Clarification from the agency

U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nationals; no prior Federal experience is required.

As a Metadata Technician, you will:

• Create metadata to support digitization projects of textual and audiovisual collections, establish intellectual control over digitized resources, and prepare resources and metadata for submission to archival collection information databases and other systems.
• Administer the Library's collection information databases and spreadsheets; perform data cleanup as necessary; and serve as primary liaison to overarching database administrators and application vendors.
• Lead in the preparation of archival materials for digitization and support archival digitization as captured by contractors, staff and interns. The incumbent will coordinate textual and audiovisual digitization workflow as part of the digitization work plan, and provide quality control for completed digitization projects.
• Work on large-scale imaging production projects in an archival context, but may also provide indexing, metadata creation, and data entry for a range of other projects, including digitization for exhibits, routine imaging, special requests, and other moderately complex digitization projects.

Conditions of employment

This opportunity is also open to Status Candidates under Announcement ST-12669395-25-EB

Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.

• A one year probationary period may be required.
• Must successfully complete a background investigation.
• Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
• Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form i-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
• Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
• The work is basically sedentary, however some long periods of standing and lifting of materials, supplies and moderately heavy boxes (may weigh up to 50 pounds) will be performed.

1. Please refer to "Conditions of Employment."
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3. Must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nationals.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-09, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:

• Experience with metadata and formatting in relation to archival and/or artifact collections (examples such as creating metadata, establishing intellectual control over digital resources, and working with databases and spreadsheets); AND
• Preparing digital imaging formats for submission into a variety of systems; AND
• Making image enhancements and/or modifications to digital images.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your application includes your resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a "not qualified" determination.

Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Technical, Communication, and Problem Solving. Category rating will be used to rank and select eligible candidates. If qualified, you will be assigned to one of three quality level categories: Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified depending on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, education, and training related to this position. Your rating may be lowered if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application.

Veterans' preference is applied after applicants are assessed. Preference-eligibles will be listed at the top of their assigned category and considered before non-preference-eligibles in that category. Qualified preference-eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more will be listed at the top of the highest category.

Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview.

If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)) you must receive a score of 85 or better to be rated as "well qualified" to receive special selection priority