The position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Office of Human Capital Services (HCS), Office of Staff Operations (OSO), Training Management and Performance Improvement (TMPI). The incumbent performs training program administration and project management duties within the TMPI Division and provides support to the TMPI Director, TMPI Deputy Director, TMPI Program Managers/Project Managers in training administrative responsibilities.

Duties

Specific duties include: Performs a wide variety of training program administration and project management duties on complex multi-month or multi-year training projects, project oversight and other initiatives necessary to assure effective operations of TMPI's training programs. Performs full range of training program administration duties associated with planning, coordination, logistics, deployment, and evaluation of nationwide training programs. Serve as a liaison to communicate and coordinate training related meetings, events and activities sponsored by HCS/TMPI with persons and/or groups within and outside of HCS. Evaluates, make recommendations, and assists in improving training programs and materials for various VBA, HCS and TMPI products. Applies analytical and evaluative methods and techniques concerning the coordination, efficiency and effectiveness of TOPS training programs, events and workshops. Participates in the planning, development, scheduling, and coordination implementation of the TMPI training resources and/or allocations required to conduct training sessions and programs. Assists in all activities associated with TMPI Workshops and scheduling of events, creating calendars for session offerings and long-term calendar of events by way of Fiscal year (FY) schedules. Responsible for project management and coordination of VBA Training Manager initiatives. This includes acting as the central point of contact for identification of initiatives, and creation, development, deployment, and sustainment. Establishes professional development opportunities and administers learning activities executing the HCS vision to transform the Training Managers into Learning Leaders. Assist in planning, coordination, management and execution of multiple HCS annual training symposiums and events to a variety of different target audiences and participants. Promotion Potential: None Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Training Administrator Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: 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

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:06/12/2024. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: Applicants who are current Federal employees, former Federal employees applying for reinstatement, or a current federal employee applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment must meet time in grade requirements. 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. NOTE: This does not apply to Non-Federal Applicants, or applicants applying for consideration under Non-Competitive Authority (i.e.... "30% or more Disability", VRA, and/or Schedule A). To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 level. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: VA GS0201 levels 12-15 Requirement: To qualify for a Human Resources (HR) Specialist GS-0201 at the GS12-15 grade levels, candidates cannot qualify based on education only, they must possess either: Criteria 1: Graduate level degree or higher and three years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level OR Criteria 2: Specialized experience to qualify for the specific grade level Specialized Experience is defined as: Providing management advisory and consultant services on a wide range of training 3 related matters; assessing training needs to develop training/course materials, and evaluation of training results; and analyzing training programs to provide recommendations for improvement. 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: No special physical demands are required to perform the work. 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

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

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to be credited towards qualifications. Provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
All education claimed by applicants will be verified upon appointment. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript to receive credit.

Contacts

• Address VBA Human Resources Center - Central Office 810 Vermont Ave NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Kiara Jones
• Email: [email protected]