Employee will serve as a Visual Information Specialist aligned to the Public Affairs and Medial Service Office located at the Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL.

Duties

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Duties will include, but may not be limited to the following: Visual Graphics/Production: Performs complex visual design/display duties independently, both internal and external to the facility, includes professionally designed poster sessions, handbooks, manuals, recruiting brochures, posters, medical illustrations, patient education materials, print and digital flyers and other graphic media. Applies productions methods and design/layout using graphic design programs, e.g., Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Publisher, etc. Collaborates with stakeholders to define informational objective and the nature of the intended audience and applies skill in transforming complex topics into graphic designs. Designs, exhibits, and displays visual content, usually dealing with specialized medical health care subjects. Plans, develops, and constructs exhibits that require two- and three-dimensional effects (photographs, murals, illustrations, diagrams). Makes decisions about contrasting shapes, textures, surfaces, heights, color schemes, size, and placement of material that will attract and retain interest of the intended audience. Plans with speakers, the visual materials needed for presentations. Photography, Video Support, and Production: Provides photography, videography, and production services focusing on the environment and restrictions of the environment (e.g., operating room conditions; direct care areas; research environment; etc.) Provides photography/videography for award presentations, special ceremonies, events and programs, employee services, patients, community communication activities, etc. Creates word texts, animated graphics, soundbites, transcription, and closed captioning. Conference Productions Support: Supports virtual, live, and recorded conferences, trainings, presentations, teleconferences, and meetings by assisting in setting up and operating audiovisual equipment. Coaches' presenters on ways to optimize the available technology and space while delivering their message. Administrative and Quality Management: Coordinates, plans, organizes, and executes formal requests for media productions, negotiating content, deadlines, and setting priorities. Maintains operating material inventories and requesting media equipment and supplies, within budget allocations. Ensures consent forms for internal and external use of pictures, video and voice are properly completed, filed, and maintained. Serves as quality assurance evaluator; ensures medial products adhere to the copywrite and intellectual property regu7lations. Performs other duties as necessary. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

Qualifications

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Requires one full year of specialized experience that 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. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is experience in the actual type of work for which application is made. Unpaid experience is creditable, provided the work done was of a quality level and demonstrated the ability required for the position. This includes planning the preparation and use of photographs, illustrations, drawings, and other artwork, charts, diagrams, dioramas, maps, slides, overlays, and other kinds of visual material for use in communicating information through visual means. -OR- SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Successfully completed a 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 related. Education must be in a major study - commercial art, fine arts, art history, industrial design, architecture, drafting, interior design, photography, visual communication, or other fields related to the position. Some positions may also require subject-matter knowledge of medicine, science, or technical equipment. -OR- COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Equivalent combinations of successfully completed related graduate education (in excess of 2 years) and related specialized experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Attention to DetailCommunications and MediaCreative ThinkingMultimedia Technologies IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. 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. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Position requires some physical exertion, such as long periods of standing, sitting, or recurrent lifting of moderately heavy items such as equipment and large rolls of oversize printer paper. Manual dexterity between hands and eyes and the ability to perceive and sense color hues and chroma accurately is necessary. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

NOTE: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | International Affairs Office (ed.gov).

Contacts

• Address Edward Hines Junior Hospital 5000 South 5th Avenue Hines, IL 60141 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]