Clarification from the agency

This position is open to all U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nationals. More than one selection may be made from this announcement.

This position is responsible for strategically leading and managing an SI-wide educational technology program that embraces and addresses the needs of more than 300
Smithsonian educators and external stakeholders across the nation.

• Oversees the strategic direction of the Office of Educational Technology.
• Plans, organizes, directs, supervises, and manages the personnel and activities of the unit.
• Develops a digital strategy for the delivery of educational content and equitable access to educational resources and digital content.
• Plans for and manages Information Technology (IT) projects to facilitate the introduction and use of new technologies that supports instructional learning and equitable access to educational resources.
• Oversees analytics, which include creating and producing analysis and reports regarding trends, preferences, and other information on OET’s online activities.

Conditions of employment

• Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation
• May need to complete a Probationary Period
• Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.

Conditions of Employment

COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS:

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Qualification requirements must be met within 30 days of the job announcement closing date.

For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions on OPM website.

Qualifications

ALL Applicants must meet the basic education requirement for this position

Basic Requirements:

Degree: that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position.

or

Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in education, or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in A above.

In addtion to the basic education requirement above, applicants must also meet the following:

Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 level in the Federal Service or comparable pay band system.  For this position specialized experience is defined as developing, implementing and maintaining an educational technology strategy including engagement with digital and media platforms for general and specialized audiences in a museum, educational or cultural institution setting; developing and managing web and emerging media programs for varied digital channels; long- and short-term planning; digital lifecycle management; and evaluating and implementing of platforms and tools. 

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.

NOTE: The Smithsonian does not recognize academic degrees from schools that are not accredited by an accredited institution recognized by the Department of Education. Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from Federal employment to removal from Federal service.

• Unofficial school transcripts (undergraduate and graduate) must be submitted with your application package by the closing date of the vacancy announcement.
• If you have foreign education, you must show proof by the closing date of the vacancy announcement that education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials. Transcripts and proof of the evaluations must be submitted within your application package as indicated under “Required Documents”. Applicants may use the following websites http://www.naces.org/, 0r www.ies.aacrao.org to obtain these evaluations.

How you will be evaluated

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

Applicants for this position may be evaluated in multiple stages. The first stage is an evaluation of your responses to the online multiple-choice questions that assess your experience, education, and/or training for the job related competencies below:

• Ability to develop multi-year strategy for all dimensions of learning and audience engagement for onsite visitors, program participants and online visitors.
• Ability to direct, plan, and evaluate organizational operations and coordinate problem resolutions that involve several organizational entities.
• Ability to consider, identify, plan, and implement new audience engagement methodologies, outreach techniques and learning technologies to achieve goals more effectively within staff and budget resources.
• Knowledge of disciplines underlying new media and digital products including web applications, streaming videos, online interactive multimedia programs, tools, and databases.
• Knowledge in data collection and management, analysis, and reporting; communication and dissemination; and audience engagement.

Applicants who meet: Knowledge of disciplines underlying new media and digital products including web applications, streaming videos, online interactive multimedia programs, tools, and databases or exceed minimum qualifications will be assigned to one of three category groups based on job-related criteria:

• Best Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and excels in most of the job related competencies above.
• Better Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and satisfies most of the job related competencies above.
• Good Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements, but does not satisfy most of the job related competencies above to a substantive degree.

This category rating process does not add veterans' preference points or apply the "rule of three", but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category. A selecting official may make selections from the highest quality category (Best Category) provided no preference eligible in that category is passed over to select a non-preference eligible in that category unless the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 3317(b) or 3318(b) are satisfied. Preference eligibles who meet minimum qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent must be listed in the highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-9 grade level or higher. Applicants who have not submitted a resume in the USAjobs system and/or have not answered all of the vacancy questions will not be considered for this position.

Important Note:

Your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses to the occupational questionnaire or other assessment tool for consistency. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Your resume should provide sufficient information regarding how your education and experience relate to this position, including the major duties and qualifications criteria listed.