Digital Imaging Specialist

In this position you will:

• Serve as the Museum lead technical specialist for planning coordinating implementing and evaluating digital imaging activities in support of collections archives and public access.
• Provide specialized professional digital imaging services for museum and archival collections that require individualized technical approaches based on format condition preservation needs intended use and institutional standards.
• Analyze develop document implement and improve digital imaging processes that support efficient digital collections workflows throughout the Museum.
• Serve as the Museum lead point of contact for digital imaging workflows technical documentation digital asset lifecycle management and related operational issues affecting collections stewardship.
• Develop and deliver technical guidance training and user-oriented documentation supporting consistent implementation of digital imaging and digital collections workflows throughout the Museum.

• Requires career/career-conditional status or eligibility.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.

Conditions of Employment

Qualification requirements including one year time-in-grade at the next lower grade level for promotion candidates must be met within 30 days of the job announcement closing date. See the Required Documents section for additional information.

For information on qualification requirements seeQualification Standards Handbook forGeneral Schedule Positionsviewable on OPM Website.

Experience:You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal Service. For this position specialized experience is defined as planning coordinating implementing and evaluating digital imaging activities across their lifecycle in support of collections archives exhibitions institutional records publications conservation scholarly research community consultation and public access.

Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position. Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement as you will be deemed ineligible for consideration. Instead provide detailed descriptive information about your actual experience.

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; religious; 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.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

In an effort to streamline our hiring process SI employees whose current position of record is in the same job series 1001and who are in a (Federal competitive or excepted service appointment)as this advertised position are not required to submit a transcript with your application package. However if selected you will be required to provide a copy of your transcript before your start date in the position.

Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures anyindividual who is currently holding or who has held within the previous 52 weeks a GeneralSchedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted servicemust meet time-in-grade requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of thegrade for which you are applying).