Training Specialist

Summary The employee will serve as the Training Specialist at the VA Western New York Healthcare System in Buffalo, NY. The employee manages education programs, curriculum design and training instruction for a wide variety of courses presented to employees for their job advancement and overall career development. The work involves planning, administering, or evaluating programs designed to develop employees and manage learning in the organization. Responsibilities 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 may not be limited to the following: Performs work related tasks to coordinate projects for the development and implementation of training courses and/or course materials. Provides extensive planning and organization, analyses of accumulated data and information. Provides programing structure and support to all employees' accounts. Translates business requirements into dashboards, report charts and reports for complex business requirements. Manages and tracks learners training and learning events while ensuring learning is aligned with organizational goals and objectives. Advises leadership and staff of changes to mandatory and other training requirements. Recommends and develops requirements to interface with other education and training platforms. Establishes statistical sampling techniques and accomplishes training/performance trend analysis. Conducts job task and gap analysis to identify customer needs and training requirements. Analyzes education program objectives and recommends revisions as necessary. Performs other duties as assigned to support the Education & Learning Department. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized. Requirements Conditions of Employment 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 mostly sedentary. There may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items, etc. 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 (Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification 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

Created: 2026-03-02