This position functions as a Training Instructor for the Oklahoma City VA Healthcare System (OKCVAHCS). The incumbent develops, coordinates, instructs, evaluates, and manages non-professional educational training programs that support the development of multi-disciplinary staff at the OKCVAHCS.

Duties

Major duties of this position include but are not limited to: Independently develops, coordinates, instructs, evaluates, and manages nonprofessional courses which are standardized and well-organized. Provides TMS program guidance to establish criteria and conditions for evaluating electronic education programs, determining which organizational training documentation (reporting) best reflects needed information. Disseminates reports to all required sources. Determines which reports best reflect needed information, runs the reports, and assists others to do so. Responsible for scheduling speakers, lecture sites, audiovisual equipment, and any other equipment need. Provides TMS guidance for developing local procedures, and/or processes to apply national TMS guidelines at the local level. Analyze, evaluate, and assess training surveys and make recommendations for changes to improve the training that involve substantive rather than procedural matters (course content, visual displays, pre-and post-tests). Organizes training module presentations within TMS, deciding when to create curricula classes, and other specialty items to manage the modules in a manner to facilitate user access, successful module completion, and meet reporting requirements. Creates and maintains assignment profiles, schedules, registrations, completion entry, and reports. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm Position Description/PD#: Training Specialist/PD142080 and PD142090 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05 level. For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07 level. 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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience GS-07: Specialized Experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Applicants may qualify for this position by using their work experience, education, or a combination of both experience and education. To qualify for this position, applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade of GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience for this position includes but is not limited to, experience that demonstrated a practical knowledge of the subject area of the position and of the methods and techniques of instruction. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Teaching or instructing in an adult education program, secondary school, college, military installation, or industrial establishment in the appropriate field(s). Supervising or administering a training program. Development or review of training/course materials, aids, devices, etc., and evaluation of training results. Work in the occupation or subject-matter field of the position to be filled that required training or instructing others on a regular basis. OR Education: Applicant may also based their qualification for this position on education. At this level, applicants are required to have successfully completed1 full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement. OR Combination: Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Specialized Experience GS-09: Specialized Experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Applicants may qualify for this position by using their work experience, education, or a combination of both experience and education. To qualify for this position, applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade of GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience for this position includes but is not limited to experience that demonstrated a practical knowledge of the subject area of the position and of the methods and techniques of instruction. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Teaching or instructing in an adult education program, secondary school, college, military installation, or industrial establishment in the appropriate field(s). Supervising or administering a training program. Development or review of training/course materials, aids, devices, etc., and evaluation of training results. Work in the occupation or subject-matter field of the position to be filled that required training or instructing others on a regular basis. Provides TMS program guidance to establish criteria and conditions for evaluating electronic education programs, determining which organizational training documentation (reporting) best reflects needed information. Disseminates reports to all required sources. Determines which reports best reflect needed information, runs the reports, and assists others to do so. Organizes training module presentations within TMS, deciding when to create curricula classes, and other specialty items to manage the modules in a manner to facilitate user access, successful module completion, and meet reporting requirements. Analyze, evaluate, and assess training surveys and make recommendations for changes to improve the training that involve substantive rather than procedural matters (course content, visual displays, pre-and post-tests). OR Education: Applicant may also based their qualification for this position on education. At this level, applicants are required to have successfully completedMaster's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. or J.D., if related. OR Combination: Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Customer ServiceInformation ManagementOral Communication 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: No special physical demands such as above ability, dexterity, or strength are required to perform the work. Works is sedentary and the employee may sit comfortably. There may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items, driving an automobile, etc. 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 Oklahoma City VA Health Care System 921 Northeast 13th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73104 US
• Name: Lorraine Willis
• Phone: 4054565157
• Email: [email protected]