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About Blue Water Thinking Guided by our principles of value generation, continuous innovation, customer-centricity, and vested collaboration, Blue Water Thinking proudly supports our Federal clients in achieving their Agency goals. Founded by a decorated twenty-eight year Veteran of the United States Army, Blue Water Thinking understands and supports the mission of our Nation's war fighters, Veterans, their families and caretakers.  Leveraging our executive team's military experience and private and public sector consulting expertise, Blue Water Thinking takes an integrated "one-team" approach and brings to bear best-fit solutions,  thought leadership, and grit to meet our client's transformational needs. Fueled by our values of integrity, respect, professionalism, stewardship and customer service, the Blue Water Thinking team understands the power of the human connection, collaboration, humility and loyalty to one another, our clients and industry partners. Lastly, our formula for success is simple:  Build something good, take care of our people, keep our clients satisfied, nurture our work ethic and reputation, build long-lasting partnerships, enjoy what we do and give back as much as possible. Job Description: Blue Water Thinking is seeking an experienced and dedicated Senior Trainer to join our team, supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs. In this role, the individual will be primarily responsible for planning, creating, and executing test administration, learning management, customized subject matter-specific training, and educational courses delivered through instructor-led and web-based training environments in support of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) initiatives. Key Responsibilities: Lead the planning, development, coordination, and execution of instructor-led and web-based training programs supporting VHA operational, clinical, and technology initiatives. Conduct comprehensive training needs assessments, evaluations, and analyses to identify communication, knowledge, and skill gaps among end users and stakeholder groups. Translate identified training requirements into effective workshops, training curricula, remedial learning modules, and educational solutions. Design, develop, revise, and maintain training materials including workbooks, facilitator guides, participant manuals, job aids, presentations, and other instructional resources. Develop and implement standard and customized training programs aligned with organizational goals, project requirements, and adult learning methodologies. Administer and support learning management systems (LMS), including course setup, enrollment management, learner tracking, reporting, and system maintenance activities. Develop, maintain, and analyze training databases, records, metrics, and reports to support program performance and compliance requirements. Deliver engaging face-to-face, virtual, and online training sessions to clinical, operational, technical, and leadership audiences. Provide coaching, mentoring, and guidance to trainers, end users, and stakeholders to support knowledge transfer and adoption of new processes and technologies. Lead training-related administrative activities, including scheduling, communications, logistics coordination, documentation, and reporting. Collaborate with subject matter experts, clinical staff, project teams, and leadership to ensure training content accurately reflects current workflows, policies, and best practices. Support test administration activities, user readiness efforts, and organizational change initiatives associated with system implementations and enhancements. Evaluate training effectiveness through assessments, feedback collection, performance metrics, and post-training analyses, recommending improvements as needed. Attend and actively participate in meetings, committees, working groups, and stakeholder engagements to provide training expertise