Training Specialist - Research

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.

Major duties

THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION Duties include but are not limited to the following. 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. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday - 8:00AM - 4:30PM Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Telework: Ad-Hoc. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must meet the requirements below. Selective Placement Factors (SPF) are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for the position. Applicants who do not meet the SPF are ineligible for further consideration. The following question is a prerequisite to appointments. Do you 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? Note: please be sure that this is identifiable in your resume, we cannot assume any information that is not listed specifically. ~AND~ SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: 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. OR EDUCATION SUBSTITUTION: 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. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent one (1) year of full-time study. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: 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. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-9. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) 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/. 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.

Education

IMPORTANT: 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. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

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 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 (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) - See "Required Documents" below for details. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary 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, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.