigate new functional materials and material composites for sensors, electrodes, substrate, and develop strain sensor array with lightweight in large scale.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in the conduct of research project with research team members to ensure completion of deliverables
• Designed, develop and fabrication flexible sensor array, integrate biosensors into hybrid electronic devices, advancing wearable device functionality.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholder on Hybrid-Integrated Next-Generation μ-Electronics
• Assist in grant writing.
• Maintenance of lab or equipment or supplies that include procurement and liaison with suppliers.
• Assist or produce high quality reports and documents that consolidate research findings
• Publish research findings in high-impact journals and present at international conferences .
• Contribute to the mentoring and guidance of junior researchers and students, fostering an environment of learning and innovation within the project team.

Job Requirements:

• PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering or related field
• At least 4 years of relevant experiences in flexible electronics
• Expertise in flexible electronics, mechanical sensors, strain sensors, tactile sensors.
• Proficiency in mechanical testing, electrical testing, materials characterization, system integration
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Capable of design and assemble of device prototypes.
• Candidates with publications in top-tier scientific journals are preferred.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

School Programme Manager

About the Role:

Are you passionate about gymnastics and coaching? Do you have strong organisational skills and a knack for creating a positive, supportive environment for both recreational and competitive athletes? We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Programme Manager & Gymnastics Coach to manage and deliver high-quality gymnastics services, both recreational and competitive, within the Schools programme based in Singapore. Working closely with the School Director and Recreational Manager, this role will ensure the growth and development of gymnasts at all levels while maintaining a focus on safety, communication, and the ongoing success of the program.

Key Responsibilities:

Coaching:

• Deliver engaging, high-quality coaching sessions for both recreational and competitive gymnasts, tailored to the age and ability of each group.
• Ensure that all coaching activities adhere to the relevant policies, procedures, and codes of practice, with a strong focus on safety.
• Maintain a high standard of safeguarding, equality, and health & safety practices.
• Communicate effectively with participants, coaches, and parents to foster a supportive and collaborative environment.
• Coach during weekends, school holidays, and camps, ensuring availability for all required sessions.

Programme Management:

• Develop, manage, and promote all gymnastics programmes at AIS, ensuring they are efficient, financially sustainable, and meet the needs of all participants.
• Develop and maintain good professional relationships with the School Director of Sport and the rest of their team.
• Oversee all recreational and competitive gymnasts at the school, ensuring steady growth and progression.
• Manage communications for competitions, including entry, travel, organisation on the day, and award announcements, ensuring deadlines and school policies are adhered to.
• Supervise and support all coaches delivering gymnastics sessions, ensuring they have clear lesson plans and appropriate guidance.
• Organise and promote MAG and WAG competitive squads and camps during school holidays.
• Plan and organise termly open days/evenings to showcase the skills of competitive gymnasts to parents and the school community.

Administrative Duties:

• Monitor and manage payments, ensuring all participants are up to date with fees.
• Assist the School Director in coordinating cover for coaching sessions, ensuring that all lessons are well-planned and that safety protocols are followed.
• Contribute to newsletters, showcasing gymnast achievements and promoting the programme to parents and the wider school community.
• Provide timely feedback on the development of gymnasts to parents and relevant school staff.

Who We're Looking For:

• A qualified gymnastics coach with experience of coaching recreational gymnasts ( experience of competitive is desirable but not essential
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to handle multiple responsibilities.
• Excellent communication skills, with a proven ability to build relationships with gymnasts, parents, coaches, and school staff.
• A passion for developing young athletes and a commitment to fostering a positive, inclusive, and safe environment.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends, school holidays, and camps.
• Experience in programme management and event coordination is desirable.

How to Apply:
If you're excited about this opportunity and believe you have the skills and passion to make a positive impact, please submit your CV and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience and why you're a great fit for this role.

As an Operation Research Analyst, the incumbent:

• Serves as a subject matter expert for cost estimating, life-cycle cost analysis, cost modeling and the development of cost databases, risk management, and operational research.
• Uses knowledge of applying appropriate cost estimating and statistics principles and methods, as well as risk management principles, to technically complex systems.
• Provides expert advice to program and project teams in cost estimating and analysis, including project baselining and support to the program decision processes.
• Serves as a subject matter expert conducting scientifically based quantitative analysis of NNSA programs and projects to justify their cost, scope, and schedule baselines, as reported to Congress.
• Performs program analysis, including identification of key risks and issues, resource alternatives, and programmatic recommendations, informs the NNSA Future Years Nuclear Security Program (FYNSP) and budget submission under the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Evaluation (PPBE) system.
• Serves as a subject matter expert for the evaluation of the program/project performance, operational effectiveness, operational suitability, and estimated costs and schedules of programs and projects.
• Monitors progress identifies issues, analyzes root cause, and develops recommendations to senior level leadership.
• Provides technical and subject matter expertise to the CEPE Director, CEPE Deputy Director, the NNSA Administrator, senior leadership of NNSA programs, Congress, and other stakeholder agencies.
• Analyzes cost/financial and technical data to perform analysis, build models, identify trends, and develop tools using appropriate statistical and mathematical techniques.