Training Specialist - Research

Veterans Health Administration • East Orange, NJ

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this position is to support the War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC) mission of advancing post deployment health through education, clinical consultation, and research by planning, developing, delivering, and evaluating training for clinicians, care teams, and Veterans. This position is within VA New Jersey Health Care System in East Orange, NJ.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Must complete all required steps in the process, including application, questionnaire, and an online assessment.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• The work is primarily sedentary; some walking/standing during classroom delivery and carrying of light items (training materials, laptops). No special physical demands.
• 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.
• 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).
• Must serve a 1-year probationary period.
• Possess demonstrable knowledge of military environmental exposures. Examples that show this knowledge include: completing a specialized course of study in military environmental exposures that demonstrates progressive learning in military environmental exposures; or comprehensive training in multiple occupational and environmental exposures including scientific understanding of health effects of these exposures. This must be identifiable in your resume.
• Possess one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in Federal service that demonstrated a practical knowledge of the subject area of the Training Specialist - Research - War Related Illness and of the methods and techniques of instruction. Examples of qualifying specialized experience, earned in a clinical or healthcare environment, 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; developing or reviewing training/course materials, aids, devices, etc.; evaluating training results; working in the occupation or subject-matter field of the position to be filled that required training or instructing others on a regular basis; designing and developing learning solutions using adult learning theory; producing instructor and participant guides; facilitating live training (virtual, webinar, hybrid, and classroom) to multi-disciplinary clinical audiences; managing questions and answers for high-volume national sessions; implementing multi-level training evaluation; managing enrollment, completions, transcript courses, and learning records; and/or working as a subject-matter expert in the field of Training Specialist - Research - War Related Illness. This experience must be detailed in your resume to receive credit.

Nice To Haves

• Possess a master's degree or 2 years of progressively higher-level graduation education leading to such a degree with a major study in education or a subject area related to the position.
• Possess an equivalent combination of successfully completed post-post bachelor's degree and experience, as described above, and may be used to meet total qualification requirements for this grade level.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop learning solutions, instructional systems design (ISD) and evidence-based methods
• Produce instructor and participant guides
• Review and update facilitator and presenter guides and presenter guides for WRIISC's webinar series
• Facilitate live training (virtual, webinar, hybrid, and classroom) to multi-disciplinary clinical audiences
• Coordinate subject matter experts (SME) to co-facilitate sessions
• Manage questions and answers for high volume national sessions
• Implement multi-level training evaluation
• Review historical data on education metrics for Veteran education classes to determine trends
• Manage enrollment, completions, and transcripts of courses and learning records
• Collaborate with WRIISC clinical services, research teams to align training
• Performs other duties as assigned
• If selected, you will be required to complete training for Level 1 and Level 2 Certification in Military Environmental Exposures.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Federal employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.
• Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree