Total 52 Education / Training job vacancies in Hampton, Virginia

The Senior Researcher Advanced Materials Technologies:

• Leads strategic planning for new technical capability in emerging fields of materials research and technology and provides recommendations on strategic investments and technology forecasting to Agency and Center leadership in Aeronautics and Space Exploration.
• Conducts systematic, intensive research to further knowledge in advanced/high-performance materials that have general applicability for use by others.
• Represents Langley on Agency technical teams/committees/panels responsible for problem solving.
• Demonstrated recognition of technical excellence through current peer-reviewed publications.
• Represents Langley on technical panels/committees; delivers expertise in planning and investigation teams; demonstrates technical leadership and innovation through principal role on funded projects.
• Leads technical consulting and maintaining global awareness of international competitive research and technology environment in advanced/high-performance materials, and documented impact of technical contributions to materials technologies relevant to Agency missions.
• Fosters and continually drives a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence, and innovation within and outside of the organization and NASA. Champions the Agency's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) and creates an environment and culture that promotes and enables the Agency's commitment to safety, inclusion, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.

The Senior Researcher, Advanced Materials Technologies:

• Leads strategic planning for new technical capability in emerging fields of materials research and technology and provides recommendations on strategic investments and technology forecasting to Agency and Center leadership in Aeronautics and Space Exploration.
• Conducts systematic, intensive research to further knowledge in advanced/high-performance materials that have general applicability for use by others.
• Represents Langley on Agency technical teams/committees/panels responsible for problem solving.
• Demonstrated recognition of technical excellence through current peer-reviewed publications.
• Represents Langley on technical panels/committees; delivers expertise in planning and investigation teams; demonstrates technical leadership and innovation through principal role on funded projects.
• Leads technical consulting and maintaining global awareness of international competitive research and technology environment in advanced /high-performance materials, and documented impact of technical contributions to materials technologies relevant to Agency missions.
• Fosters and continually drives a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence, and innovation within and outside of the organization and NASA. Champions the Agency's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) and creates an environment and culture that promotes and enables the Agency's commitment to safety, inclusion, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.

• Determine what type of passport is authorized for VISA entry requirements for foreign countries.
• Utilize the Foreign Clearance Guide and the Passport Matters website in reviewing the application for correctness and completion.
• Ensures facilities meet the minimum requirements for certification.
• Ensures building and office space requirements are sufficient.

• You will conduct physical security surveys and crime prevention surveys.
• You will participate in facility construction and renovation meetings.
• You will be responsible for the daily support and maintenance of the installation Lost and Found Program.
• You will support physical security education training programs for Military Police and Law Enforcement personnel assigned to the installation.
• You will review all security requirement waivers and exemption requests from the installation and tenant commands.

• Delegated responsibility for carrying out all phases of resource management programs (financial, manpower, and force management).
• Provides technical expertise in interpreting directives, planning, implementing, and directing the program/budget, management accounting, management analysis, support agreement, competitive sourcing and TDA management.
• Serves as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8 (Resource Management), Headquarters, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).
• Plans, develops, monitors, and coordinates the execution and implementation of the total resource management program.
• Represents HQ TRADOC in planning, proposing, defending, and coordinating financial and management control systems and procedures to achieve optimum use of resources.
• Analyzes financial data and provides advice and guidance on the economics of plans and programs and utilization of financial, personnel and material resources.
• Serves as Department of the Army Portfolio Manager for Education and Training Knowledge Based Services.
• Supports Command career program manager for Comptroller Career Program.

• Serve as the Emergency Management Program Manager reporting to the Deputy Chief of Protective Services.
• Develop, coordinate, review and maintain a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) to ensure compliance with Federal requirements and continued operation of critical functions during emergencies and disasters.
• Establish and maintain a robust liaison program with Agency and other Center emergency managers, private industry tenants, federal, state and local governmental agencies.
• Ensure NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) emergency management program policy, plans, training, exercises, and events are fully integrated, synchronized and consistent with NASA standards, requirements and policies.
• Plan, develop, coordinate and implement drills and exercises for emergency responders and the Center community to include tenants and resident agencies and ensure compliance with Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) guidelines.
• Manage and maintain databases to ensure the constant availability and readiness of the agency Emergency Notification System (ENS). Ensure appropriate number of personnel are trained to operate the ENS for testing and during emergencies.
• Ensure daily operation of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to include appointment, training, and certification of EOC staff. Serve on behalf of the OPS Chief as the Operation Coordinator in the EOC during activation.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive disaster/emergency response and recovery program for the NASA LaRC, including all tenants and resident agencies. Develop and maintain a Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP).
• Foster a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.

• As a Human Resources Specialist (Military), you will perform the following duties which is not an all-inclusive list:
• Advises on career management policies. Formulates and coordinates personnel replacement, policies, and procedures regarding replacements.
• Provides oversight for the officer and enlisted strength and assignments for CAC. Assists with the direction, coordination, and execution of a variety of military personnel programs.
• Develops, prepares, reports and continuously updates HR data. Maintains knowledge and expertise in the human resources arena.
• Reviews and analyzes the status report to identify current strength and MOS shortages. Collects and evaluates information and data and develops recommendations for timely decision making using statistical analyses regarding personnel readiness.
• Develops and maintains various automated unit readiness reporting systems, from HR data from installation and local data base systems and higher command systems.

• You will prepare correspondence ensuring it is properly formatted and grammatically correct.
• You will prepare performance evaluations and fitness reports for all staff to ensure all reports are properly formatted, grammatically, correct and dispatched within the required timeframes.
• You will maintain office files in subject and chronological order.
• You will access the government travel card information system to monitor transactions of travel card recipient's garnishment of accounts due to delinquency of payment and identify delinquent accounts.

• You will develop scientific methods and techniques in the discovery, review, selection, experimentation, operations analysis and warfighting assessments of current and emerging capabilities.
• You will conduct advanced Information Warfare (IW) warfighting capabilities, readiness, doctrine and training analyses.
• You will assess Carrier Strike Group (CSG), Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), and Independent Deployer (ID) Post Deployment Reports to gain insight into shortfalls in existing doctrine and training for IW mission areas.
• You will manage and develop the command's capability assessment inputs and operational analysis products.
• You will analyze mid and post deployment briefs, C2X Sitreps, and strike group lessons learned and develop associated complex problem-solving methods to identify warfighting gaps.
• You will develop innovative analytical approaches, to be applied in the assessment of emerging capabilities and innovating solutions to IW problem sets.
• You will analyze IW related experiment and exercise data, mission essential tasks, doctrine and disseminate those products.
• You will function as a technical authority for IW related metrics used to evaluate Fleet IW readiness.
• You will represent Naval Information Warfighting Development Center (NIWDC) in all matters pertaining to operations analysis, concept development, wargaming, experimentation, test and evaluation.
• You will conduct Navy-wide tactical level warfighting effectiveness assessments across the range of military operations and threat spectrum.

• Serve as a senior Operations Research Analyst and serves as an advisor to the branch chief and division director regarding the performance, operation, and cost of the purchased care system.
• Ensure that the organization’s strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are integrated into the assigned projects’ strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services.
• Responsible for development and implementation of complex analytical studies pertaining to existing and proposed programs.
• Lead and conduct quantitative/qualitative analysis of policies, programs, and processes related to health care and resource management.
• Direct and perform very complex research and acquires knowledge and understanding of new or revised programs to improve control of costs within the purchased care system
• Use advanced statistical packages specifically including SAS, SAS data tools, SAS Macro language, Stata, and SQL.
• Utilize business intelligence tools Cognos and Business Objects to manipulate large and complicated health data systems, to conduct business case analyses to track cost, utilization, and compliance across the entire spectrum of TRICARE services.
• Contribute to the development of project plans, operating plans and supporting budgets.

• Manage Regional Operations Branch that coordinate plans and executes eligible international partner security cooperation education and training requirements.
• First line supervisor, setting and adjusting priorities, preparing work schedules to ensure timely and accurate completion of work assignments.
• Advise and assist subordinates by providing recommendations and guidance as it relates to international student management and training program execution.
• Assist countries in the development of their security cooperation education and training plans to include programming applicable courses and International Military Students (IMS) Data.

• Manage Regional Operations Branch that coordinates plans, and programs eligible foreign governments’ security cooperation education and training requirements.
• First line supervisor, setting and adjusting priorities, preparing work schedules to ensure timely and accurate completion of work assignments.
• Advise and assist subordinates by providing recommendations and guidance as it relates to international student management and training program execution.
• Assist countries in the development of their security cooperation education and training plans to include programming applicable courses and International Military Students (IMS) Data.

This Operations Research Analyst position is located Security Operations, Administrative Services, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Applies experience and advanced technical know ledge of operations research analysis to lead complex analyses and small studies on a quantitative or qualitative basis, formulate overall concepts, evaluate findings, and recommend solutions for determining the effectiveness of field program or operations to meet established goals, measures, and objectives.
• Plans, coordinates, and conducts analytical studies using large volumes of data to projects the likelihood of a terrorist attack and leverages analytical results to improve programmatic operations.
• Participates in the selection and application of mathematics, economics, econometrics, and statistics appropriate to conducting Risk Analytics.
• Provides technical guidance and coordinates efforts involved in carrying out various aspects of assignments, the design of samples and experiments, and the design of evaluation and program monitoring techniques. Monitors, evaluates, and documents the results of work activities and prepares final recommendations.
• Participates in meetings, briefings, presentations, and conferences with other management officials to discuss major program changes, performance metrics, projects milestones, formulates, executives and justifications to influence decisions and provide guidance.
• Identifies mathematical applications to improve existing programs, determines types of data to be collected, formulates study methodologies, and assists functional activities in the implementation of operational segments and data analysis.

As a CONTRACT SPECIALIST GS-1102-13/14, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Serve as the principal acquisition advisor to technical clients, providing expertise on use of Other Transactions in non-procurement and prototyping situations.
• Active involvement in the acquisition planning process, adapting to each technical offices varying internal processes, management and communication styles and personalities while reviewing and assessing requirements and developing the most appropriate, streamlined, and efficient acquisition strategy.
• Serve as a contracting officer, a grants officer, or an agreements officer with specified negotiation authority for assigned technical programs across technical offices and acquisitions.
• Assess and resolve complex pre-award issues including evaluating contractor technical and financial capability and perform cost analysis, negotiating subcontracting issues including utilization of small disadvantaged businesses as sub-contractors, and reinterpreting policies to apply to new or changing circumstances.
• Independently monitor contract performance, changes, deliverables, schedules, & financial status.
• Serves as the principal acquisition representative for a primary technical office, but also assists DARPA's technical offices in matters related to acquisitions and assistance.
• Inform senior management of significant actions, anticipated acquisition strategies and potential issues requiring management and/or General Counsel involvement.
• Manage workload and perform contract management using a host of electronic tools.
• Maintain continuous learning through training courses, professional activities, attendance at conferences, and speaking to maintain DoD education requirements.

As a Program Analyst (Resources) at the GS-0343-14 some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Providing financial management, program analysis, administrative guidance, and assistance to ensure sound and timely
  development of ongoing and proposed programs.
• Assisting in the budget formulation and justification process within the office.
• Ensuring the preparation of complete and well written Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs) and Purchase
  Requests (PRs) for the initiation and/or continuation of research programs.
• Functioning as the focal point and Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for office support contracts.
• Working as an analyst in conducting continuing analyses of one or more functional or program areas of office or DARPA
  acquisitions for the purpose of providing DARPA management, other federal agencies, contractors and congressional offices
  with financial and DARPA program information.