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Digital Community Partnerships Specialist

The Smithsonian Institution

Summary

Come join the team at the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum! We’re working to expand the story of America through the often-untold accounts and accomplishments of women individually and collectively—to better understand our past and inspire our future. We’re looking for dedicated individuals to help us create space for women’s history on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., deepen our nation’s stories, and inspire conversation, connection, and change.

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Duties

The Digital Community Partnerships Specialist will build and maintain community partnerships for SAWHM's digital initiatives, focusing on identifying partner communities, working with community representatives to co-create resources for the Virtual Museum, building and strengthening relationships with community partners through digital initiatives, and working with diverse communities to share gender equity and women's history stories.

In this position, you will:

  • Manage the formulation and execution of programs, plans and digital partnership policies. Provide direction for administrative support operations. Administer planning, programming, budgeting, accounting, personnel management, records management and security management aspects of assigned projects and accounts.
  • Identify, develop and maintain strong relationships with potential and existing collaborations, building and maintaining trust-based relationships. Determine key groups for partnerships that represent the diverse experiences of American women. Develop and implement workflows for collaboration and co-creation that are efficient and meet the specific needs of these diverse communities.
  • Assist with the development of media and written materials through analysis, interpretation, production, and development of complex information for audiences with differing levels of understanding of gender equity and women's history issues.
  • Directly assist community partners with storytelling using digital resources and connect with partners with other SI people who can offer digital resource support.
  • Organize and coordinate strategic outreach, external relations, and related special projects, including moderating digital spaces and hosting digital events to promote engagement with museum activities.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation
  • May need to complete a Probationary Period
  • Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer
  • Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.

Conditions of Employment

Qualification requirements, including one year time-in-grade at the next lower grade level for promotion candidates, must be met by the closing date of the announcement. See the 'Required Documents' section for additional information.

For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions viewable on OPM Website.

Qualifications

Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the Federal Service. For this position, specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience at an academic or cultural institution with: program management, administration, and budgeting for complex programs; building and sustaining community partnerships and advancing diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion; serving as a part of a team creating curatorial and/or educational content related history and/lor women studies; producing digital storytelling outputs using new media tools and technology; organizing and facilitating digital and in-person trainings, events and other community engagement initiatives.

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.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

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A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in women's history or gender studies.

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3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a graduate degree in women's history or gender studies.

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COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: At least 1 year of combined graduate education and experience as defined above. Education and experience may be combined to meet the basic qualifications. For a full explanation of this option please see the Qualification Standards. Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are qualifying by education and/or you have education completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study. For instructions on where to fax these documents, see the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

Important Note:

Your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses to the occupational questionnaire or other assessment tool for consistency. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Your resume should provide sufficient information regarding how your education and experience relate to this position, including the major duties and qualifications criteria listed.

Additional information

  • This position is included in the bargaining unit. 

Current or Former Political Appointees: Beginning January 1, 2010, agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level under the provisions of title 5, United States Code. If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you MUST disclose that to the Office of Human Resources. Submit a copy of your applicable SF-50, along with a statement that provides the following information regarding your most recent political appointment:

  • Position title;
  • Type of appointment (Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES, or Presidential Appointee);
  • Agency; and,
  • Beginning and ending dates of appointment.

Recruitment Incentive: Recruitment incentive(s) may be authorized for this position. However, approval for incentives are contingent upon various availability. If authorized, certain incentives will require the incumbent to sign a service agreement to remain in the Federal government for a certain time period.

Note: This statement does not imply nor guarantee an incentive will be offered and paid.

Selections may be made for vacancies across the Smithsonian Institution (SI). By applying to this position, you agree to allow your application and other personal information to be shared with one or more SI hiring officials for employment consideration for same/similar positions within the location(s) identified in this announcement.

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  • The Federal Government offers a comprehensive benefits package. 
  • Please see Benefits at https://www.si.edu/OHR/benefits for a complete description.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts - https://www.fsafeds.com/
  • Health Insurance - http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp
  • Leave - http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/index.asp
  • Life Insurance - http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.asp
  • Long Term Care Insurance - http://www.ltcfeds.com
  • Retirement Program - https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/

How You Will Be Evaluated

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

Your application will be evaluated first for the basic qualifications described above. Applications that meet the basic qualifications will then be evaluated against the following criteria:

  • Skilled at program management, including principles, methods, and tools for developing scheduling, coordinating, and budgeting for complex projects.
  • Experience building trust-based relationships with community partners, including working with various stakeholders to communicate complex information and advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
  • Knowledge of historical events in American history, their causes, indicators, and impact on women.
  • Knowledge of digital storytelling methods, tools, and technology
  • Ability to organize outreach, engagement, and training initiatives including hosting and moderating events both online and in person.

BASIS OF RATING: Your application will be automatically evaluated and rated by the system and a Human Resources Specialist. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your application 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. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of this position. If, after the Human Resources Specialist reviews your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that the score you have received is not a true reflection of your qualifications and/or experience, your score can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect the information you provided that support your abilities. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. Your resume should provide detailed information regarding how your education and experience relate to this position, including the major duties and qualifications criteria listed.

Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA): If you are applying for a VEOA appointment, you must be a veteran and must be honorably separated and either a preference eligible or have substantially completed 3 or more years of active service. ("Active Service" under this law means active duty in a uniformed service and includes full-time training duty, annual training duty, full-time National Guard duty, and attendance, while in the active service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary concerned.) A veteran who is released under honorable conditions shortly before completing a 3-year tour is also eligible.

Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities: The following links contain information on the eligibility requirements to be considered under a noncompetitive appointing authority:

  • Primary Appointing Authorities for Career and Career-Conditional Appointments
  • Hiring Authorities for Veterans
  • People with Disabilities

Important Note: Your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses to the occupational questionnaire for consistency. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Your resume should provide sufficient information regarding how your education and experience relate to this position, including the major duties and qualifications criteria listed.

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How to Apply

Click on the "Apply Online" button on the upper right side of the page.

Please Note:

  • You must apply for this position online through the 'Apply Online' button and submit required supplemental documents (if they are relevant to you).
  • You may submit required documents by uploading them online during the application process;
  • OR
  • You may manually fax required documents. Faxes are received by an automated system, not a physical fax machine. Documents that are faxed as part of the application process must be sent with the system generated cover sheet by the closing date. Documents faxed without the system generated coversheet are not retrievable and cannot be considered as part of the application package.
  • The complete application package, including any required documents, is due in the Smithsonian Office of Human Resources on the closing date of the announcement by 11:59 PM Eastern Time.
  • If you are unable to apply online, paper applications may be accepted with prior approval of the Contact Person listed below.

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Agency contact information

Susie Cunningham Susie Cunningham

Phone

202-856-6327

Email

CunninghamLS@si.edu

Address

SMITHSONIAN

Office of Human Resources

POB 37012, 600 Maryland Ave., MRC517

Ste 5060

Washington, District of Columbia 20013

United States

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Next steps

At the end of the application process you will be able to create and save a PDF file that contains your responses to the assessment questions. You may save this file as initial receipt of your application. After the job announcement closes, you will receive an email from the Smithsonian with confirmation of receipt.

The Smithsonian receives many applications for each job. Each application is reviewed carefully which may take a few weeks. We will send you an e-mail to update you as we go through phases of the application review process. You may also check your application status by logging into www.usajobs.gov and selecting the tab "My USAJOBS;" e-mailing vacancy.info@si.edu; or by contacting the Office of Human Resources Representative listed.

Additional Information:

  • Tips on applying for Smithsonian jobs are available at www.sihr.si.edu/jobs.cfm.
  • The Smithsonian does not pay relocation expenses.
  • The Smithsonian embraces diversity and equal employment opportunity (www.si.edu/oeema).

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