Sr. Training Development and Evaluation Specialist

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Sr. Training Development and Evaluation Specialist  to join our team! In this role you will be responsible for developing training and conducting training programs for personnel at all levels in physical and/or electronic environments.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Build teaching outlines in conformance with selected instructional methods, leveraging knowledge of specified training needs and effectiveness of such training methods as individual coaching, group instruction, lectures, demonstrations, conferences, meetings, and workshops.
• Confer with management, employees, and clients to gain knowledge of work situations requiring training and to better understand changes in policies, procedures, regulations, business initiatives, and technologies.
• Develop teaching aids such as training handbooks, demonstration models, multimedia visual aids, computer tutorials, reference works, visual aids, and tests as well as develop in-house programs and practices to identify developmental needs, including preparing personnel for more responsible positions and increasing effectiveness in present assignments.
• Facilitate the execution of all training programs and may evaluate and/or oversee contractors or vendors to develop and/or administer training programs. In keeping abreast of training and development research through learning theory and new materials, they monitor training costs to ensure budget is not exceeded and prepare budget reports to justify expenditures.
• Builds, performs, and evaluates the effectiveness of training programs and work closely with discipline-specific experts to harvest the training content.  Training content can include written, digital, and virtual material and serves to integrate and deliver research, design, and development of EA projects.
• Provide a detailed implementation plan, ensure quality, and offer training to support the government for each project and ensure each project is closed out in accordance with the PMBOK and provide transition support following the completion of each project.
• Works closely with developer staff to perform software testing and quality control to ensure the appropriate documentation supports all software and application development, including new application/software training materials.
• Follows approved prescribed training methodologies, course management, and curriculum development procedures and use outputs from assessments and analyses conducted under this TO and any other relevant information sources to provide an innovative Training Methodology Framework.
• Collect data and incorporate it with industry best practices, resources, threat and unit capabilities, and other relevant sources, while conducting the training, to provide the Customer with recommendation reports to promote increased efficiency and efficacy on training, emphasizing speed and flexibility in developing future training to keep pace with evolving global hybrid threats.
• Supervise and provide technical leadership to Journeymen and Junior-level staff.

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Must have a current Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility
• Must have a BS degree and 8+ years experience
• Possess and apply a comprehensive knowledge within their area of expertise across assigned activities.
• Experience using any of these courses to prepare training products and associated certifications include: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training, GIT Lab Training, ITIL, Touchpoint, Radio Device Trainings, Project Management, Microsoft Courses, Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), USSOCOM Process Trainings, Policy Related Matters, Industrial Security, Artificial Intelligence Tools, Machine Learning Tools, Process Automation Tools, Data Analysis Tools and Techniques, and Advancing the Enterprise.
• Ability to plan and lead major assignments, evaluate performance results and recommend major process changes, and function as a technical expert across processes.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Top Secret

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

Our Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our diverse, intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide