Summary The primary purpose of the work in this position is to assist in the planning, organization, maintenance, and support of all National Teacher Programs and Projects. These include but are not limited to the Summer Institute for Educators, the Massive Open Online Courses, Teacher Focus Groups, Teacher Media Production, and Virtual and On-Site Teacher Workshops. Responsibilities As the Gallery Support Specialist, you will: Additionally, working closely with the supervisor, the incumbent writes and designs educational materials and content for teacher audiences, as needed, such as original drafts of new online course pages, slide decks, lesson plans, poster text, and art information summaries. The incumbent fosters positive working relationships internally and externally. Through maintaining positive working relationships and clear, professional communication with others on the team, in the department, and throughout the museum, the incumbent ensures smooth running of the programs. Through establishing positive relationships and clear communication with teacher programs’ audiences, the incumbent ensures that participants in teacher programs are well-informed and warmly welcomed, including drafting clear email communication, responding promptly to phone and email inquiries, and interacting professionally and supportively in virtual and in-person meetings and programs. The incumbent works with supervisor on building external collaborations and partnerships, such as advertising programs with educational associations, collaborations with other museum education professionals and teachers across the country, research partnerships with universities and researchers, collaborations on content creation with thought leaders, and technical collaborations for online courses implementation. Incumbent fulfills administrative needs of teacher programs and projects, working within PLE-GL and other departments as needed, such as maintaining organized program records, digital and paper filing, attendance and enrollment statistics, media permission forms, contract drafting and ushering through our legal and financial review processes, participant reflections, program evaluation and audience survey data, purchases, travel arrangements, payments to vendors, and precise record keeping on three budget lines. Incumbent helps maintain inventory of supplies for Teacher Programs, assisting with researching and ordering supplies, organizing supplies in Studio and other program spaces, including preparing materials in advance of programs and assisting with timely cleanup of spaces after programs. Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a United States Citizen. This employer participates in the e-Verify program. Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements. See "Other Information" section regarding Selective Service requirements. Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to this job opportunity. 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). Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week. VACCINE REQUIREMENT: To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to Executive Order 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Qualifications Candidates must meet the Qualification Standards Handbook requirements for NF-0301-09. For this position, specialized experience is at least one year of experience, equivalent in responsibility to the NF-07 level in the federal service, designing a curriculum for teacher audiences. Writing Sample: Applicants who are referred to the hiring office for selection consideration may be required to submit writing and/or work samples as part of the interview/selection process. If the hiring office decides to request a writing and/or work sample as part of its selection process, the vacancy contact will reach out to you by email to: (1) inform you of this requirement; and (2) provide further instructions. Those applicants who meet the minimum qualification requirements will be evaluated against these factors to determine the best-qualified candidates. Failure to provide a detailed description of relevant experience and/or education in your resume will automatically disqualify the candidate from employment consideration. Teaching – Skill in writing curriculums and planning gallery experiences for teacher audiences. Communication – Knowledge of communication techniques for students, donors and administrators. Community Building – Ability to build relationships with stakeholders for both schools and museums. Administration – Knowledge of administration processes in order to maintain records, order inventory and organize spaces and documents. Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration under merit promotion procedures. CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Education Additional Information • The National Gallery of Art fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. • More than one selection may be made from this vacancy announcement. • Some positions may require completion of a probationary period of up to 1 (one) year. • AN EXTERNAL SELECTED CANDIDATE MUST BE FINGERPRINTED AND RECEIVE A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION, RESULTING IN A SATISFACTORY SUITABILITY DETERMINATION BEFORE BEING HIRED FOR THIS POSITION. • All males born after December 31st 1959 must abide by laws regarding Selective Service registration. To learn more about this law, visit the Selective Service web page, Who Must Register. If you are not registered and don't have an approved exemption, you will not be eligible for employment with the Federal government. EEO Policy: https://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/EEO_Policy_Statement Reasonable Accommodation Policy: https://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/Reasonable_Accommodation_Policy_Statement Veterans Information: https://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/Veterans_Information Selective Service Registration: http://www.sss.gov/