This position is located in the USAGM, VOA, Latin America Division, Spanish Service. The incumbent will function as Service Chief and manage broadcasting to Latin America through television, radio, websites, and mobile platforms. Incumbent must have demonstrated television, radio, and web journalism experience, a strong history as a leader/manager of a multimedia journalistic organization, and experience planning coverage and directing the activities of staff, stringers, and contractors.
Summary
This position is located in the USAGM, VOA, Latin America Division, Spanish Service. The incumbent will function as Service Chief and manage broadcasting to Latin America through television, radio, websites, and mobile platforms. Incumbent must have demonstrated television, radio, and web journalism experience, a strong history as a leader/manager of a multimedia journalistic organization, and experience planning coverage and directing the activities of staff, stringers, and contractors.
Responsible for the management, leadership, and strategic direction of a multimedia news operation made up of a staff of journalists, writers, editors, International Broadcasters, reporters, producers, and support personnel.
Responsible for the overall quality of the content produced by the Spanish Service, ensuring accurate, fair, and unbiased reporting and adherence to the VOA charter and journalistic code.
Provides broad direction of the Service's editorial content, including its workflows, selecting subject matter to be covered, execution of its stories, and their presentation in the various media produced by the Service.
Oversees and manages the production of the Service's internet, radio, television, and social media content and programming. Develops plans and strategic objectives, including establishing the Service's general scope of operations. Manages the financial processes required for contractor personnel services.
Demonstrates consummate leadership ability with an emphasis on building teams and managing them. Demonstrates initiative and exudes a positive attitude in day-to-day operations.
Maintains appropriate management and internal control systems to ensure that the property, human resources, and budgets allotted to the Branch are safeguarded against waste, fraud, and abuse.
Works closely with the Latin America Division Director, its Program Manager, and other staff members at VOA; including the Office of Marketing and Strategy in order to coordinate placement of VOA Spanish programs, and to build relationships with existing and potential affiliated media organizations in Latin America.
Stays fully informed on developments in the U.S., world current affairs, and the Latin America region, and assures that those of interest to the targeted audience are appropriately covered in radio, television and digital programming.
Recommends changes or improvements to broadcast policies, broadcast operations, and plans for future radio, TV, social media, and internet broadcasts.
Responsible for implementing the agency's labor-management relations policies for Federal Civil Service employees. Interviews, selects staff members, disciplines, fires employees if needed.
Develops performance standards and assures reasonable equity among subordinate units. Evaluates staff performance using generally accepted measures of quality and output. Recommends training for staff as appropriate.
Candidates MUST meet all qualification requirements by the closing date.
Applicants must complete the online questionnaire.
This is a sensitive security position and requires the completion of the SF-86.
Suitability Determination: If selected, you may be subject to a background investigation to establish your suitability for federal employment. The background investigation may include, among other aspects, a review of your credit and legal history.
This position is not covered by a union agreement.
This position may require working nights, weekends, and holidays.
This position has been designated supervisory requiring that the selectee, on an initial appointment as a supervisor or manager, serve a one-year probationary period.
If selected for this vacancy, you will be required to file the OGE Form 450 (Confidential Financial Disclosure Report).
The full performance grade level for this position is GS-14.
If you are a male applicant who is born after 12/31/59, you are required to be registered for the Selective Service.
Qualifications
Screen out factor: Applicants must have fluency in both English and Spanish languages that enables them to speak, read, write, report, and translate in both languages.
For the GS-14 level: Applicants must have a minimum of one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility comparable to the GS-13 level or comparable pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. For this position, the following specialized experience is required:
Expertise in journalism and leading a team of journalists producing multimedia content for a Latin region.
Expertise in the creation and production of multimedia newscasts for broadcasting.
Expertise in the Latin American media market that enables the incumbent to plan and create content and marketing strategy for the Spanish Service.
Broad experience in managing a diverse staff of newscast producers in the U.S. and abroad and in preparing and managing budgets, financial matters, including execution of plans that meet the mission and focus of the Voice of America.
Expertise in Latin American politics and the United States objectives and policy toward each Latin American country, such as El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Mexico for instance. Understands U.S. policy on creation and development of multimedia content for audiences in various Latin American Spanish speaking regions.
Education
Education is not required for this grade level. It cannot be used for qualification purposes.
Additional information
1. CTAP eligibles are current USAGM Career and Career-conditional employees in the competitive service and any other surplus and displaced agency employees affected by downsizing or restructuring.
2. Your application to this vacancy announcement will only allow consideration for this announcement. We cannot electronically or manually move your application to corresponding announcements, if applicable.
3. Additional vacancies not reflected in the announcement that occur after the opening date of the vacancy announcement for position(s) identical (same grade, series and title) to the original vacancy may be filled from the selection certificate during the validity of the certificate.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Once your resume or application is submitted, a review of your qualifications will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements and competencies required for this position.
Competencies:
Journalism
Leadership
Production
Target Area
Writing
Possession of competencies may be addressed in a cover letter and/or resume. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the occupational questionnaire. The numeric rating you receive is based on your responses to the questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your score can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect your qualifications. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
All applicants are required to submit the following supporting document type(s):
Performance Appraisal
Resume
SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
Applicants may also submit the following supporting document type(s):
Cover Letter
Performance Appraisal
Resume
SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
All required documents must be submitted before the closing date of this vacancy announcement. These documents are available to you in your e-OPF and e-performance systems. If you need assistance accessing these required documents, you can contact our Human Resources Office at HRcustomerservice@usagm.gov or call 202-920-2400.
1. Current USAGM career or career-conditional employees are required to submit a copy of their latest SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action and/or a copy of the SF-50 that reflects career or career-conditional tenure.
2. Current USAGM employees are required to submit their latest performance appraisal.
3. If education is a requirement or there is an option to use education for qualification purposes, you must submit your unofficial transcripts with your application package at the time of applying or before the closing date of this vacancy announcement. If selected for the position, you will be required to submit official transcripts before your Enter on Duty date.
4. CTAP eligibles must submit proof of eligibility for the special selection priority, 1. a separation notice or 2. a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separation.
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/29/2023 to receive consideration.
To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log into your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
Click the Submit Application button to submit your application package.
It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation are submitted prior to the closing date. To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, https://login.usajobs.gov/account/signin. The page will display the positions for which you've applied as well as the status of each application. Click on the plus sign (+) next to the job title to expand information about the job, then click on Additional Application Information to see the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click on the plus sign (+) next to the job title to expand information about the job. Next click on Update Application to complete the application process.
Note: Submission of a resume alone IS NOT a complete application. This position requires the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental materials as described previously, including an Assessment Questionnaire. For a preview of the Assessment Questionnaire, please click here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12069144
Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required information and/or materials, by 11:59 P.M. on 08/29/2023 will result in you not being considered for employment.
Once the online questionnaire and application package is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. After a review of your complete application is made, you will be notified of your rating and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluation or interviews are required, you will be contacted.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
All applicants are required to submit the following supporting document type(s):
Performance Appraisal
Resume
SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
Applicants may also submit the following supporting document type(s):
Cover Letter
Performance Appraisal
Resume
SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
All required documents must be submitted before the closing date of this vacancy announcement. These documents are available to you in your e-OPF and e-performance systems. If you need assistance accessing these required documents, you can contact our Human Resources Office at HRcustomerservice@usagm.gov or call 202-920-2400.
1. Current USAGM career or career-conditional employees are required to submit a copy of their latest SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action and/or a copy of the SF-50 that reflects career or career-conditional tenure.
2. Current USAGM employees are required to submit their latest performance appraisal.
3. If education is a requirement or there is an option to use education for qualification purposes, you must submit your unofficial transcripts with your application package at the time of applying or before the closing date of this vacancy announcement. If selected for the position, you will be required to submit official transcripts before your Enter on Duty date.
4. CTAP eligibles must submit proof of eligibility for the special selection priority, 1. a separation notice or 2. a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separation.
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/29/2023 to receive consideration.
To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log into your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
Click the Submit Application button to submit your application package.
It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation are submitted prior to the closing date. To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, https://login.usajobs.gov/account/signin. The page will display the positions for which you've applied as well as the status of each application. Click on the plus sign (+) next to the job title to expand information about the job, then click on Additional Application Information to see the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click on the plus sign (+) next to the job title to expand information about the job. Next click on Update Application to complete the application process.
Note: Submission of a resume alone IS NOT a complete application. This position requires the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental materials as described previously, including an Assessment Questionnaire. For a preview of the Assessment Questionnaire, please click here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12069144
Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required information and/or materials, by 11:59 P.M. on 08/29/2023 will result in you not being considered for employment.
Once the online questionnaire and application package is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. After a review of your complete application is made, you will be notified of your rating and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluation or interviews are required, you will be contacted.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
