Duties

Summary

This position is located in the United Sates Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Voice of America (VOA), Indonesian Service. The Multimedia Specialist (Indonesian) incumbent performs journalistic work of generating quality coverage of stories, events, and interviews and producing these coverages for multimedia distribution for use on digital and social media, radio and TV.
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Responsibilities

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Serves as a multimedia producer insuring high production quality before live and recorded productions, assembling show elements before air, serving as a studio producer and completing logs shortly after a program airs.
• Selects, edits, adapts and uploads Indonesian Service news, correspondent reports, backgrounders, features, photographs, graphics, and audio/video elements onto the Indonesian Service website, social media sites, and the affiliate portal (USAGM Direct).
• Shoots and/or records and edits original content. Assembles, coordinates, and directs the resources necessary to produce quality content for multimedia applications.
• Designs, conceptualizes, creates and produces original stories for use in radio, TV and/or digital and social media.

Travel Required

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Supervisory status
No

Promotion Potential
12

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement to be considered.
• Applicants must complete the online questionnaire.
• If you are a male applicant, born after 12/31/59, you are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act. The Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
• This is a public trust, non-sensitive position. If selected, this position requires the completion of the SF-85.
• Suitability Determination: If selected, you will be subject to a security investigation to establish your suitability for federal employment. The security investigation will include, among other aspects, a review of your credit and legal history.
• This position is covered by a Union Agreement.
• Transcripts are required at the time of submitting an application.
• Your application to this DE announcement will only allow consideration for this announcement. We cannot electronically or manually move your application to the corresponding Non-Citizen announcement - NC-11228924-21-WF.
• The full performance grade level for this position is GS-12.
• A copy of a transcript is required if applying under education or a combination of education. Review the Required Documents section to ensure you are submitting required documents for this position.
• You may have to work nights, weekends, and/or holidays.

Qualifications

Applicants must have one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility comparable to the GS-09 or comparable pay band in the Federal service, or equivalent experience in the private or public sectors AND fluency in the Indonesian and English languages that demonstrates ability to write, report, interview, and announce broadcasts in both languages.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

For this position, the following specialized experience is required:

• Knowledge and experience of journalistic work generating quality coverage of stories, events, and interviews.
• Shooting photos and videos, recording audio, editing audio and video for use on digital and social media, radio and/or TV.
• Preparing scripts and developing graphics for use on multimedia platforms.
• Knowledge of Indonesia, its history, economics, culture, socio-political development, as well as its media landscape and trends.

Or have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education with major study in journalism, communications, history, economics, political science, international relations or other fields related to the position leading to such a degree OR an LL.M., if related;
OR
Have a combination of education and experience.

Education

If using education as a substitution for experience applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education with major study in journalism, communications, history, economics, political science, international relations or other fields related to the position leading to such a degree; OR an LL.M., if related; OR Have a combination of education and experience.

Additional information

If you are an eligible Inter agency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) applicant, you may apply for special selection over other candidates for this position. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated at 80 or above on the rating criteria for this position. ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separation notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separation; an agency certification that you cannot be placed after injury compensation has been terminated; an OPM notification that your disability annuity has been terminated; OR a Military Department or National Guard Bureau notification that you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456.

Applicants claiming veteran's preference must submit a DD-214 (copy # 2 or 4 - member copy); veterans who are claiming disabled veteran preference must also submit a VA disability letter and a SF-15; AND, applicants seeking widow or other special veterans preference must submit a SF-15 and all documents indicated for their specific form of preference.

Status applicants who wish to be considered under merit promotion procedures, including those eligible to apply under Interchange Agreements with other Merit Systems and Veterans Employment Opportunity Act of 1998 , should apply under this announcement..

If you are still on active duty, you may submit a statement of service from your Personnel Command which states the date you entered active duty, the date you are separating, and the campaign medals you have received.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once your resume or application is submitted, a review of your qualifications will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements and competencies required for this position.

Competencies:

• Journalism
• Language Proficiency
• Production
• Specialized Experience
• Target Area

Possession of competencies may be addressed in a cover letter and/or resume. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the occupational questionnaire. The numeric rating you receive is based on your responses to the questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your score can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect your qualifications. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. You will then be placed in one of three rating categories:

• Qualified Category
• Well Qualified Category
• Best Qualified Category

Application of Veterans' Preference: Category Rating does not add veterans' preference points, but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category. Preference eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10 percent or more will be placed at the top of the highest quality category (except in the case of scientific or professional positions at the GS-09 level or higher). Preference eligibles who do not have a service-connected disability of 10 percent or more will be assigned to the appropriate quality category based upon the job-related assessment and will be listed ahead of nonpreference eligibles within the appropriate quality category.

Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Other

Drug test required
No

Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determination process
Suitability/Fitness

Required Documents

All applicants are required to submit the following supporting document type(s):

• Resume

DD-214, VA Disability Letter and a SF-15, or other veteran documentation.
Transcripts (copies are acceptable - if hired an original is required).

Applicants may also submit the following supporting document type(s), which may not be required for all applicants:

• Cover Letter
• DD-214/ Statement of Service
• Disability Letter (VA)
• Resume
• SF-15
• SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
• Transcript

Although the required documents listed in this announcement only indicates that a resume is required, other documents may be required in specific circumstances, as indicated in application requirements in Other Information above.

If you are a veteran with preference eligibility and you are claiming 5-point veterans' preference, you must attach the member copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility. If you are claiming 10-point veterans' preference, you must also attach an Application of 10-Point Veterans' Preference (SF-15) plus the proof required by that form.
If you are still on active duty, you may submit a statement of service from your Personnel Command which states the date you entered active duty, the date you are separating, and the campaign medals you have received.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education .

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.