Recent Graduate Information Technology Specialist - Washington, United States - US Government Publishing Office

Mark Lane

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter


Description

Duties:


  • Technical planning, implementation, and management of internet, intranet, and extranet activities
  • Ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability of GPO systems, networks, and data
  • Planning and delivery of customer support services
  • Aligning IT systems with GPO's mission, goals, structure, and processes

Requirements:


Conditions of Employment:


  • U.S. Citizenship is required.
  • Selectee may be required to complete and successfully pass preemployment prior to appointment.
  • Selective Service registration if you are a male born after 12/31/5
  • You must work a minimum of 40 hours per week.
  • Selectee may be required to serve a two year trial period.
  • All Selectees must sign a Participant Agreement.
  • All Selectees must sign a Master Development Plan.
  • Applicant may be required to complete work assessments.

Qualifications:


This vacancy is open to Recent Graduates
, who have completed an academic program of study or degree program from a college, university, or vocational school within the last two years from the date of this announcement. If you are appointed to a position under this program, you will need to complete a requisite number of work and training hours, based on the agreement you will complete with the hiring office and the Pathways Program Coordinator. After meeting all program requirements, you may be eligible for a conversion to a term or permanent appointment.

  • The GPO Recent Graduates Development Program allows Pathways Interns to join GPO in career potential positions that emphasize longterm training and development. The primary purpose of this position is to perform a variety of conventional duties relating to a human resource program areas and to complete developmental assignments and training outlined in a formal training and development program.
  • Participants who successfully complete the first 2 (two)years of the Program will be eligible for conversion to a career conditional position in the civil service. Successful participants will be promoted at the end of each year in the program until they reach the full promotion level of the position. GPO's Recent Graduate Development Program provides developmental work experiences within the agency and is intended to promote careers in the Federal service.
  • Selected applicants are placed in a dynamic, developmental program with the potential to lead to a civil service career at the GPO.
Upon selection into the program, participants will be assigned to one of three HR specialist areas:
classification and compensation, employee relations, or recruiting and staffing.

(Information on the specialty areas is provided below.) They will then work to complete a systematic three (3)-year program of instruction and professional learning experiences encompassing all the operations, work processes, and practical and technical aspects of their assigned human resources specialist area.


  • During the first 2years of the program, they will be assigned to a master development plan (MDP) that includes progressive training and on the job experience. During the 3rd year of the program, participants will spend a majority of their time working on tasks and projects to round out their experience and become experts in their field.
-
PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for the Pathways Recent Graduate Program at GPO, applicants must meet the following criteria:

  • Recent graduates
    must have completed, within the previous two years, a qualifying associate, bachelor, master, professional, doctorate, vocational, or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution. You must have completed your degree or certificate
    on or before the end of the current Spring semester.

Conversion:

Recent Graduates may be converted to a permanent position (or, in some limited circumstances, a term appointment lasting 1-4 years).

To be eligible for conversion, Recent Graduates must have:

  • Successfully completed at least 1-year of continuous service in addition to all requirements of the Program.
  • Demonstrated successful job performance.
  • Met the qualifications for the position to which the Recent Graduate will be converted.

To qualify for the,
-, you must meet the following requirements**:


EXPERIENCE:

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the PG-5 level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector


Experience includes:

  • Diagnosing and resolving network problems
  • Reviewing routine malfunctioning desktops and laptops
  • Supporting IT specialists with installing hardware or software

_OR_
***
SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE:Possess
one (1) full year of graduate level education.


_OR_
***
SUPERIOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Education that meets at least one of the following requirements for superior academic achievement: 1) class standing in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision

More jobs from US Government Publishing Office