This position is located in the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) Headquarters, Human ResourceDirectorate, Workforce Development Division, serving as a Training Specialist, providingadministration, training program development, evaluation, and instruction for all employees of DeCA.The work involves instruction, administration, management, or development of programs of instruction.
Read the entire announcement before starting the application process.Qualifications:To qualify for
Training Specialist your resume and supporting documentation must support:
A. Creditable specialized experience includes:GS-09 - Assisting in developing, evaluating, updating, and instructing courses, applying qualitative and quantitative analysis to measure training effectiveness and identify improvements.
- Supporting program oversight and administrative actions including SF 182 reviews, GPC purchases, LMS data analysis, reporting, and fiscal year course planning with stakeholders.
- Drafting and developing new training programs by tailoring commercial off-the-shelf materials and incorporating feedback, surveys, and emerging tools or techniques.
- Researching, evaluating updates, and instructing courses, applying qualitative and quantitative analysis to measure training effectiveness and identify improvements.
GS-11- Managing and overseeing assigned DeCA training programs, ensuring alignment with agency mission, goals, and workforce needs.
- Experience independently developing, updating, instructing, and evaluating training courses, applying both qualitative and quantitative analysis to assess program effectiveness and recommend enhancements.
- Establishing skill in planning, coordinating, and executing training events, including managing logistics, scheduling, facilities, travel, vendor engagement, and support for hybrid and virtual learning environments.
- Demonstrated ability to design and develop new training programs by adapting commercial-off-the-shelf materials and integrating user feedback, surveys, and emerging instructional technologies.
GS-12- Expertly managing and overseeing assigned DeCA training programs, ensuring alignment with agency mission, goals, and workforce needs.
- Conducting, developing evaluating, and updating courses, applying qualitative and quantitative analysis to measure training effectiveness and identify improvements.
- Directing program oversight and administrative actions including SF-182 reviews, GPC purchases, LMS data analysis, reporting, and fiscal-year course planning with stakeholders.
- Providing expert training guidance and career development support to supervisors and employees, while performing program oversight functions such as SF-182 reviews, GPC purchasing, LMS data analysis, reporting, and fiscal-year training planning.
B. Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx. If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation. To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess:
GS-9: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree.
GS-11: Successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree.
GS-12: There is no education substitution at this level.
C. Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade levels GS-09 and GS-11 and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that 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-11
- Time-in-grade applies to the promotion of current and former federal employees who hold or have held a permanent GS position in either the competitive or excepted service in the previous 52 weeks, including current employees applying under VEOA. Your application package must contain proof you meet this requirement. See Required Documents for more information.
- For GS-09: You must have 52 weeks of Federal service at or equivalent to GS-07.
- For GS-11: You must have 52 weeks of Federal Service at or equivalent to GS-09.
- For GS-12: You must have 52 weeks of Federal Service at or equivalent to GS-11.
Time after competitive appointment. Current federal civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since being selected for a non-temporary appointment from a competitive examination register of eligibles (an announcement opened to the public) or under a direct hire authority.
How You Will Be Evaluated:
As part of the online application process, you will respond to a series of questions designed to evaluate your level of experience in these competencies:
- Compensation Management
- Developing Others
- Instructional Delivery and Learner Development
Overtime: Occasional.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt.
Bargaining Unit Status: Not Covered.
Those retired under CSRS or FERS considered: No. DoD criteria not met.
PCS/ Relocation Incentive: MAY Be Authorized.
Telework eligible: Yes, as determined by the agency policy.
Remote work eligible: No.
Obligated Position: No.Education:
ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts and/or other documentation to support your educational claims.
Transcripts. REQUIRED when using education to meet qualifications or when education is required.
Foreign education may be qualifying if a private organization specializing in interpreting foreign education programs has deemed the foreign education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program or a U.S. accredited college or university has given full credit for the foreign courses.
Unofficial transcripts from U.S. Department of Education accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions listing your name, the name of the school, the date and degree awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned are acceptable for the application process. If selected, official transcripts are required before a firm job offer is made. A photocopy of your degree/diploma is not acceptable.
When relying on foreign education, submit transcripts and a copy of the equivalency evaluation results letter with a course-by-course listing. Documents must be in English or include an English translation. The hiring employer for this position does not evaluate degrees from foreign colleges or universities.Employment Type: OTHER