Summary This position is located at the National Cemetery Administration in Washington, District of Columbia. The incumbent is a specialist on K-12 curriculum standards and best practices, providing professional and policy advice and assistance to grant applicants and ongoing grant projects. THIS JOB WILL CLOSE WHEN WE HAVE RECEIVED 50 APPLICATIONS WHICH MAY BE SOONER THAN THE CLOSING DATE. Responsibilities The incumbent will provide guidance, advice, and consultation to the Director, History and Education Programs regarding the development of online and onside resources and programs associated with sharing Veteran stories with the K-12 educational community of students and professionals, as well as the public. This includes researching, compiling, drafting, and publishing educational materials for K-12 classrooms centered on Veteran-based research and national cemeteries. A significant portion of the incumbent's duties will be monitoring grants funded through the Veterans Legacy Grants program and advising the Director on the progress of grantees while assisting the grantees as a subject matter expert on the methodologies for researching Veterans and the history of the National Cemetery Administration along with the Administration's benefits programs. The incumbent will manage both grants and contracts. As such, knowledge of and/or documented training in grants management or Contracting Officer's Representative is beneficial. The incumbent may be assigned duties as a government purchase card holder. The incumbent will support NCA outreach efforts, develop social media content and educational outreach materials, and will participate in NCA Editorial Board meetings. In support of NCA Outreach Efforts, the incumbent will be required to represent NCA at outreach events and educational conferences and must have a working knowledge of NCA's Memorial Benefits and the ability to articulate these benefits to all members of the American Public - specifically Veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors. This is in addition to having a working knowledge of NCA's History and Education Programs. Work schedule: Required to work Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. May include occasional weekends. Due to the mission of the National Cemetery, the cemetery cannot be closed for more than 2 consecutive days at any given time. Additionally, when a Federal holiday falls on a Monday or Friday, staff may be required to work on that holiday or a Saturday. All staff is required to work Memorial Day and Veteran's Day each year. Staff will be required to work overtime, weekends and holidays when necessary to meet the needs of the cemetery. Occasionally staff may be called back to the facility to perform emergency overtime work. Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Available Telework: Available Position Description Title/PD#: Education Specialist/PD1662665 The full performance level of this position is GS - 11 Relocation Expenses: Not Authorized Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all specialized experience and time in grade requirements within 45 days of the closing date of this announcement, 01/13/2025. 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 within 45 days of 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 your most recent non-award 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 non-award SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one year time-in-grade. 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. BASIC REQUIREMENT: This series has a basic education requirement. To meet this basic requirement, you must either have: A. Degree: that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position or B. a combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in education, or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in A above. (TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED) You may qualify based on your experience and/or experience, as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 for the GS-11 level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: developing original educational content for K-12 application as well as produce K-12 instructional resources for online and onsite engagement of the K-12 educational community of students, professionals and public. Subject matter expert of K-12 curriculum standards and best practices. Experience teaching students at k-12 level. 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. (TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED) 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 A master's degree, as noted above. (TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED) You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Communication Education and Training Organizational Awareness Partnering Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: Work is primarily sedentary and performed in an office environment. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Education A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement). Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. Additional Information Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act. Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members. For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.