Defense Institute for Medical Operations Academic Advisor (24-32 DIMO Academic Advisor & Resident Course Coordinator)
San Antonio, Texas · Government/Military
Defense Institute for Medical Operations Academic Advisor (24-32 DIMO Academic Advisor & Resident Course Coordinator)
INTRODUCTION:
The 711th Human Performance Wing (711 HPW), headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, is the first human-centric warfare wing to consolidate human performance research, education and consultation under a single organization. Established under the Air Force Research Laboratory, the 711 HPW is comprised of the Airman Systems Directorate (RH) and the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM). The Wing delivers unparalleled capability to the Air Force through a combination of world class infrastructure and expertise of its diverse workforce of military, civilian and Contractor personnel encompassing 75 occupational specialties including science and engineering, occupational health and safety, medical professions, technicians, educators, and business operations and support.
The USAFSAM/IE, Defense Institute for Medical Operations (DIMO), mission is to achieve security cooperation through health education and training in the global environment. DIMO aims to be the premier provider of security cooperation focused health education and training that builds strong, resilient, international partnerships. DIMO’s portfolio includes both exportable courses via mobile teams as well as resident courses hosted within the United States.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:
The Contractor shall meet all requirements per the basic contract and provide professionally and technically qualified individual(s) to perform all tasks in the following paragraphs to fulfill the requirements of this task order.
Mandatory Qualifications:
The contractor employee shall have a Master’s Degree in Education and demonstrated experience related to tasks below.
The contractor employee shall have five (5) years of specialized knowledge/experience in managing curriculum.
The contractor employee shall have five (5) years of specialized knowledge/experience in designing and teaching curriculum.
The contractor employee shall demonstrate strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively through multiple mediums to include face-to-face, video teleconferencing, email, and text.
The contractor employee shall have strong organization skills to manage, review, evaluate, improve, and implement new curriculum or changes/updates to curriculum to include configuration management and version control.
The contractor employee shall have knowledge of learning theory (especially adult learning methods), psychology of learning, and educational psychology as they relate to design, creation, and validation of instructional material.
The contractor employee shall have experience in the techniques appropriate for creating training materials, including identifying learner characteristics, specifying objectives, applying training
strategy, validating training materials, and assessing training. The contractor shall be proficient in current technologies that are used to develop cutting edge educational materials.
The contractor employee shall have experience in developing educational assessment techniques for rating the effectiveness of instructional/educational programs, including creating written and performance tests and survey instruments, and determining reliability and validity of designed instruments.
The contractor employee shall have the ability to work independently, critically think, problem solve, effectively communicate through both writing and speech, and have strong interpersonal skills.
The contractor employee shall have extensive experience with the use of Microsoft Office to include, but not limited to, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Adobe Acrobat programs.
The contractor employee shall have a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) in place with their company based on the potential access to confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information. NDA shall be provided to the Government Program Manager by start of performance.
The contractor employee shall have an active favorable T3 clearance at the time of the award.
Highly Desired Qualifications:
Masters of Education Administration.
Experience working in Global health and international training/education.
Experience working in a military environment.
Tasks:
The contractor employee shall oversee all DIMO curriculum, to include up to 35 courses by serving as the senior educator in the performance of international and domestic educational and training endeavors (in-resident & mobile training missions).
The contractor employee shall advise DIMO Leadership, staff, and participants on curriculum requirements and standards on adult learning and how to implement/update/change curriculum. The contractor employee shall consult/advise on course development approaches and updates.
The contractor employee shall collaborate with other government entities, academic institutions, civilian organizations to assist in identifying relevant requirements and standards to ensure curriculum is relevant and up to date supporting Global Health Security themes.
The contractor employee shall ensure DIMO curriculum is meeting all relevant requirements and standards to include DIMO organizational standards, relevant government standards, appropriate academic standards, and any relevant civilian specialty organization standards. The contractor shall apply adult learning methods to curriculum.
The contractor employee shall review, evaluate, synthesize, and facilitate development of new curriculum.
The contractor employee shall coordinate/route/respond to emails for country support on the SIPRNET to protect operations security.
The contractor employee shall administer training to Course Directors, Course Instructors, and new personnel.
The contractor employee shall serve as a liaison with university and government institutions for academic collaboration.
The contractor employee shall provide continuity of effort following change of military leadership regarding academic issues such as portfolio of courses, academic partnerships, academic collaborations.
The contractor employee shall mentor on effective education methods, particularly for international audiences and should include all aspects of academic curriculum and instructor development.
The contractor employee shall develop training tools, coordinate calls, provide oversight and mentorship to new course liaisons, course directors, curriculum developers to ensure high-quality course outcomes.
The contractor employee shall coordinate with subject matter experts (SMEs), Course Liaisons and Course Directors throughout the DIMO instructor vetting process.
The contractor employee shall perform course reviews and facilitate updates by developing, maintaining, and adhering to a course review calendar.
The contractor employee shall perform high quality research in alignment with DIMO/GHE objectives and develop/instruct DIMO courses on effective design and ethical conduct of medical research.
The contractor employee shall coordinate with the Medical Program Director, work with Program Managers, Security Cooperation Officers (SCO), Combatant Commands, and DSCA/State Department to identify new course topic areas and organize course development.
BASE SUPPORT:
The contractors shall be provided office/laboratory space, furniture and equipment, routine office/laboratory supplies, computer hardware and software necessary to perform tasks described in this performance work statement. The government will also provide telephone service and access to a fax machine and a copier as required. All software and hardware, passwords/access to military Internet/E- mail and applicable database will be available within the scope of the contract. The Contractor shall comply with local, AF and DoD policies.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Work shall be accomplished primarily at JBSA 1320 Truemper St., Lackland AFB, TX 78236 beginning on 15 September 2024. Temporary alternate work locations may be assigned as circumstances dictate by the Contracting Officer Representative (COR).
Work schedule is normally Monday – Friday, 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM (CST); however, there may be times when it is necessary for the Contractor to work after duty hours in support of specific tasks. Although schedule may have to be flexible, it will not exceed 40 hours per week.
U.S. Citizenship:
Employee must be a U.S. citizen. For the purpose of base and network access, possession of a permanent resident card (“Green Card”) does not equate to U.S. citizenship.
TRAVEL:
Contractor will be required to travel when authorized to participate in customer business line related travel, to include meetings and conferences, to fulfill respective mission goals. Such travel will only be as directed and coordinated through the Government two weeks in advance of all contractor travel in order to obtain proper authorizations. The specific travel locations, duration, and number of trips will be upon direction of the Government without modification to the task order, as long as adequate travel funding is available in accordance with the resulting task order. When travel is identified, the contractor shall provide an estimate of all travel costs by location, broken out by item, to the Reef System’s Program Manager and Government for review prior to travel.
SECURITY:
All contractor personnel require a minimum of a Tier 1 background check (T1)/SF85 for any position that requires access to the internet, use of automated information systems to cover standalone computers or unescorted entry into restricted or controlled areas prior to reporting for duty in support of any requirement. The investigation is not for a security clearance; it is for a position of trust. This is a mandatory requirement set forth in DoDM 5200.02_AFMAN 16-1405, Air Force Personnel Security Program. All documentation required for security certification shall be the responsibility of the contractor.
The Academic Advisor position shall have a Secret clearance. Individual SECRET Clearances IAW DD254. The Contractor shall obtain a U.S. security clearance at the minimum level of "Secret" for all Contractor personnel required to have access to classified information or require IT-II level access. Onsite Contractor personnel should have an active clearance prior to reporting for duty in support of this contract. Interim clearances for newly hired personnel shall be processed as expeditiously as possible since some Contractor personnel will be required to utilize the SIPRNET
and process classified materials; however, this will be on a case-by-case basis. Such clearance must be obtained through the Defense Investigative Services.
The contractor shall provide OPSEC protection for all sensitive/critical information and indicators involved in execution of this contract/Task Order, as defined by AFI 10-701 (Operations Security). 711 HPW Critical Information and Indicators are protected under the 711 HPW Operations Security Program and the 711 HPW Critical Information and Indicators List (CIIL). Contractor employees granted access to critical information and indicators shall be provided initial OPSEC training by the 711 HPW OPSEC Coordinator upon in-processing and prior to being granted access to CIIL items related to the contract/Task Order. The contractor shall also participate in 711 HPW’s annual OPSEC training and education programs, which includes periodic updates and refresher training on CIIL items applicable to the contract/Task Order. The 711 HPW OPSEC coordinator shall evaluate the OPSEC posture of AF contract activities and operations.
All documents, including papers, abstracts and posters shall be cleared by AF prior to public release.
DELIVERABLE:
Contractor Progress, Status and Management Report (PSMR).
On a monthly basis, the contractor shall provide a status report. The information will be on project status and describe the work accomplished. The contractor shall also identify any issues/problems anticipated in schedule or cost ceiling during the next reporting period.
The report shall have five sections:
Project Title, Time Period of report, Date
Performance: Current status of deliverables, measured against project expectations.
Schedule: Have scheduled activities and milestones been completed on or before time, and impact of delays.
Costs: Are there any actual or significant deviations, are significant costs adequately explained in terms of project plans? (i.e., large initial equipment purchase, followed by labor related costs.)
Risk: Are there known or anticipated opportunities or events that will or can affect project.