Training Specialist

About the role

Employee will be assigned to the Office of the Chief - Environmental Management Service (EMS) - VA Medical Center - Battle Creek - MI. The primary function of this position is responsible for the Quality Assurance orientation and the on-going training of all Environmental Management Service employees.

Responsibilities

• Provides orientation of all newly hired EMS employees ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the service line's mission, vision, and established performance measures
• Ensures that all newly hired staff understands all established environmental management rules, regulations, and procedures regarding position expectations
• Serves as the primary educator for the entire service
• Plans, manages, implements, and directs an effective on-going employee training program for the service
• Attends various seminars, academic presentations, classroom instructions on and off the Medical Center grounds, and reads various professional publications on a regular basis
• Utilizes up-to-date information and visual aids to provide basic orientation to all new employees, organizational and procedural education, ongoing in-service and refresher courses for established employees, and remedial training when needed
• Identifies training needs and develops training programs for all staff
• Makes recommendations and collaborates with the section supervisor to ensure that an established training program is completed
• Works with program managers and supervisors as well as the Chief - Environmental Management Service in the identification, development, and implementation of any potential training necessities required for each program, including ongoing training requirements to ensure program efficiencies are maintained
• Documents the completion of all training by EMS employees within the organization's Talent Management System (TMS)
• Evaluates training and education outcomes to determine if required proficiencies have been achieved
• Identifies and reports performance issues or concerns to appropriate supervisors
• Develops training and education plans for staff placed under a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) and gauges success of established plan in correcting identified inefficiencies as well as reporting progress to the employee's supervisor
• Schedules, plans, and develops training calendars with appropriate vendors
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Note: This is not a virtual position – you must live within or be willing to relocate within a commutable distance of the duty location.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience: Applicants must possess one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped them with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-7 level in the Federal service. 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

Substitution of Education for Experience (Transcript Required): Applicants must possess at least two (2) full years of progressively higher level graduate education or a master's or equivalent graduate degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. This education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position.

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