Program Specialist (Training Manager)

Veterans Benefits Administration • Albuquerque, NM

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Training Manager serves as an advisor to the Director of the regional office on training needs. The role helps develop and maintain the regional office’s training infrastructure to improve the effectiveness and consistency of training initiatives, strengthen training communications, reduce duplication, and improve economies of scale. The position also serves as the point of contact for nationwide training initiatives and coordinates and manages the implementation, maintenance, and updates of centrally developed mandatory developmental and technical training programs available to employees across each Division.

The position is full-time, Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Compressed or flexible scheduling is available. Situational (ad hoc) telework may be approved case by case with supervisory approval; routine or recurring telework is not authorized, and the employee must report to the official duty station each scheduled workday. This is not a virtual position.

The work is primarily sedentary, although slight physical effort may be required. Applicants must meet the stated time-in-grade and specialized-experience requirements. No education substitution is available. The selectee must serve a one-year probationary period, and may be required to serve a one-year supervisory probationary period if not previously completed in a Federal position.

Requirements

• For GS-12, have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the normal line of progression.
• Specialized experience must include at least three of the following: analyzing and evaluating reports; administering a training program; developing or reviewing training/course materials, aids, or devices and evaluating training results; work in the position’s occupation or subject-matter field that required training or instructing others; and effective communication across various audiences.
• Current Federal GS employees must meet the time-in-grade requirement: 52 weeks at the GS-11 level for a GS-12 position.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• A probationary or trial period may be required; selectees who have not previously completed a supervisory probationary period in a Federal position must serve one year.
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required.
• Subject to a background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants must complete online onboarding and provide acceptable identification for I-9 employment verification.
• No substitution for education.
• Primarily sedentary work, with possible slight physical effort.

Responsibilities

• Advise the Director of the regional office on the office’s training needs.
• Help develop and maintain a regional office training infrastructure to improve the effectiveness and consistency of training initiatives.
• Enhance training communications, reduce duplication, and improve economies of scale.
• Serve as the point of contact for nationwide training initiatives.
• Coordinate and manage implementation, maintenance, and updates of centrally developed mandatory developmental and technical training programs available to employees across each Division.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits depend on position eligibility and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed