All applicants must be U.S. citizens and are subject to a thorough background inquiry.
ASSESSMENT FACTORS
1. Technical expertise of GIS tools (i.e. MAPublisher) and display of cartography, geospatial visualization and mapping data.
2. Experience working with clients on concept development, visualizations, and visual story telling in accordance with standards and set procedures.
3. Ability to anticipates problems and obstacles associated with moderately complex projects and proactively develop creative solutions to address them prior to implementation.
4. Aptitude of delivers feedback in a positive manner, focusing on performance improvements to encourage individuals to increase their performance.
5. With no supervision, completes work, meets priorities, and analyze and/or achieve results based on the organization’s goals and objectives.
HIGHLY DESIRED SKILLS
1. Technical Skills. Understand the "back-end" of how maps and software is built and manually able to edit the code.
2. Visual Design knowledge. Color theory, design theory, 508 Compliance and visual methodologies or can quickly learn them to teach/mentor others across organization.
3. Proactive thinker. A self-starter that works well in a team environment to identify gaps and edit processes to enhance the production and interaction between teams within the organization.
Individual Occupational Requirements
Education
Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study - 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.
Advanced training in a vocational school, technical institute, or art institute above the high school level in one of the fields listed above is creditable as general experience on a month-for-month basis.
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Experience
Specialized Experience (for positions above GG-5): Experience in the actual type of work for which application is made. Unpaid experience is creditable, provided the work done was of a quality level and demonstrated the ability required for the position. This includes planning the preparation and use of photographs, illustrations, drawinGG, and other art work, charts, diagrams, dioramas, maps, slides, overlays, and other kinds of visual material for use in communicating information through visual means.
DIA positions are Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) positions in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1601. All applicants must be U.S. citizens at the time of application. Applicants must meet the agency’s conditions of employment, to include, but not limited to, satisfactory completion of an initial special background investigation and periodic reinvestigation, completion of any required medical examination and physical requirements, completion of any required personal interviews, favorable completion of any required initial or aperiodic polygraph examinations, completion of any required drug test, satisfactory completion of a two-year Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System trial period, and completion of a civilian mobility agreement. All employees are required to sign an agreement not to disclose, in any fashion, classified information to unauthorized persons. All civilian employees are required to participate in the DoD Direct Deposit/Electronic Fund Transfer of Pay (DD/EFT) Program. DIA employees and applicants for employment are protected by federal laws, from discrimination on the bases of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. Veterans who are preference-eligible or who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions are encouraged to apply.