Website Administrator and Multimedia Technologist
About The Position
The Smithsonian American Women's History Museum expands the story of America through the often-untold accounts and accomplishments of women-individually and collectively-to better understand our past and inspire our future. The museum's goal is to create space for women's history on the National Mall in Washington, DC, deepen our nation's stories, and inspire conversation, connection, and change. The museum's ultimate vision is a more representative history, a more collective future. The Smithsonian American Women's History Museum expands the story of America through the often-untold accounts and accomplishments of women-individually and collectively-to better understand our past and inspire our future. The museum's goal is to create space for women's history on the National Mall in Washington, DC, deepen our nation's stories, and inspire conversation, connection, and change. The museum's ultimate vision is a more representative history, a more collective future.
Requirements
- 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.
- Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
- For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions on OPM website.
- Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-XX level in the Federal Service. For this position, specialized experience is defined as providing day-to-day operational support for a cultural institution's website in collaboration with its office for information technology and in compliance with accessibility mandates; overseeing program development, program implementation and overall functionality with the organization's mobile application of media technologies; and performing system design, web application baselining, testing, quality assurance, search engine optimization, information technology security vulnerability remediation, implementation, and documentation..
- Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position. Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement, as you will be deemed ineligible for consideration. Instead, provide detailed, descriptive information about your actual experience.
- 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.
- Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
Responsibilities
- Oversee program development, program implementation and overall functionality associated with the Museum's mobile application of media technologies.
- Provide day-to-day operational support for the Museum's website in collaboration with the Smithsonian's central Office of the Chief Information Officer and in compliance with accessibility mandates.
- Perform system design, web application baselining, testing, quality assurance, Search Engine Optimization, IT security vulnerability remediation, implementation, and documentation.
- Serve as a contracting officer's representative and technical point of contact for contracts and task orders related to maintaining and enhancing the website.
- Consult across a broad range of graphics, video, audio, mobile, streaming, and other multimedia technologies.
Benefits
- The Smithsonian offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, vacation and sick leave, holidays, health/life insurance, accident insurance, and excellent retirement program options.
- Please see Benefits at https://www.si.edu/OHR/benefits for a complete description.
- Flexible Spending Accounts - https://www.fsafeds.com/
- Health Insurance - http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp
- Leave - http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/index.asp
- Life Insurance - http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.asp
- Long Term Care Insurance - http://www.ltcfeds.com
- Retirement Program - https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
National Security and International Affairs
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
