Job Summary

The Education Technician performs detailed, difficult and responsible duties within Employee Education & Organizational Development (EEOD) to assist in developing, providing and analyzing education and training programs provided by the service to the VA Maryland Health Care System (VAMHCS), requiring extensive coordination, in depth problem solving. and superb project management skills.

Job Description

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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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. For the GS-09, 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 at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Understanding of programmatic support and efficiency in administrative tasks. Providing recommendations for training courses and interventions as a result of detailed analysis. Knowledge of logistical operations regarding the market research, information gathering, coordination with instructors, review and analyzing of policies, directives and guidance in order to maintain management of all training resources utilized in the development and delivery of training. Intermediate Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Teams and other Microsoft apps and systems. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond 1 year at the graduate level. For the GS-11, 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 at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Proficiency of programmatic support and efficiency in administrative tasks. Providing administrative and programmatic support to the Supervisory Training Specialist in the planning, development, recruitment and marketing of these programs, and delivering content and teaching classes when needed. Providing recommendations for training courses and interventions as a result of detailed analysis. Expert in logistical operations regarding the market research, information gathering, coordination with instructors, review and analyzing of policies, directives and guidance in order to maintain management of all training resources utilized in the development and delivery of training. Expert in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Teams and other Microsoft apps and systems. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond 2 years at the graduate level. 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/.