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Training Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
About the Role
This position resides in the Center for Education and Development (CED) and is responsible for developing educational programs to enhance existing skills and promote the development of employees of VA Puget Sound Healthcare System (VAPSHCS) to include Seattle, American Lake and CBOCs. The incumbent will also provide counseling and resources to those individuals who are interested in self development and/or advancing their careers.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Participates in mandated trainings including train-the-trainer opportunities with responsibility of coordinating facility-wide roll outs to include promotion, facilitation and tracking of participation.
- →Provide advice and assistance in the resolution of problems and issues regarding career development programs and assists by gathering data to monitor the effectiveness of these programs; if insufficient controls are in place to evaluate career development programs, they may be involved in establishing criteria to assess these programs or projects.
- →Provides assistance, consultation, guidance, and motivation to employees at VA Puget Sound regarding their personal development.
- →Analyzes the resources needed, including additional faculty, material, and/or educational products; prepares related program budget information.
- →Creates and develops learning goals and objectives, which are modified to suit the target audience; determines the best vehicle for delivery of curriculum, based on adult learning theory and evidence-based teaching practices.
- →Analyzes new or proposed policies concerning education programs and career development programs to assure compliance with regulations and compatibility with agency mission and responsibilities; recommends new policy or changes in existing policies; provides guidance on the implementation of educational programs, and projects and activities.
- →Coordinates the New Employee Orientation, orienting new employees to the facility's culture, leadership, policies, and mandated trainings; adapting the curricula to meet changing facility, VISN, and national policies, procedures, and needs.
- →Independently establishes standards to calculate program effectiveness; conducts reviews after every class cycle and analyzes this data to ensure that programs are continually refined.
- →Periodically performs a comprehensive evaluation of the overall curriculum for the healthcare system, identifying gaps and redundancies and taking action to improve integration, efficiency and quality of the curriculum.
- →Plan, develop, direct, promote, and implement adult education curricula, programs, and projects to address educational needs of employees of the VA Puget Sound Health Care System.
- →Analyze and integrate data from various resources from diverse facility, VISN, national VA, and non-VA sources (such as: facility/VISN educational needs assessments, All Employee Surveys to clarify learning goals and objectives.
- →Other duties as assigned.
- →Work Schedule: Monday- Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual or remote position.
- →Position Description/PD#: Training Specialist/PD408410 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment.
- ✓A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
- ✓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 identification 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, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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