Clarification from the agency

This vacancy announcement is open to applicants who currently live in San Antonio, TX commuting area, and to current employees of the federal judiciary nationwide (AO and U.S. Courts).

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), Systems Development and Support Office (SDSO) is seeking an Information Technology Specialist (eLearning Developer) to join its team.

The IT Specialist (eLearning Developer) is responsible for developing clear, concise, and comprehensive e-learning and training materials. The eLearning Developer creates, edits, updates, and maintains instructional material, including e-learning modules, webinar recordings, videos, manuals, job aids, and guides. The development work requires a thorough knowledge of current distant learning best practices, including relevant training activities, exercises, interactions, and environments.

Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Creating, editing, and posting e-learning modules using various multimedia tools, including, Techsmith Camtasia, Adobe Captivate, and the Adobe Creative Cloud suite.
2. Record and edit audio narration for use in e-learning modules.
3. Developing graphics that are complimentary to and enhance final work products.
4. Recording and editing video content resulting in a seamless final product.
5. Performing quality assurance reviews to ensure development quality meets established standards.
6. Developing, posting, and updating SharePoint web content.
7. Developing training appropriate to the topic and audience in collaboration with Training Division staff at all levels.
8. Maintaining and expanding content knowledge by collaborating with other team members.
9. Managing development workload, communicating project statuses, and reporting problems to management.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

1. All information is subject to verification. Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
2. Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO. If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation. Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/. For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
3. All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.
4. New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
5. All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.
6. You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor. Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.
7. If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.

Qualifications

Applicants must have demonstrated experience as listed below. This requirement is according to the AO Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment Systems which include interpretive guidance and reference to the OPM Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions.

Required Competencies (knowledge, skills, and abilities):

• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Ability to work and interact with others in a structured/team environment
• An understanding of adult learning principals
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities

• Developing eLearning development
• Managing project workloads in a dynamic environment
• Developing customized website content
• Leading a training development project

• Conducting meetings or training via Microsoft Teams
• Developing SharePoint websites
• Leading a project development team
• Presenting at conferences

How you will be evaluated

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

We will review your resume and supporting documentation and compare this information to your responses on the occupational questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job. If you meet the minimum qualifications for this job, we will evaluate your application package, to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience, and education as they relate to the requirements listed in this vacancy announcement.

You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume and/or narrative responses, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Failure to submit the mandatory narrative responses will result in not receiving full consideration and/or rating credit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you, withdrawing an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.