Training Specialist

This position is at the full performance level and is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), VA Long Beach Healthcare System (VALBHS), Executive Leadership, Office of Education, Clinical Staff Development.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/06/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-07) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a Training Specialist performing duties such as: a) Supporting the delivery, coordination, and management of the medical center's simulation training program, while carrying out administrative responsibilities related to procurement, educational program operations, and trainee onboarding; b) Assisting in the development, modification, and evaluation of training programs, providing instructional support, and collaborating with Nurse Educators and leadership to address organizational learning needs; and c) Managing large-scale nursing trainee programs, maintaining affiliation agreements, overseeing orientation processes, supporting scholarship initiatives, and ensuring regulatory and accreditation compliance, to provide comprehensive technical, administrative, and data-management support across Clinical Staff Development. ~OR~ Have successfully completed a master's or equivalent graduate degree. ~OR~ Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed a master's or equivalent graduate degree. ~OR~ Have successfully completed 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. ~OR~ Have successfully completed an LL.B. or J.D., if related education can demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. ~OR~ Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience. Your percentage of the required education plus the percentage of the required experience is equal to one hundred percent. 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/.