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OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?
This job is open to
Clarification from the agency
For status candidate must provide supportive documentation (DD214, SF 50, Transcripts, Schedule A Letter, SF 15, etc).
Videos
Duties
This position is organizationally aligned to Public Affairs, Office of the Medical Center Director, at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL. The primary purpose of this position is to plan the details of developing conventional visual products that depict or present subject matter information or ideas for Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital.
Meets with the client (e.g., author, editor, or program official) to learn the information objectives of the project, the points to be emphasized, the relationships to be stressed, and the relative degree of importance of pieces of the information to be disseminated. Discusses such details as the size, layout, kind and quality of materials, medium, color schemes, typography, lighting effects, specific visual elements or materials to be incorporated (e.g., photos, illustrations), and/or reproduction methods; the most effective medium to convey the objectives of the project, and the points to be emphasized; and the desired appearance and contents of the desired products.
Plans the visual aspects of publications or presentations where the general format and specific themes to be illustrated are predetermined. Selects photos, illustrations, or other visual materials from among those provided with the assignment or found in the files. Judges the reproducibility of the material and any enlargement or reduction necessary to achieve the specified visual effect.
Determines the appropriate typefaces and sizes along with other typographical elements from among an approved group. Prepares layouts of pages or presentation materials such as photographic slides, and posters. Researches source materials and visual elements to create a visual product. while complying with budget restraints and pre-established time frames, to develop and translate available source material into visual designs.
Uses knowledge of basic photographic composition in positioning subjects, arranging backgrounds, and selecting camera angles and views to achieve aesthetically pleasing results. Uses knowledge of the capabilities, limitations, compatibilities, and operation of standard cameras, including electronic still imaging, and accessories, including different films, filters, diffusers, lenses, and lights.
Provides photographic support to the organization's public information activities by photographing or videotaping award presentations, official portraits, buildings and grounds, and staged or candid shots of equipment and work operations.
Applies knowledge of the lights, lenses, and exposures needed to photograph indoors and outdoors, in confined and spacious areas, in natural and fluorescent lighting, and at night.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Telework: Ad Hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Visual Information Specialist/PD235760
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized to a highly qualified candidate
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/05/2023.
Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS: Must meet one of the following:
EDUCATION: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study commercial art, fine arts, art history, industrial design, architecture, drafting, interior design, photography, visual communication, or other fields related to the position. Some positions may also require subject-matter knowledge of medicine, science, or technical equipment. Advanced training in a vocational school, technical institute, or art institute above the high school level in one of the fields listed above is creditable as general experience on a month-for-month basis.
OR,
EXPERIENCE: Specialized Experience: Experience in the actual type of work for which application is made. Unpaid experience is creditable, provided the work done was of a quality level and demonstrated the ability required for the position. This includes planning the preparation and use of photographs, illustrations, drawings, and other art work, charts, diagrams, dioramas, maps, slides, overlays, and other kinds of visual material for use in communicating information through visual means.
GS-11 GRADE REQUIREMENTS:
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
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; religions; 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.
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Physical Requirements: The work, which is performed primarily while seated, requires no special physical demands. The work is performed in an office setting.
For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Education
A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Additional information
Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a VA job announcement includes language requiring applicants to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to Executive Order 14043, that requirement does not currently apply to this Job Announcement. VA may request information regarding your vaccination status, if selected, for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.
If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?
This job is open to
- Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee. - Individuals with disabilities
- Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of this agency. - Military spouses
- Special authorities
Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed above, but defined in the federal hiring regulations. - Veterans
Clarification from the agency
For status candidate must provide supportive documentation (DD214, SF 50, Transcripts, Schedule A Letter, SF 15, etc).
Videos
Duties
This position is organizationally aligned to Public Affairs, Office of the Medical Center Director, at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL. The primary purpose of this position is to plan the details of developing conventional visual products that depict or present subject matter information or ideas for Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital.
Meets with the client (e.g., author, editor, or program official) to learn the information objectives of the project, the points to be emphasized, the relationships to be stressed, and the relative degree of importance of pieces of the information to be disseminated. Discusses such details as the size, layout, kind and quality of materials, medium, color schemes, typography, lighting effects, specific visual elements or materials to be incorporated (e.g., photos, illustrations), and/or reproduction methods; the most effective medium to convey the objectives of the project, and the points to be emphasized; and the desired appearance and contents of the desired products.
Plans the visual aspects of publications or presentations where the general format and specific themes to be illustrated are predetermined. Selects photos, illustrations, or other visual materials from among those provided with the assignment or found in the files. Judges the reproducibility of the material and any enlargement or reduction necessary to achieve the specified visual effect.
Determines the appropriate typefaces and sizes along with other typographical elements from among an approved group. Prepares layouts of pages or presentation materials such as photographic slides, and posters. Researches source materials and visual elements to create a visual product. while complying with budget restraints and pre-established time frames, to develop and translate available source material into visual designs.
Uses knowledge of basic photographic composition in positioning subjects, arranging backgrounds, and selecting camera angles and views to achieve aesthetically pleasing results. Uses knowledge of the capabilities, limitations, compatibilities, and operation of standard cameras, including electronic still imaging, and accessories, including different films, filters, diffusers, lenses, and lights.
Provides photographic support to the organization's public information activities by photographing or videotaping award presentations, official portraits, buildings and grounds, and staged or candid shots of equipment and work operations.
Applies knowledge of the lights, lenses, and exposures needed to photograph indoors and outdoors, in confined and spacious areas, in natural and fluorescent lighting, and at night.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Telework: Ad Hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Visual Information Specialist/PD235760
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized to a highly qualified candidate
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
- You may be required to serve a probationary period
- Subject to background/security investigation
- Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
- Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/05/2023.
Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS: Must meet one of the following:
EDUCATION: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study commercial art, fine arts, art history, industrial design, architecture, drafting, interior design, photography, visual communication, or other fields related to the position. Some positions may also require subject-matter knowledge of medicine, science, or technical equipment. Advanced training in a vocational school, technical institute, or art institute above the high school level in one of the fields listed above is creditable as general experience on a month-for-month basis.
OR,
EXPERIENCE: Specialized Experience: Experience in the actual type of work for which application is made. Unpaid experience is creditable, provided the work done was of a quality level and demonstrated the ability required for the position. This includes planning the preparation and use of photographs, illustrations, drawings, and other art work, charts, diagrams, dioramas, maps, slides, overlays, and other kinds of visual material for use in communicating information through visual means.
GS-11 GRADE REQUIREMENTS:
- Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Knowledge and ability to independently plan, design, and execute a broad range of visual material whose purpose is to communicate information pictorially for publication, exhibits, lectures, or video production. Knowledge of a variety of methods, techniques, and materials used in the design, production and reproduction of visual products to plan the technical details of, or produce, aesthetically composed visual products in a timely manner. Basic knowledge of specialized subject matter such as medicine, science, or a related field peculiar to medical facility organization functions. This knowledge is needed to understand the specifications and generally usable, observable, and recognizable visual materials provided with assignments; and to incorporate visual material into a visual product, such as photographs or charts to be reproduced- as part of a publication. Ability to present general subject information in a visual form that conveys the intended message to, or has the desired effect on, the intended audience. Ability to determine the best method of reproduction to produce jobs quickly and competently to meet the customer's needs. OR,
- Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have Masters or equivalent graduate degree; or 2 full years progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.B. or J.D. if related. OR,
- Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and graduate education as described above.
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
- Communications and Media
- Customer Service
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; religions; 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.
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Physical Requirements: The work, which is performed primarily while seated, requires no special physical demands. The work is performed in an office setting.
For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Education
A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Additional information
Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a VA job announcement includes language requiring applicants to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to Executive Order 14043, that requirement does not currently apply to this Job Announcement. VA may request information regarding your vaccination status, if selected, for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.
If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
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