Clarification from the agency

This position is open to current, permanent Department of Veteran Affairs employees only. First consideration will be given to VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System employees.

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Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Establishes instructional design, develops and implements parameters and evaluative criteria through analysis of the instructional problems or questions that are identified
• Coordinate the design or co-design curricula customized for the special training needs of professional and non-professional, non-trades/wage, nonclinical GLA employees
• Uses innovative ideas in training, applying a keen understanding of the challenges of the varying levels of professional and non-professional education and/or practical training backgrounds of the non-clinical, non-trades/wage employee base
• Creates new or modifies existing learning tools to fulfill their training needs
• Collaborates with other GLA HRMS EDS employees in conducting on-going training needs assessments by analyzing data gathered from a variety of sources, utilizing data, research, and analysis common to all GLA staff personnel development and training goals
• Provides skilled advice and guidance to employees, including developmental staff such as TCF interns, as well as management officials and supervisors regarding training and education initiatives
• Plans and conducts studies which involve such significant matters as how to measure student learning outcomes in terms of effect on performance improvement, and to assess course objectives and contents, instructional methods, student counseling needs, etc.
• Other duties as assigned

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Training Specialist/PD11619O
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/22/2026.

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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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 Requirements

Education: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- education or a subject area related to the position to be filled.

OR
Experience: 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.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, instructional courses and general training courses, as well as courses specific to non-clinical professional, as well as, non-trade/wage, non-professional occupations. Assignments may cut across a variety of specialty areas in training for a Service line or across GLA, in various geographic locations.

OR

• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have:
  • Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or,
  • 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or
  • LL.M.

OR

• Combination: Applicants may also combine graduate education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education.

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. Extensive walking is required between training classrooms or between different departments throughout the large central VAGLA WLA campus. A motor vehicle is necessary for delivering training supplies and equipment to training locations or other site locations. It may be necessary to lift/carry moderate to heavy training equipment and supplies for classroom arrangement. Carrying of small office items is required along with some standing and bending. May require travel to event sites and other VAGLA locations.

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/.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.

Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.