Clarification from the agency

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

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-11. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

As an Education Specialist, you will:

• Develop historical materials from the library's collection for classroom use.
• Perform research on, evaluate, and develop educational material for museum programs, conferences, seminars, forums and other educational ceremonial events.
• Plan and conduct teacher workshops and development programs for teachers.
• Deliver historical presentations to classes in schools, colleges and other institutions.
• Serve as a resource to teachers concerning questions of instructional methods on historical material and programs.

Conditions of employment

This opportunity is also open to Internal Agency Candidates under Announcement IMP-12604129-25-BS.

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 relatively sedentary. Incumbent operates in many different areas of the Library; thus considerable walking and standing is required. In dealing with students a certain physical agility is very helpful, to maintain a "lively atmosphere."

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: To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled . Specialized experience is defined as experience:

Designing and facilitating professional development programs for educators at the K-16 level that includes best practices for integrating primary resources and archival material into classroom instruction OR developing curriculum materials for museum exhibitions and/or hands on educational components for integration into museum exhibitions;
AND
Delivering K-12 educational content using archival or museum collections to promote the use of those collections to the widest audience possible;
AND
Assisting various audiences with research and instructional methods.

OR
EDUCATION: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.

OR
COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Only graduate level education in excess of the first two years (36 hours or more) can be combined to meet the experience. One year of full-time graduate education is considered 18 semester hours. Example: Six-months of appropriate specialized experience equivalent to GS-9 and 36 semester hours of appropriate education, equal 100% qualifying experience.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled . Specialized experience is defined as experience:

Delivering K-12 educational content using archival or museum collections to promote the use of those collections to the widest audience possible;
AND
Assisting various audiences with research and instructional methods.

OR
EDUCATION: 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree.

OR
COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. The total percentage of education and experience must equal 100% to qualify.

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: Communication, Historical Knowledge & Technical. 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.

Preference-eligibles at the GS-9 will be listed at the top of their assigned category and considered before non-preference-eligibles in that 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