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Duties

The candidate will serve as an event planner in NIST Public Affairs Office (PAO) in Boulder, CO. The candidate will be responsible for planning, managing, and executing NIST conferences and special events. The candidate will independently lead pre-event meetings to obtain event requirements, provide guidance, and develop event budgets. The candidate will independently create and manage online registration sites, webpages and applications; coordinate audio-visual services, food and beverage functions, meeting room setups, and hotel room blocks. The candidate will be responsible for managing the collection, preservation, and public display of NIST Boulder's historic artifacts, photographs, and records.. The candidate will interpret wants to event requirements, budget, major milestones, and their related tasks.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment
• Merit applicants must meet time-in-grade/band requirements, as applicable
• Bargaining Unit Position: No

Qualifications

IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THIS POSITION, ALL APPLICANTS MUST POSSESS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: One year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-7 (ZA-I at NIST) level.Specialized experience is defined as: experience coordinating events, such as booking meeting room space, coordinating AV services and food and beverage services requests. The candidate must have working knowledge of technologies that support events (webpages, online registration systems, conference apps and virtual meeting platforms) with the ability to troubleshoot technical issues, manage timelines for multiple events and projects simultaneously, collaborate with other team members to address client needs, maintain client and customer satisfaction by responding to requests in a timely manner and resolving issues, make recommendations in processes and operations, maintain strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks. -OR- Master's or equivalent degree -OR- Two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's or equivalent graduate degree -OR- An equivalent combination of specialized experience and progressively higher-level graduate education. 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. The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook. If requesting reconsideration of your qualification determination, please refer to the following site: Applicant Reconsideration

Education

This position allows applicants to qualify with education. Transcripts must be submitted to validate that the education requirement has been met. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. However, an official copy will be required before a final offer of employment.

Use of foreign education for qualifications An accredited organization must evaluate education completed outside of the U.S. to ensure that it is comparable to education received in accredited institutions in the U.S. Click here to view a listing of accredited organizations from the Department of Education's website. A copy of the foreign education evaluation (containing the results with course-by-course listing) is required with your application.

Contacts

• Address Public Affairs Office 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 US
• Name: Audrey Zimmerman
• Phone: 301-975-4926
• Email: [email protected]