This position serves the Designated Learning Officer (DLO) assigned to the Employee and Nursing Education Department, Employee Education Section at the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System (VAPIHCS), Spark M. Matsunaga VA Medical Center and reports to the Nursing Education Chief or designee. The incumbent performs a variety of program analysis work in the Spark M. Matsunaga VA Medical Center.

Duties

DUTIES OF THE POSITION INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: DLO coordinates the conception, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of the facility learning programs and ensures alignment with the overall organizational mission and vision. Oversee daily operations and management of employee education, clinical and administrative training programs, staff development and professional continuing education, and learning resources ensuring it's efficiencies and effectiveness. Provides technical assistance, consultation, and guidance to the organization entities, regarding the development, extension, and improvement of educational studies, programs, systems, strategies, and services. Serves as liaison to ensure that the organization's views and interests are promoted with respect to current and emerging policy issues as well as development and implementation. Provides informal feedback periodically evaluates employee performance, resolves informal complaints and grievances. Develops work improvement plans, and recommending personnel actions as necessary. Provides guidance and assistance with HR functions such as filling vacancies as they are developed and works with the other members of the service line in interviewing and selecting job applicants. Collaborates with program managers to develop position descriptions and functional statements for Employee Education positions. Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system. Provides advice and counsel to employees related to work and administrative matters promoting well-being characteristics of empathy, listening, stewardship, and commitment to personal growth to others. Work Schedule: MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 07:30AM - 04:30PM Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health Care Education Officer/PD028090 Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/06/2023. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Preferred Experience/Certification: Certified health educator You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Basic Requirements: Degree: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position. or Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in education, or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in 1. above. GS-12 Grade Requirements: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Mastery of the broad functional area of education and employee development, including continuing education, staff education, and workforce development; and skill and experienced judgment in applying, developing criteria or requirements for evaluation, Knowledge of the overall mission, functions, and organization of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Veterans Health Administration, VISN 21, and VAPIHCS, including agency program operations, processes, goals, and objectives, Knowledge of the theories, principles, functions, and processes of management and the organization of work to conduct studies of work processes in various organizations to identify, analyze, and recommend solutions to problems or to develop planning guidance, Ability to research problems and issues, including evaluating the content of new or modified legislation, regulations, and policies to determine their impact on programs or resources, Judgment in problem solving. Skill in training, facilitating, and managing cross disciplinary teams that are working on sensitive, confidential matters and making decisions with large degrees of uncertainty, Skill to plan, organize, and direct team study work and to negotiate effectively with management to accept and implement recommendations, where the proposals involve substantial agency resources, require extensive changes in established procedures, or may conflict with the desires of the activity studied. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementCommunicationsInterpersonal EffectivenessManaging Human ResourcesOrganizational Awareness Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary. The employee sits comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking to (other sites, buildings or services within the medical center), standing, or carrying of light items such as manuals or files. The work does not require special physical demands. The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, and supply rooms. The work is typically performed in an adequately lighted and climate-controlled office work area is adequately lighted. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Spark M Matsunaga Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 459 Patterson Road Honolulu, HI 96819 US
• Name: Sara Flores
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]