Media Communications Specialist-SV-1001- I - Transportation Security Administration - Arlington, Virginia - EXPIRED

This Media Communications Specialist position is located in the Employee Communications Division, within the Office of Strategic Communications and Public Affairs (SCPA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected for this position, you will be coordinating updates and changes to the TSA\'s internal and external sites. You will be consulting with clients or program point of contacts to define and identify available resources, time frames, priorities and informational content. Typical duties include, but are not limited to:

• Working with the Office of Information Technology to develop and implement online solutions for intranet (90 percent) and internet (10 percent) sites including mobile applications.
• Enforcing web design parameters, style guidelines, visual standards and compliance with Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Plain Writing Act of 2010 requirements.
• Executing web services projects and initiatives, ensuring enterprise-wide coordination and adherence to established policies and bests practices.
• Developing workflows and training personnel on operational usage of content management systems including Microsoft SharePoint.
• Tutoring others on HTML (and other similar coding), web analytics and Search Engine Optimization (SEO), and website and page layout and design.

For the SV-I Band level (equal to GS-13), applicants must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-H Band or GS-12 in Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Such experience includes working with current intranet and internet technologies and protocols to develop and design websites, pages, parts, and applications, including layout, design, and coding; and experience using Microsoft SharePoint to maintain web content and managing workflows.

NOTE: Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.

You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

You will be evaluated based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of the experience and/or related education as reflected in your resume and supporting documentation. You are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show possession of the competencies required for this position. We will compare your resume and supporting documentation to your responses on the assessment questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and any supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your category placement may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job.

When completing the assessment questionnaire for this position, you will be prompted to elect if you wish for your application to be considered as External (where Veterans’ Preference applies), as Status (current or former Federal Employees), and/or Internal to TSA as a current permanent or competitive temporary employee. At that time, please select the answer(s) that apply to you and your application to this position.

Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Grouping procedures. Under Category Grouping, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:

•Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;
•Well Qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceed the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job; and
•Qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.
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