Training & Development Senior Specialist (Vansant, Agency Employees Only)

Title: Training & Development Senior Specialist (Vansant, Agency Employees Only)

State Role Title: Trainer and Instructor II

Hiring Range: Commensurate to $66,000

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Virginia Employment Commission

Location: VANSANT CCC

Agency Website: https://www.vec.virginia.gov/

Recruitment Type: Agency Employee Only - A

Job Duties

The Training & Development Senior Specialist plays a key role in strengthening staff development across the Customer Contact Center (CCC) by delivering high-quality training, creating complex instructional materials, and supporting both Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) programs with expert guidance. This position leads new hire training through instructor led sessions, simulations, and hands on practice while also developing and updating advanced curriculum, job aids, and scenario-based learning that reflect current policies and workflows. The Training & Development Senior Specialist serves as the primary point of contact for the Training Department when the supervisor is unavailable, collaborates with quality assurance, operations, and policy teams to address training needs, and contributes to continuous improvement efforts and special projects that enhance training accuracy and learner readiness.

Join the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) and be part of a mission-driven agency dedicated to supporting workers, strengthening communities, and promoting economic stability across the Commonwealth. We administer Virginia’s UI benefits program with a commitment to providing customer-centered, accessible, inclusive, and impactful services to support our shared mission: lifting up Virginia, one unemployed worker at a time. The VEC is also an integral part of a historic milestone as Virginia becomes the first state in the South to offer PFML. Our agency will be responsible for standing up and administering this new program, which will expand the vital support we provide for employees when they need it most.

We offer paid leave; a minimum of 13 paid state holidays per year; medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options; retirement plans (including 401a Cash Match and 457 Deferred Compensation Plan for classified positions); and are a federally recognized Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) employer.

If you’re motivated by public service, continuous improvement, and meaningful work that supports opportunity for all, the VEC is a place where your contributions matter!

Minimum Qualifications

• Advanced understanding of UI and PFML program policies, eligibility rules, call center operations, adult learning principles, and multi system workflows used in training and service delivery.
• Strong facilitation, communication, curriculum development, coaching, documentation, and technical skills, including proficiency with training platforms, call center systems, and Microsoft Office tools.
• Ability to develop complex training content, support trainers, interpret program rules, manage multiple priorities, act as point of contact when the supervisor is unavailable, and support staff across UI and PFML programs.

Additional Considerations

• Experience in curriculum development or instructional design.
• Familiarity with call center QA tools, LMS platforms, and knowledge base systems.
• Experience in government, regulatory, or compliance driven environments.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

This position is only open to current employees of the VEC (please note contract employees are not VEC employees), or those who possess an active and valid Yellow Card or Blue Card for preferential hiring. Your application and/or résumé must reflect your status as a current Virginia Employment Commission employee. Applicants are responsible for ensuring the scope of their experience and relevant certifications, knowledge, skills, and abilities are clear in the application (and/or résumé) to receive full consideration. Information regarding experience will not be assumed.

This position is located within the Customer Contact Center in Vansant, VA. This is not a remote-work position.

Submission of an online application is required for this position. The VEC does not accept applications, résumés, cover letters, etc., in any other format. When applying for jobs, please ensure your online application and/or résumé are complete with duties and skills associated with your work experience.

The Virginia Employment Commission is committed to upholding our values in our employment opportunities across the Commonwealth to people from all backgrounds, including all races, ethnicities, genders, and abilities. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer/Program, and a Virginia Values Veterans (V3) certified employer. AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service alumni are encouraged to apply.

The selected candidate must successfully pass a comprehensive background check including an FBI fingerprint background investigation and an Unemployment Insurance (UI) fraud background check.

Please carefully review the details of this recruitment including the location of the position and the posted salary before applying. The VEC does not provide relocation assistance, and no salary will be offered outside of the posted salary range / flat rate.

The VEC does not provide sponsorship; therefore, applicants must be a citizen or national of the U.S., a Lawful Permanent Resident, or an alien authorized to work in the US.

Auxiliary Aids and Services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. Applicants needing accommodations should contact the Human Resource office for additional information.

A valid Virginia Driver's License is required to operate a state vehicle or if operating a personal vehicle while conducting business on behalf of the agency.

For the status of your application and this position, please refer to your PageUp / Jobs.Virginia.Gov account. We do not provide application status updates via email or telephone.

NOTICE: VEC will record information from each new employee’s Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) into the Federal E-Verify system to confirm identity and work authorization.

Contact Information

Name: VEC Human Resources / Recruitment

Phone: For the most up-to-date status of your application, please refer to your Jobs.Virginia.Gov account. We do not provide application status updates via phone.

Email: Careers@vec.virginia.gov for recruitment related questions. Emailed applications, résumés, or cover letters will not be accepted. For the most up-to-date status of your application, please refer to your Jobs.Virginia.Gov account.

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.