(SEASONAL) Visual Information Specialist

Description:

The Pacific West Region is recruiting for summer seasonal (SEASONAL) Visual Information Specialist, GS-1084-7 positions intended to assist permanent staff with visual information creation and production.

Open to the first 50 applicants or until 03/25/2025 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Requirements:

All qualifications must be met by 11:59 EST when the applicant cut-off is reached (which may be sooner than 03/25/2025).

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.

To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:

EXPERIENCE: Possess at least one year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: 1) preparing publications, exhibits, photographs, illustrations, drawings, and other art work, charts, diagrams, dioramas, maps, slides, overlays for use in communicating information through visual means; and 2) using computer technology to prepare visually-oriented websites and other electronic media, to communicate information visually. You must include hours per week worked.
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EDUCATION: Possess one year of specialized graduate level education. Specialized graduate education is a degree that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skill and abilities needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Examples of specialized graduate study includes a major study in commercial art, fine arts, art history, industrial design, photography, visual communication, videography, graphic design, cinematography, film studies, film/video production, digital filmmaking, or other closely related subjects. One year of graduate education is 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours.
IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE: If you are using education to qualify you must document your course work and/or degree completed in your resume or other application materials you submit. You must submit a copy of your transcripts or a complete list of college courses taken that identifies for each course the college or university, semester or quarter hours earned, grade received, and date completed. If you are qualifying based on education and you do not submit specific course work information as described previously, your application will be rated not qualified for consideration. A copy of your official transcripts will be required before entrance on duty, if selected.

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Successful completion of a COMBINATION of the equivalent COMBINATION of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take the number of semester hours (or equivalent) earned towards a graduate degree and divide by 18 semester hours (or equivalent). Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.

Volunteer Experience: 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; religious; 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.

ICTAP/CTAP Statement: Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special prior­ity selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies.