The Phoenix VA Health Care System is currently recruiting for one (1) Learning Resources Officer in the Education Service at the Phoenix VA Main Campus. This position provides management, and oversight for all workforce education, Phoenix VA library, and educational programs internal and external to the agency.

Duties

The Learning Resources Officer is responsible for directing work operations, budget, and contract oversight of the educational programs. This position is a recognized authority in the analysis, administration, and evaluation of the workforce. The major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: Manages All Employee Survey, and VA wide initiatives. Oversees management of all facility tuition reimbursement payments. Manages multiyear educational contracts dealing with educational sources, locally and nationally. Oversees employee education, administrative training, and professional education. Educates organizational leadership in reference to educational goals and needs of the facility. Provides expert analysis and advice on agency wide educational programs. Advocates for resources to maintain and enhance the facility's educational programs. Participates in major aspects of administrative, regulatory and policy development, and implementation. Serves as a liaison to the external learning community. Creates culture of learning and education, in line with the organizational mission and vision of the VA future needs. Develops guidelines, and training materials for learning programs. Provides short term, and long term goals for educational programs. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday: 7:30 am - 4:00 pm Telework: 1 - 2 days a pay period. 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#: Learning Resources Officer/PD201540 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/16/2023. 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. Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): Education: You mustpossess 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 a major field of study or specific course requirements related to education or a related field. OR, Combination: You must possess a combination of education and experience: course work equivalent to a major in education, or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provides knowledge comparable to the normal acquired through the successful of the 4-year course study. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: 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: experience in overseeing educational programs, experience in the development of guidelines, and training materials for educational programs, experience as liaison with internal and external educational customers. (Please make sure that your experience is evident in your resume, and hours worked per week for each work experience entry is included, or your resume will be considered incomplete, and you will be considered "ineligible" for the position.) You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementClericalDecision Making Preferred Experience: Experience in training, particularly in workforce development. 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: Work is usually performed in the offices, meeting rooms, schools, or similar settings. The work areas are adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. 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

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

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 Carl T Hayden Veterans' Administration Medical Center 650 East Indian School Road Phoenix, AZ 85012 US
• Name: Stacy Cole
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]