The candidates will directly support a team of conference specialists in the NIST Conference Program and AV Services group.

Duties

The candidates will directly support a team of conference specialists in the NIST Conference Program and AV Services group. The candidate would be responsible for conducting pre-conference meetings with NIST Conference Chairs to obtain conference requirements, provide guidance, and develop conference budgets. The candidate would be responsible for creating and managing online registration sites, webpages and applications; coordinating audio-visual services, food and beverage functions, meeting room setups, and hotel room blocks.

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
• Completion of Confidential Financial Disclosure, Form OGE-450
• Selective Placement Factor: Writing Sample as specified in the qualification section below.
• Bargaining Unit Position: No

Qualifications

ZA-II: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-7 level (ZA-I at NIST) in the federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience supporting conferences, 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 conferences (webpages, online registration systems, conference apps and virtual meeting platforms) with the ability to assist in troubleshooting technical issues, managing timelines for multiple events and projects simultaneously, collaborating with other team members to address client needs while maintaining client and customer satisfaction by responding to requests in a timely manner and resolving issues, making recommendations in processes and operations, strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks, and proven writing skills to communicate services to registrants OR Master's or equivalent graduate degree OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.B. or J.D., if related OR Equivalent combination of education and experience. Selective Placement Factor: Writing Sample: Candidate shall provide one original writing sample/conference planning document of either: 1) An event run of show 2) a conference project plan for a 500-person event that includes meeting room rental, audio/visual services and equipment, food and beverage services, speaker selection and communication, lodging accommodations, promotion, staffing. The writing samples shall demonstrate specialized experience in managing technical conferences, and the ability to write clear, concisely, and grammatically correct. 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]