Serves as a primary advisor to the Assistant Director of Training on major missions such as Warrior Training Advancement Class (WARTAC), Virtual & In-Person Progressions (VIP) Training, National Training Curriculum (NTC), and Competency Based Training (CBT). As the Chief, Training Management Staff, the incumbent supervises subordinate staff of employees in the matters related to training, training programs, training systems, and training delivery.

Duties

Specific duties include: Serves as a primary advisor to the Assistant Director of Training on major missions such as Warrior Training Advancement Class (WARTAC), Virtual & In-Person Progressions (VIP) Training, National Training Curriculum (NTC), and Competency Based Training (CBT). As the Chief, Training Management Staff, the incumbent supervises subordinate staff of employees in the matters related to training, training programs, training systems, and training delivery. Provides counsel, advice, and instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters. Hears and resolves minor complaints to higher level supervisor or manager; effects minor disciplinary measures such as warnings and reprimands and recommends action in more serious cases. Interview candidates for positions in the unit; responsible for employee performance management, conducts interviews, makes recommendations for promotions, awards, appointments, and reassignments. Evaluates the needs of the team, takes appropriate actions to ensure cohesion. Serves as a Mentor/Coach to employees; recognize strengths and weaknesses, recommends training based on analysis of strengths and weaknesses. Provides training needs as well as find ways to improve the training process. Supervises a staff of employees responsible for the design, development, and delivery of training on a national level. Prioritizes and delegates workload responsibilities and assignments based on directional/mission requirements and allocated resources and employee skill level. Recommends innovative programs and new approaches that improve the effectiveness of training. Considers training objectives, program needs and associated costs, VA priorities, and availability of subject matter experts in formulating recommendations. Provide status reports on the progress of the training-related initiatives and establishes goals and track the progress of efforts toward meeting established milestones. Ensures that the organization's strategic plan, mission and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work product and services. Identifies training needs for field personnel utilizing data from identified Quality Assurance staff through technical reviews and issues uncovered during site visits. Ensure training needs identified from VBA leadership, Regional Office leadership and non-leadership Regional Office employees are addressed. Oversees the planning, coordination, and execution of national training initiatives which includes, by not limited to, setting up national training sites, survey's, selecting and coordinating instructors, assignment of students, in conjunction with other VBA staff elements. This includes the creation and maintenance of a national computer student training data base. Designs and develops training programs centered around the disability compensation program. Researches industry standard approaches and incorporates into the development; utilizes appropriate digital media sources to ensure successful delivery. Establish timelines and requirements for content; ensures the quality of training curriculum. Responsible for the planning, coordination, and execution of national centralized training efforts. Establishes training sites, organizes training plans, selects accompanying instructors, course managers, and leaders to support each training cohort. Coordinates with VBA leadership in Office of Field Operations, Regional Offices, Human Capital Services and/or Department of Defense in identifying and assigning employees to attend training sessions. Prepared to conduct site visits to training locations and/or military installations to meet with leadership and observe and assess training operations, performance, and quality of training. Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday, Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Program Analyst (Chief); 38370 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized. Relocation expenses and services (Permanent Change of Station - PCS) are authorized for this recruitment. PCS is the relocation of a household due to government convenience in connection with the transfer between duty stations or facilities. In consideration of the payment of expenses for travel and transportation, the selectee agrees to remain in federal service for twelve (12) months following the date of transfer. Failure to complete all conditions of the obligated service may result in repayment of travel/transportation expenses. Click here for more information. 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
• Selectees are required to service a one-year supervisory probationary period if not previously completed in a Federal position.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:10/12/2023. 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. To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. You must provide a copy of your most recent SF-50 that indicates proof of status, and shows Time in Grade (for example, you were a career or career-conditional employee) and identifies your position title, series, grade, step, salary, tenure, and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). 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 also submit your most recent promotion or within-grade increase in addition to your recent SF-50. If you previously held a higher grade, you must also submit any SF-50 showing that grade. DO NOT submit Award SF-50's and/or General Adjustment SF-50's as they cannot be used to prove time-in-grade. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13 level. GS-14 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. The applicant must have served 52 weeks at the GS13 and must meet time in grade requirements to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in organization. 1. The applicant must have documented knowledge of a complex field of laws, regulations, and Federal legislation pertaining to the full range of Veterans benefits and a comprehensive and thorough knowledge of state, federal and local benefits programs in order to be able to explain them, both orally and in writing, to individuals of all educational backgrounds. 2. Preferable experience as a Senior Veterans Service Representative (SVSR), Rating Quality Review Specialist (RQRS), Authorization Quality Review Specialist (AQRS), Supervisory Veterans Service Representative (Assistant Coach or Coach), Decision Review Officer (DRO) or Assistant Service Center Manager (AVSCM) and/or Veterans Service Center Manager (VSCM). Volunteer Experience: 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. Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week. Physical Requirements: Primarily sedentary. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution for the GS 14 level

Contacts

• Address VBA Human Resources Center - Central Office 810 Vermont Ave NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Masika Mccoy
• Phone: 410-230-4400 X3102
• Email: [email protected]