BROADCAST AUDIOVISUAL TECHNICIAN

To qualify for this position, you must meet the Selective Placement Factor (SPF): Dante level II certification or higher, and specialized experience requirements described below which will demonstrate your ability to perform the major responsibilities of the position. Selective Placement Factor (SPF): To qualify for this position incumbents must have Dante level II certification or higher MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required education or specialized experience for the respective grade level in which you are applying. Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related Specialized Experience: to qualify you must have at least one (1) year of specialized work experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in the private or public sectors) performing the following types of duties: Production operations: working in media production and in the development of presentations for in-person events, webcasts, hybrid functions, and media hits. Robotic camera operations, video switcher and audio engineer for in-house television productions, managing live event encoding and uploading to website for livestream. Video Editing: Preparing video content for the web; Utilizing video editing software Adobe CC, web content management systems and digital file archive hardware and software. Production Facilities: Executing best practices for AV network management and operation including production storage systems, audio, video and photo archives, videoconferencing, and other Internet Protocol (IP) aware systems. Provide primary preventative and emergency-based software and hardware maintenance on computer production systems and video editing workstations to assure functionality and compliance with IT policy requirements; Utilize video production switchers, Pan-Tilt-Zoom, (PTZ) cameras, professional audio, Digital Audio consoles, routing Dante networks and Network Device Interface, (NDI) streams, lighting systems, storage servers, media asset management systems, signage systems necessary for broadcast and AV production; Route and manages Dante audio and NDI video over the AV LAN network between systems including: robotic cameras, camera switchers, and Tri-caster production systems, audio devices and production monitors; troubleshooting common Audio-Visual Voice over Internet Protocol, (AVoIP) issues NOTE: THIS INFORMATION MUST BE SUPPORTED IN YOUR RESUME/APPLICATION DOCUMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE POSITION IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). For more information on the qualifications for this position OPM Qualification Standards Volunteer Experience: 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. You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as “varies”.
This position is located in the Office of Vice President for External Relations of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The incumbent of this position is responsible for various audiovisual assignments related to public event support, video and web conferencing, media production for broadcast, streaming media and webcast production, camera (video) operating, and light setting.