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Education Technician Job Overview
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/13/2026. 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-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. 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. We cannot verify time-in-grade based only on the grade and step you are currently on. 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 at least the next lower grade GS-7 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: assisting with and/or facilitated the creation, implementation, maintenance, and analysis of tracking systems to monitor individual training programs; assisting with and/or facilitated the application of adult learning concepts and training employees on the use of educational systems; assisting with and/or facilitated/served as learning management system administration, including training users and local administrators, providing help desk support, managing user accounts, troubleshooting technical issues, maintaining databases, and managing educational records; using numerous software applications, e.g., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook; supporting office operations and producing a variety of documents such as letters, reports, spreadsheets, etc.; assisting to identify issues and problems and implementing alternative solutions based on expert knowledge; and assisting with collecting, compiling, and/or tracking data and statistical information in support of program operations. 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 which is directly related to the Education Technician position, or 2 full academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.B. or J.D., if related to the work of this position. The education must be in a course of study that directly reflects the job-related KSAs/competencies necessary to satisfy the minimum qualification and perform the duties of the position. (Transcripts must be submitted). OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond GS-07. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level, GS-07, may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-9 and must be directly related to the Education Technician position. The applicant's first year of graduate study is not qualifying for GS-9. **Note: Current, permanent VA employees must submit a SF-50 dated in 2026 to receive consideration as a federal employee. You may obtain a copy of your SF-50 from your eOPF. Failure to provide this will exclude you from your claimed eligibility and will result in disqualification. ATTENTION: You may need to submit more than one SF-50 if we cannot verify you meet time-in-grade (TIG) by your most recent SF-50. For example, if your most recent SF-50 is a General Adjustment or change in data element, we need your 2026 SF-50 and another SF-50 to verify TIG. Examples of SF-50s for TIG verification include your last within-grade increase or promotion to highest grade held. Promotion shows when you started the grade level and a within-grade increase verifies you were at that grade level for at least one year. Failure to provide a SF-50 dated in 2026 to prove area of consideration eligibility and another SF-50(s) to verify you meet the TIG requirement will result in you being disqualified. We cannot verify time-in-grade based only on the grade and step you are currently on. 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/.