- Position Title
- Program Specialist
- Agency
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Announcement Number
- 21-11006657-ML Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, January 15, 2021 to Tuesday, February 9, 2021
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
Assessment 1
1.
From the following description, please select the one (1) statement that best describes your experience that qualifies you for the Program Specialist, GS-11 position.
2.
Do you possess at least a BA degree in a discipline of the humanities, Library and information Science, Museum Studies, or a related field?
3.
Do you have professional experience working in a cultural heritage organization, university, or with grants?
For each task in the following factors, choose the statement from the list below that best describes your experience and/or training.
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
4.
Cultivate relationships and partnerships to ensure success of humanities programs.
5.
Clarify requirements and/or obtain missing information.
6.
Negotiate issues among parties with differing interests to gain agreement on changes affecting a program or product.
7.
Interact in situations where shifts in priorities, work assignments, or deadlines occur due to delays or unexpected events.
8.
Manage correspondence and communicate organizational information to appropriate parties as required.
9.
Coordinate administrative functions related to your office.
10.
Identify administrative problems and recommend possible solutions.
11.
Assist in the preparation of large meetings, including preparing materials for them.
12.
Develop and implement formative and summative assessment procedures.
13.
Monitor project schedules, budgets, allocations, and obligations.
14.
Analyze reports and other humanities data to create evaluative, quantitative, and qualitative reports about specific projects or programs.
15.
Implement strategies to help preserve cultural heritage collections.
16.
Conduct work that promotes increased access to cultural heritage collections, including cataloging, digitization, exhibition development, etc.
17.
Identify individuals, communities of practice, and professional organizations whose expertise align with the work of a particular program involving cultural heritage.
18.
Track, monitor, compile, and analyze data emerging from projects with cultural heritage.
19.
Communicate information about methods, policies, and procedures for cultural heritage collections and/or grants to a variety of individuals.
20.
Compose briefings, reports, and other types of correspondence in a clear, concise and accurate manner.
21.
Write technical, administrative, or research reports on topics related to cultural heritage
22.
Write articles for an organization's webpage, newsletters, or social media.
23.
Respond to general and specialist inquiries via telephone.
24.
Provide basic troubleshooting on a variety of digital platforms.
25.
Present formal briefings before audiences on topics related to the humanities, library and information science, or grants.
26.
As noted in the vacancy announcement, your ratings in this Occupational Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification based on the documents and references you submit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you or for dismissing you from the position/agency during the probation period. Please take this opportunity to review your ratings to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you:
* Understand this warning;
* Have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy; and
* Verify that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability.
Failure to agree to the statement below will disqualify you from further consideration for this position.
* Understand this warning;
* Have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy; and
* Verify that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability.
Failure to agree to the statement below will disqualify you from further consideration for this position.