- Position Title
- Visual Information Specialist
- Agency
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Announcement Number
- HHS-CDC-MP-24-12543595 Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, September 12, 2024 to Tuesday, September 24, 2024
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) - Are you a current employee of the Health and Human Services (HHS) who meets the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service? If yes, confirm you meet all the following requirements:
For more information, review USAJOBS Career Transition Programs (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).
- You are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy;
- Your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy;
- Your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review USAJOBS Career Transition Programs (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).
2.
Current HHS Federal Employee - Are you currently employed as a permanent career or career-conditional Health and Human Services (HHS) employee in the competitive service?
If you indicate "Yes" for this question, you MUST submit your Notification of Personnel Action (i.e. SF-50 or DA Form3434) which reflect(s) the following:
If you indicate "Yes" for this question, you MUST submit your Notification of Personnel Action (i.e. SF-50 or DA Form3434) which reflect(s) the following:
- Current grade and service status (SF-50 block 34 "position occupied" reflects "1" and block 24 "tenure" reflects "1" or "2".)
- Highest grade ever held
- If you currently hold or have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 12 months and are applying for a grade higher than you currently hold or have previously held, you MUST submit an SF-50/equivalent, which shows you have held the next lower GS grade for at least one year:
- SF-50s that have an effective date within the past year such as General Adjustment or Reassignment, do not clearly show that you meet the one-year time-in-grade requirement.
- Within-Grade/Rate-Increase (WGI/WRI) SF-50s OR SF-50s that have an effective date outside the past year (General Adjustment, Reassignment, Promotion SF-50s, etc.) demonstrate you meet the time-in-grade requirements.
- Note: You may need to submit multiple SF-50s to support your eligibility unless all the above requirements are met on one SF-50. If your SF-50(s) does not provide the information needed, you may be found ineligible for the position.
3.
Noncompetitive HHS Federal Employee
Are you a current career or career-conditional competitive service federal civilian employee in the Department of Health & Human Services AND meet one of the following?
If you indicate "Yes" for this question, you MUST submit your Notification of Personnel Action (i.e. SF-50 or DA Form3434) which reflect(s) the following:
Are you a current career or career-conditional competitive service federal civilian employee in the Department of Health & Human Services AND meet one of the following?
- Repromotion eligible - previously held a permanent (not time limited) competitive service position at the grade level of the position being announced
- Reassignment eligible - holds the same grade level as the position being announced
- Change to Lower Grade eligible - holds a higher grade than the position being announced
If you indicate "Yes" for this question, you MUST submit your Notification of Personnel Action (i.e. SF-50 or DA Form3434) which reflect(s) the following:
- Current grade and service status (SF-50 block 34 "position occupied" reflects "1" or "2" and block 24 "tenure" reflects "1" or "2".)
- Highest grade ever held on a permanent basis
- Note: You may need to submit multiple SF-50s to support your eligibility unless all the above requirements are met on one SF-50. If your SF-50(s) does not provide the information needed, you may be found ineligible for the position.
4.
Public Health Service (PHS) officer - Are you currently an active-duty Public Health Service (PHS) officer or in the process of commissioning to become an active-duty PHS officer (call to active duty-CAD)?
Note:
- If you indicate yes for this question, you MUST submit a copy of your current assignment personnel orders (current active-duty officers) or both official medical and board cleared notifications from Commissioned Corps Headquarters (CCHQ). Please remove your SSN from any documents where listed before submission (if applicable).
- If you are an active-duty PHS officer separating from the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, please mark "No" and select another eligibility status (if applicable).
For more information, review https://jobs.cdc.gov/working-at-cdc/commissioned-corps.html.
5.
Political Appointee - In the last five years, based on the closing date of this announcement, have you served or are you currently serving as an Executive Branch political, Schedule C, or Non-career SES appointee? (To verify, check your Standard Form 50, section 5).
A political appointee is an appointment made by the President without confirmation by the Senate (5 CFR 213.3102(c)) OR an assistant position to a top-level federal official if filled by a person designated by the President as a White House Fellow (5 CFR 213.3102(z)).
Schedule C appointee occupies a position excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director of OPM, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties (5 CFR 213.3301 and 5 CFR 213.3302).
A Non-career SES appointee is approved by the White House and serves at the pleasure of the appointing official without time limitations (5 CFR 317 Subpart F).
A political appointee is an appointment made by the President without confirmation by the Senate (5 CFR 213.3102(c)) OR an assistant position to a top-level federal official if filled by a person designated by the President as a White House Fellow (5 CFR 213.3102(z)).
Schedule C appointee occupies a position excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director of OPM, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties (5 CFR 213.3301 and 5 CFR 213.3302).
A Non-career SES appointee is approved by the White House and serves at the pleasure of the appointing official without time limitations (5 CFR 317 Subpart F).
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in a Visual Information Specialist position with the Federal government.
1.
From the descriptions below, select the one which best describes your experience and meets the Minimum Qualification Requirements for Visual Information Specialist, GS-1084-13.
2.
Which of the following best describes your experience with fundamental design principles?
3.
Which of the following best describes your experience with fundamental design techniques?
4.
Which of the following best describes your experience utilizing image manipulation techniques?
5.
Which of the following best describes your experience with typography?
6.
Which of the following best describes your experience with layout principles and techniques?
7.
For questions above, please specify where this experience is documented in your resume, by indicating place of employment, job title, and length of time performing the duties. Maximum length of 250 characters.
8.
Which of the following best describes your experience producing graphics products?
9.
Which of the following best describes your experience with layout and page design for print and digital dissemination?
10.
Which of the following best describes your experience with industry-standard vector graphics software to develop print, web, and mobile graphics?
11.
Which of the following best describes your experience with photo manipulation and editing?
12.
Which of the following best describes your experience with graphic design projects?
13.
For questions above, please specify where this experience is documented in your resume, by indicating place of employment, job title, and length of time performing the duties. Maximum length of 250 characters.
14.
Which of the following best describes your experience with Mechanism of Disease (MOD) and Mechanism of Action (MOA) Animations?
15.
Which of the following best describes your experience with the creation or production of medical and scientific illustrations?
16.
Which of the following best describes your experience with the design and development of medical illustration design?
17.
For questions above, please specify where this experience is documented in your resume, by indicating place of employment, job title, and length of time performing the duties. Maximum length of 250 characters.
18.
Which of the following best describes your experience tracking project status?
19.
Which of the following best describes your experience managing design projects?
20.
For questions above, please specify where this experience is documented in your resume, by indicating place of employment, job title, and length of time performing the duties. Maximum length of 250 characters.
21.
Which of the following best describes your experience with translating print products into mobile?
22.
Which of the following best describes your experience with data visualization?
23.
For questions above, please specify where this experience is documented in your resume, by indicating place of employment, job title, and length of time performing the duties. Maximum length of 250 characters.
24.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding 'No' to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.