Summary This position is located at the Clement Zablocki Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI (695). The primary purpose of this position is to manage and design content for the Medical Center's intranet sites. The secondary purpose is to serve as a Visual Information Specialist producing designs, productions, and displays of a variety of visual materials for publications, exhibits, and presentations. Responsibilities This Visual Information Specialist position is located at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI. The position will work within the Medical Media department and report directly to the Supervisory Communications Specialist. The primary purpose of this position is to manage and design content for the Medical Center's intranet sites. The secondary purpose is to serve as a Visual Information Specialist producing designs, productions, and displays of a variety of visual materials for websites, publications, exhibits, presentations, web-based email subscription management system. Provide oversight and management of the Medical Center's intranet site. Ensure compliance with intranet content policies and will ensure published information is valid and current. This will be accomplished by evaluating and implementing current and new technologies to best serve our customers. Work collectively with the Supervisory Communications Specialist, Public Affairs Officer, and other Medical Center Division Managers and Program Managers on publishing intranet content, graphics, videos, and photos. Responsible for working with web sponsors to manage web content, style, and quality. Responsible for providing support to various Medical Center program areas on special intranet-related and electronic communication projects. Meets with clients to learn project objectives, points of emphasis and importance of all elements. Applies knowledge and experience of visual arts methods and techniques to translate subject matter into visual designs. Determines size, color, use of graphics or photographs, typography and other elements to be incorporated and how it will be reproduced. Works on multiple projects simultaneously and copes with high degrees of stress as workload dictates. Responsible for managing and performing intranet web content, writing and organizing web pages, developing a vision for we expansion, planning and developing intranet training and construction of new intranet sites, developing new web functionality and projects. Works with the various means of web based communication programs which requires knowledge of technical characteristics and requirements. Serves as a software expert for all graphics programs utilized in the Medical Media program. Develops original designs, concepts or visual styles for publication, web, exhibits or presentation materials that present to the public ideas or images desired by the Medical Center. Prepares displays, brochures, posters, historic museum-quality displays, newsletters, flyers, forms, mailers and other printed pieces as requested. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Tour may be flexible upon supervisor approval and can be discussed during the interview process. Telework: Not Eligible Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Visual Information Spec/PD230900 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical Requirements: The work of this position is performed primarily while seated at a computer keyboard and requires no special physical demands, although some physical exertion may occasionally be required such as standing for extended periods, bending, some lifting of heavy materials and cutting, trimming or collating. The work requires good eyesight, manual dexterity, and color discrimination. Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/18/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09.The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: GS-09 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Knowledge of a variety of methods, techniques, and materials used in the design, production and reproduction of visual products in a timely manner. Basic knowledge of specialized subject matter such as medicine, science, or related field peculiar to medical facility organization functions. This knowledge is needed to understand the specifications and general usable, observable and recognizable visual materials provided with assignments: and to incorporate visual material into a visual product, such as a photographs or charts to reproduced as a part of a publication or items to be illustrated.. OR, GS-11 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-9, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is experience in the actual @type of work for which application is made and includes: developing original designs, concepts or visual styles for publication, web, exhibits and/or presentation materials. Knowledge and mastery of the principles, practices, methods and techniques associated with the development and production of original graphics, photography and audiovisual programs. Knowledge of the materials and equipment used in the design, production, and reproduction of visual products sufficient to judge reproduction quality and aesthetically composed visual products. Using computer graphic imaging, digital photography, and interactive-video disc. Advising on and developing the best method of preparing briefings, conferences, hearings, and seminars. Knowledge of the technical characteristics of reproduction processes to judge the reproduction qualify of illustrations, maintain familiarity with the mechanics of cropping and scaling photos and illustrations, and maintain familiarity with the process of how art and copy are prepared for the printer. Working with a variety of art media such as commercial or graphic art techniques. Transform complex spoken or written descriptions of items, processes, issues or events into visual representations. Examples of specialized experience may include: planning the preparation and use of photographs, illustrations, drawings, and other art work, charts, diagrams, dioramas, maps, slides, overlays, and other kinds of visual material for use in communicating information through visual means.. OR, Education: Must have 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. Such education must have had a Major study in commercial art, fine arts, art history, industrial design, architecture, drafting, interior design, photography, visual communication, or other fields related to the position. Some positions may also require subject-matter knowledge of medicine, science, or technical equipment and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED.. OR, Combination: Combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience may be used to meet total experience requirements. Only graduate level education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be combined with experience. Such education must have had a Major study in commercial art, fine arts, art history, industrial design, architecture, drafting, interior design, photography, visual communication, or other fields related to the position and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED.. 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; religions; 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. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. Education A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. Additional Information Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
