Outreach & Training Specialist

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Must be clearable to the Top Secret level.

This candidate will be a spokesperson for information security topics at this government agency. This individual will work with senior leadership to address all aspects of information security awareness at each level of user experience and responsibility to prevent inadvertent compromise or disclosure of sensitive information.

Personal knowledge, professional presence and the ability to quickly grasp and explain technical concepts will be distinguishing characteristics that will allow the successful candidate to establish a well-known professional standing within both this agency and the government information security community as a whole. The candidate will be responsible for developing courses and training seminars including, but not limited to the following: ? Security Awareness training ? Role Based Security training ? Addressing IT security in Capital Planning and Investment Control ? Security costing methodology for Plans of Actions & Milestones (POA&Ms) ? Linking funding identified for corrective actions in POA&Ms to the sources of those funds ? IT security for Project Managers ? Tracking security funding and specialized IT system courses on the C&A process ? Self Assessment process ? Contingency Planning ? Risk Assessment ? Preparation of System Security Plans

Requirements: The successful candidate will possess a minimum of 5 years experience in developing, executing, and/or managing outreach or education and awareness training programs. A B.A. or B.S. degree is preferred. The candidate should have some experience with information security concepts, best practices, and policies. Information Security experience is not required but would be a significant plus. The candidate should have experience with relating training material in presentations to groups, via the intra/internet, group workshops, CBT or other technology. Additionally, the candidate should have experience with Federal outreach or PR campaigns. Experience with NIST 800-16 and 800-50 regarding training for IT security and knowledge requirements for specific functions is preferred.

Required Skills This candidate must: ? Be able to effectively communicate through written and verbal means. ? Be prepared to develop and present information security training to large audiences and develop executive-level MS PowerPoint presentations. ? Be able to develop education and awareness training material for presentation in multiple formats and make decisions on a multi-disciplinary method for delivering content ? Be able to effectively explain technical terms and concepts to a non-technical audience. ? Be able to draft and revise multimedia presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint in an expedient manner. ? Be able to research emerging information security concepts and prepare related training and/or guidance in the form of memorandums, newsletters, email bulletins and printed media.

Please refer to job code 592 when responding to this ad.

Category:	Education/Training
	> Trainer
Location:	Washington, DC
County:	District Of Columbia County
ZIP Code:	20001
Pay Rate:	Open
Job Terms:	full time
Company:	Knowledge Consulting Group
Phone:	email only please
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