- Position Title
- Visual Information Specialist
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Announcement Number
- IRA-NPS-23-11976845-DE Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, June 1, 2023 to Thursday, June 15, 2023
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a United States Citizen?
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3.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
4.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a Federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
Preferences
1.
Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.
2.
Would you accept a term appointment?
Assessment 1
1.
From the descriptions below, select one response that best describes how your background meets the experience and/or education requirements for a Visual Information Specialist, GS-1084-09 position. If you select more than one response or leave this question blank, you will be rated ineligible.
THE RESUME OR APPLICATION MATERIALS YOU SUBMIT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST SUPPORT THE ANSWERS YOU CLAIM UNDER THIS AND OTHER QUESTIONS. IF NOT, YOU WILL BE FOUND NOT QUALIFIED OR YOUR SCORE WILL BE LOWERED.
THE RESUME OR APPLICATION MATERIALS YOU SUBMIT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST SUPPORT THE ANSWERS YOU CLAIM UNDER THIS AND OTHER QUESTIONS. IF NOT, YOU WILL BE FOUND NOT QUALIFIED OR YOUR SCORE WILL BE LOWERED.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
2.
Assist with planning of visual aspects of interpretive publications (i.e., books, pamphlets, magazines, newsletters, posters, handouts, technical reports, etc.) to be printed.
3.
Search for and extract relevant information from files, documents, reports, publications, recordings, or other materials to support development of written, oral and digital media.
4.
Develop and produce complex design products, such as publications, maps, signs, fabric banners, and/or exhibits using Adobe Creative Suite software for installation that contribute to satisfactory and safe visitor experiences.
5.
Work to support collaboration with stakeholders from multiple disciplines to create graphic elements that help ensure a greater understanding of the resources by the general public.
6.
With guidance and assistance, plan, and produce complex multi-media programs in a variety of ways to achieve interpretive goals.
7.
Apply knowledge of audiences and appropriate interpretive techniques to determine the best genre for messages.
8.
Write articles and interpretive media content for upper-level review, matching content with appropriate media in order to connect messaging with intended audience.
9.
Assists in drafting Scope of Work statements for exhibit and digital media plans.
10.
Communicate effectively using social media and other emerging technologies
11.
Write interpretive text for a variety of products according to NPS Interpretive Standards
12.
Follows NPS editorial guidelines and Plain Language in writing text.
13.
Write communication plans and public outreach materials.
14.
Incorporate the principles of universal design methods as applied to interpretive media.
15.
Use photos, slides, charts, posters and other appropriate means to communicate the visual aspects of speeches, briefings and training materials.
16.
Design original two and three-dimensional models, artifacts, specimens, dioramas, murals, audio-visual presentations.
17.
Assist with design and development of websites, interactive exhibits, new media products and smart phone applications
18.
Organize, maintain, and expand a website and app that contain many diverse, but related individual pages.
19.
Use knowledge of accessibility design standards to ensure web and non-web products meet compliance standards.
20.
Collaborate with stakeholders to maintain and develop web pages and social media sites.
21.
Apply knowledge of federal laws and agency policies related to accessibility standards in the production of web content and digital communications.
22.
Collaborates with team members and staff to propose content and visual information products in a variety of formats, including exhibits, materials to be used by front line staff, specialized web-based features
(e.g., eHikes, eTours), database driven web-features, podcasts, webcams, video production, and apps.
(e.g., eHikes, eTours), database driven web-features, podcasts, webcams, video production, and apps.
23.
Utilize Content Management Systems to effectively communicate messages appropriate for the web.
24.
Assist with developing and editing multimedia content including video, motion graphics, images, text, and audio.
25.
Use emerging technology to communicate with the public, using products such as, virtual web-based activities, podcasts, video production and apps to meet an agency's mission.
26.
Incorporate accessibility standards such as captioning and audio description into multimedia content.
27.
Utilize the full spectrum of design, imaging and production software such as Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Bridge.
28.
Demonstrate proficiency in the following industry standard products: Adobe Creative Suite, Canon and Nikon DSLR camera and applicable lenses, Zoom audio, wireless lavaliers and other microphones.
29.
Articulate the interpretive value of emerging technologies and train others to utilize them appropriately to accomplish interpretive goals.
30.
Work on a team to create short and long-term strategic plans for implementing emerging technologies to accomplish park goals.
31.
Participate productively in a variety of workgroups and disciplines to plan and implement multi-media solutions
32.
Your ratings in this Occupational Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification based on the documents and references you submit. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your ratings. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you or for dismissing you from the position/agency.
Please take this opportunity to review your ratings to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you: 1) understand this warning, 2) have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy, and 3) verify that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability.
Failure to agree to this statement will disqualify you from further consideration for the position.
Please take this opportunity to review your ratings to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you: 1) understand this warning, 2) have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy, and 3) verify that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability.
Failure to agree to this statement will disqualify you from further consideration for the position.