Visual Information Specialist

Full Job Description

The Visual Information Specialist position is located in the Public Affairs and Medical Media Service of the VA Medical Center Atlanta, GA.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

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-09. 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.

INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT (IOR): An IOR is a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify for entry into this job series, and it is something that can't be waived.

To qualify for the GS 1084 occupational series, applicants MUST possess the following (Your resume must reflect your response and or transcript required for education):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: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include but are not limited to planning the preparation and use of photographs, illustrations, drawings, and other artwork, charts, diagrams, dioramas, maps, slides, overlays, and other kinds of visual material for use in communicating information through visual means.

OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have Education at the graduate level in an accredited college or university in the amounts shown in the table meets the requirements for position at GS-11.

A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.

Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond.

Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-11.

(When crediting education that requires specific course work, prorate the number of hours of related courses required as a proportion of the total education to be used.) 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/.

Major Duties:

Major duties include, but not limited to: Assume full responsibility for visual materials production on assigned projects.

Meet with requesters, content specialists, and/or program officials to produce or coordinate the work involved in communicating information through graphic or visual means for publications or materials to be printed, exhibits, and presentations.

Selects or originates visual materials. Designs and works out the plan of their treatment for effective use with an understanding of presenter objectives and/or target audience levels.

Determines the media, format, ideas/theme, size and appearance of typography, color, photographs, posters, graphs, diagrams and/or illustrations to be used for visualization of text/script/procedures.

Coordinates production of new designs/illustrations with others (illustrator/photographer) to meet requirements of treatment plan to summarize important aspects of information to be communicated to provide for an overall unified publication or presentation.

Determines points of emphasis and resources to be used to meet intended objectives. Recommends changes and/or refinements to visual materials to be produced for best outcomes.

Responsible for initiating actions/steps necessary to prepare and/or submit detailed specifications for visual materials to Government Printing Office (GPO) contracted printers.

Responsible for operating and maintaining specialized computer graphics systems. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday- Friday, 8:00 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m.Work schedule subject to change based on agency needs. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Visual Information Specialist/PD07084A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized