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Job Title:Education and Training Specialist

Department:Legislative Branch

Job Announcement Number:120110

SALARY RANGE:

$89,033.00 to $115,742.00 / Per Year

OPEN PERIOD:

Friday, December 07, 2012 to Monday, January 14, 2013

SERIES & GRADE:

GS-1701-13

POSITION INFORMATION:

Open - Permanent

PROMOTION POTENTIAL:

13

DUTY LOCATIONS:

1 vacancy - Washington, DC, USView Map

WHO MAY APPLY:

Anyone may apply - By law, employment at most U.S. Government 
agencies, including the Library of Congress, is limited to U.S. 
citizens. However, non-citizens may be hired, provided that other 
legal requirements are met and the Library determines there are no 
qualified U.S. citizens available for the position.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Library of Congress serves the Congress in fulfilling its duties 
and preserves and promotes knowledge and creativity for the benefit 
of the American people. It is the nation's oldest federal cultural 
institution and the world's largest library, with more than 151 
million items in its physical collections (including books, 
manuscripts, prints, photos, film, video, and sound recordings) and 
almost 20 million items online. Located primarily on Capitol Hill in 
Washington, D.C., the Library is the home of the U.S. Copyright 
Office, the Congressional Research Service (CRS), the Law Library of 
Congress, and the National Library Service for the Blind and 
Physically Handicapped.

The Education and Training Specialist position working independently 
reports directly to the Chief, Network Division, NLS, and serves 
under the administrative supervision of that Chief.  The incumbent 
researches the latest trends in information technologies pertaining 
to digital libraries and their operational and informational systems 
particularly those used in the 115 network libraries across the 
nation that comprise the NLS network, searching techniques, distance 
learning and educational methodologies.

This position is located in the National Library Service for the 
Blind & Physically Handicapped, Partnerships and Outreach Programs, 
Library Services, 1291 Taylor Street NW, Washington, DC 20542.

The position description number for this position is 197039.

The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustments for 
the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area.

The incumbent of this position will work a flextime work schedule.

This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position.

Relocation expenses will not be authorized for the person(s) selected 
under this vacancy announcement.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

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DUTIES:

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The Education and Training Specialist researches the latest trends in 
information technologies pertaining to digital libraries and their 
operational and informational systems particularly those used in the 
115 network libraries across the nation that comprise the NLS 
network, searching techniques, distance learning and educational 
methodologies. The incumbent also designs and develops instructional 
materials and methods using normal classroom instruction and a 
multimedia approach to create interactive instructional programs for 
delivery through the world wide web to a national audience. The 
incumbent works with subject matter experts to determine the 
intervention necessary to meet the established training and 
educational needs, prepares learning objectives, identifies 
prerequisites, defines course content, selects and sequences 
activities, writes programs and leader guides, participant manuals 
and other training materials as required. The Network Division 
coordinates its activities with those requiring training to institute 
new programs or to improve performance throughout the network.

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QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

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Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and 
training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an 
acceptable level of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to 
perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision.

Ability to apply knowledge of education program and project activities.**

Ability to manage and coordinate programs and/or projects. **

Knowledge of digital libraries and digital librarianship. **

Ability to communicate in writing.

Ability to apply computer technology.

Ability to interact collaboratively with others at all levels.

Ability to conduct research and apply analytical and evaluative 
techniques to develop recommendations for instructional materials and 
training programs.

No additional requirements to those listed above.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

The Library of Congress evaluates applicants through an applicant 
questionnaire and a structured interview. Applicants may also be 
screened for some jobs through licensing, certification, and/or 
education requirements, a narrative/application review, and/or a 
preliminary telephone interview. The knowledge, skills, and abilities 
(KSAs) that are marked with a double asterisk (**) in the vacancy 
announcement and the applicant questionnaire are considered the most 
critical for a position. To be considered for final selection, 
applicants must demonstrate fully acceptable experience in these 
designated KSAs in the narrative/application review, preliminary 
telephone and/or full structured interview. The various assessment 
tools listed above are designed to verify or explore applicants' 
experience, knowledge, and training directly related to the job in 
order to identify the best qualified applicants for selection.
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BENEFITS:

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Please visit our website at www.loc.gov/hr/employment/index.php and 
click Federal Benefits.

OTHER INFORMATION:

While it is the Library's policy to afford the maximum pay benefit to 
employees when setting rates of pay, a new appointee who has had no 
previous Federal service will generally be paid the minimum step of the grade.

The Library of Congress is an equal opportunity employer. Women, 
minorities, and persons with disabilities who meet eligibility 
requirements are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applicants must submit a complete application package that is 
received by the closing date of this announcement.

This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with 
disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of 
the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The 
decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be determined on a 
case-by-case basis.

Applicants with disabilities may be considered under special hiring 
procedures and must submit an appropriate certificate of eligibility 
when applying for this position. The date of certification must be 
within one year of the vacancy closing date. For more information 
contact the selective placement program coordinator at 202-707-3960 
or email spp at loc.gov. FAILURE TO SUBMIT YOUR CERTIFICATION WILL CAUSE 
YOUR APPLICATION TO NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT PROGRAM.

The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States 
and is part of the Legislative Branch of the Federal government. As 
such, all positions are in the excepted service.

Appointment/retention is subject to a favorable evaluation of an 
appropriate personnel security/suitability investigation.

The Library reserves the right to fill a lesser or greater number of 
vacancies indicated during the life of this vacancy announcement.

Initial appointments, permanent or indefinite, to the Library of 
Congress require completion of a one-year probationary period.  In 
addition, per Library of Congress Regulation 2010-12, an appointee is 
subject to a one-year supervisory probationary period, if this is 
his/her first supervisory/managerial position at the Library.

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HOW TO APPLY:

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Please carefully follow all instructions under the How to Apply tab 
to ensure you are considered for the position.

You are required to apply online for this announcement. We are unable 
to accept mailed or emailed documents. You must complete the entire 
application process, including submission of all documents BEFORE 
this announcement closes. To do so, complete the following steps.

Step 1: If you do not already have one, create a resume on USAJOBS. 
Although you must enter your Social Security Number for USAJOBS, this 
information will not be provided to the Library of Congress.

Step 2: Review the Job Announcement. We recommend you go to the end 
of the Qualification and Evaluation section of the job announcement 
to preview the online questions that you will answer in Step 4. You 
may wish to customize your USAJOBS resume to ensure that it supports 
your responses to these questions.

Step 3: Click on the "APPLY ONLINE" button to the right of this 
announcement. Follow USAJOBS' instructions to access your account and 
submit your resume. You will be redirected to the Hiring Management 
website to complete the application process. If this is your first 
time in Hiring Management, you will be asked to answer questions 
related to your eligibility for Federal employment. You will be able 
to update this information and save it to our account for future announcements.

Step 4: Once you have completed the eligibility questions, you will 
be taken directly to the vacancy application questions. Answer all 
questions honestly and thoroughly.

Step 5: Hiring Management offers three options that will 
electronically attach your documentation to your online application 
once you finish answering the questions in the job announcement.

(1) You may select a document that you have already uploaded to 
USAJOBS for a previous announcement.

(2) You may electronically upload a document directly from your 
computer to your application. Be certain to review your complete 
application for confirmation the document uploaded and click on 
"Finished" to be returned to USAJOBS.

(3) You may follow the "Faxing Supporting Documentation" instructions 
within the online application, which will provide the necessary cover 
sheets for each of your documents so that they will be correctly 
submitted. The fax number will be available on the cover sheet.

Please note that each cover sheet and corresponding document must be 
faxed separately. Be certain to review your complete fax transmittal 
confirmation to ensure that all pages have been received.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have multiple documents of the same kind, e.g. 
2 undergraduate transcripts from different schools or 2 SF-50s, etc., 
be sure that they are all in the same file on your computer or in 
your USAJOBS profile before uploading them. If you try uploading them 
individually, only the last one sent will be visible in our system. 
Likewise, if sending them by fax, be sure and include both of them 
behind the respective fax cover sheet and send them as one fax. If 
you send them individually with the same cover sheet, the last one 
sent will overwrite the first one. Finally, if you upload a document, 
e.g. your undergraduate transcript, do not also fax that same 
document (or fax another undergraduate transcript), because whichever 
one you send last will be the only one that is visible in our system. 
If you have any questions about this information, please contact the 
person on this announcement BEFORE the closing date.

Step 6: Click on "Submit" after you have completed your application. 
Once you have submitted your application, you can check your status 
online through your Hiring Management or MY USAJOBS account. Your 
complete online application and any required supplemental 
documentation (e.g., SF-50, etc.) must be received by 11:59 p.m. 
Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the closing date of the announcement. 
It is your responsibility to ensure that all documents are received 
on time and that the materials are readable. Failure to do so will 
result in your application being excluded from consideration for this 
announcement.

If you are experiencing any technical difficulty with the online 
process, you MUST CONTACT THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT 
BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE. For all technical issues please contact 
jobhelp at loc.gov , no later than 4:30pm EST of the Closing Date. 
REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS WILL NOT BE GRANTED.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

Current or former federal employees must submit their most recent 
Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent).

Disabled applicants claiming Schedule A eligibility must submit proof 
of disability and a certification of job readiness. If Schedule A is 
applicable to you, you will not be considered without submitting this 
documentation.

AGENCY CONTACT INFO:

Customer Service Center
Phone: 202-707-5627
Fax: 000-000-0000
Email: JobHelp at loc.gov
Agency Information:
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
101 Independence Ave SE
LM-642
Washington, DC
20540
US
Fax: 000-000-0000

WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:

Please review our evaluation process under Evaluation. You may check 
the status of your application for this position at any time by 
logging onto the USAJOBS "My USAJOBS" tab and clicking on "My 
Applications". You will receive final notification via e-mail when 
the vacancy has been filled.

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Agency Information:

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
101 Independence Ave SE
LM-642
Washington, DC
20540
US
Fax: 000-000-0000

Questions about this job:

Customer Service Center
Phone: 202-707-5627
Fax: 000-000-0000
Email: JobHelp at loc.gov

Job Announcement Number:

120110

Control Number:

332916500