Applicant Limit: This announcement will close at midnight after 100 applicants have been received or on the closing date (whichever is sooner). Only applicants who have applied prior to the announcement closing will be considered. This position is located in the Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration (ITA), Global Markets (GM), Office of Strategy and Engagement (OSE), Web Publishing Branch, with one vacancy in Washington, DC.

Duties

As a Web & Digital Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Responds timely to daily requests from Global Market's (GM) global operations for page updates and new page development. Raise and maintain Quality Assurance, 508 Compliance, and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) performance scores across all Trade.gov pages managed by GM. Review, optimize and publish new Market Intelligence articles and Country Commercial Guides on Trade.gov. Help with special web publishing projects and new page design and creation as needed. These duties are described at the GS-13; the GS-11 & GS-12 are developmental leading to such performance. All positions are developmental to the full performance level (FPL) GS-13. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Web & Digital Specialist GS-0301-11/12/13 positions within the International Trade Administration in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience. This position is also advertised under ITA-GM-ST-23-12129172, which is open to Merit Promotion eligible applicants. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify at the GS-11 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicant must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Assisting in the application of web design, publishing and governance for an organization, department or business units to facilitate external communication; Assisting with the optimization, quality assurance and compliance for website pages and product to improve performance and presence; Supporting the creation and coordination of web publishing projects to assist U.S. companies in using information about exporting, trade policy or industry; and Using web content management systems (e.g., Drupal, WordPress) and web analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics) to publish content and assess performance. OR Substitution of Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if 4 related. OR Combination: A combination of education and experience as described above. Note: Only graduate education in excess of two years is qualifying for combination. To qualify at the GS-12 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicant must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Applying web design, publishing and governance for an organization, department or business units to facilitate external communication; Providing optimization, quality assurance and compliance for website pages and product to improve performance and presence; Supporting the creation and coordination of web publishing projects to assist U.S. companies in using information about exporting, trade policy or industry; and Using web content management systems (e.g., Drupal, WordPress) and web analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics) to publish content and assess performance. To qualify at the GS-13 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicant must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Applying web design, publishing and governance for an organization, department or business units to facilitate external communication; Providing optimization, quality assurance and compliance for website pages and product to improve performance and presence; Providing the creation and coordination of web publishing projects to assist U.S. companies in using information about exporting, trade policy or industry; and Using web content management systems (e.g., Drupal, WordPress) and web analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics) to publish content and assess performance.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Contacts

• Address International Trade Administration 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Elena Fear
• Email: [email protected]