Total 19 Art / Design / Entertainment job vacancies in Columbia, South Carolina

As the Gallery Support Specialist, you will:

• Handle scheduling, correspondence and file management, travel, supplies, purchasing, contracts, and budget tracking, and supports work related to personnel actions and files, budget management and records, agendas for meetings, and other administrative matters. Is responsible for handling confidential information in a professional and discreet manner.
• Schedule meetings, reserves meeting spaces and support services; keeps appointment and events schedules up to date.
• Serve as the division’s timekeeper. Consults with payroll and general accounting offices as necessary.
• Design and produce spreadsheets for special projects, trust, grant, and federal budgets.
• Check and proofread correspondence on behalf of the Executive Librarian for accuracy in grammar, style, format, and procedure. Informs and advises other PL departmental staff, as necessary, on Gallery and departmental procedures and regulations related to correspondence format and routing, deadlines, travel, performance appraisals, awards, annual report submissions, budget submissions, budget transfers, budget tracking, procurement, purchase card management, material related to acquisitions and other matters.
• Undertake special department and Division projects as needed and assigned by supervisor.
• Incumbent is an accomplished user of Oracle, the Gallery's online financial system. Checks fund balances and creates and receives requisitions; manages purchase orders and corresponding records. Ensures correct trust, grant and federal coding of expenditures involving travel, entertainment, services, equipment, training, and supplies.
• Arrange business travel, expense reporting, and reimbursements for the Executive Librarian. Checks accounting information on travel forms sent to supervisor for approval. Create requisitions and receives expenses via Oracle financial system for federal or trust travel. Tracks travel expenditures.
• Deal with supply office and commercial vendors, facilities management office (AFM), and photocopier maintenance contractors on routine repairs or replacements needed in the Executive Librarian's office.
• Support end-of-fiscal-year funds tracking for Library departments, fund transfers, and spending according to PL priorities.
• Coordinate maintenance of the book dealer catalog files. Receives and distributes current catalogs to the Executive Librarian, the Rare Book Librarian, or other library staff.
• Prepare orders for custom boxes and portfolios for the rare books and images collections in consultation with departmental staff.
• Coordinate various other special projects, by initiative or as assigned by supervisor.

As the Gallery Support Specialist, you will:

• Handle scheduling, correspondence and file management, travel, supplies, purchasing, contracts, and budget tracking, and supports work related to personnel actions and files, budget management and records, agendas for meetings, and other administrative matters. Is responsible for handling confidential information in a professional and discreet manner.
• Schedule meetings, reserves meeting spaces and support services; keeps appointment and events schedules up to date.
• Serve as the division’s timekeeper. Consults with payroll and general accounting offices as necessary.
• Design and produce spreadsheets for special projects, trust, grant, and federal budgets.
• Check and proofread correspondence on behalf of the Executive Librarian for accuracy in grammar, style, format, and procedure. Informs and advises other PL departmental staff, as necessary, on Gallery and departmental procedures and regulations related to correspondence format and routing, deadlines, travel, performance appraisals, awards, annual report submissions, budget submissions, budget transfers, budget tracking, procurement, purchase card management, material related to acquisitions and other matters.
• Undertake special department and Division projects as needed and assigned by supervisor.
• Incumbent is an accomplished user of Oracle, the Gallery's online financial system. Checks fund balances and creates and receives requisitions; manages purchase orders and corresponding records. Ensures correct trust, grant and federal coding of expenditures involving travel, entertainment, services, equipment, training, and supplies.
• Arrange business travel, expense reporting, and reimbursements for the Executive Librarian. Checks accounting information on travel forms sent to supervisor for approval. Create requisitions and receives expenses via Oracle financial system for federal or trust travel. Tracks travel expenditures.
• Deal with supply office and commercial vendors, facilities management office (AFM), and photocopier maintenance contractors on routine repairs or replacements needed in the Executive Librarian's office.
• Support end-of-fiscal-year funds tracking for Library departments, fund transfers, and spending according to PL priorities.
• Coordinate maintenance of the book dealer catalog files. Receives and distributes current catalogs to the Executive Librarian, the Rare Book Librarian, or other library staff.
• Prepare orders for custom boxes and portfolios for the rare books and images collections in consultation with departmental staff.
• Coordinate various other special projects, by initiative or as assigned by supervisor.

This position is located within the Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary-Policy, Management and Budget (PMB), Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance (OEPC), Environmental Response and Recovery (ERR) Division and is located in Washington, DC.

At the full performance level (GS-15) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:
1. Serves as the Environmental Response and Recovery Division Chief to provide national leadership in interagency environmental efforts especially as related to oil and hazardous substances incident response and Departmental policy on natural resource damage assessment.
2. Designs, analyzes, evaluates and recommends courses of action, develops policies and other guidance covering natural resource damage assessment and related matters.
3. Develops and provide advice and guidance and coordinates with senior management officials, technical specialists and experts both within and outside the Department in obtaining the necessary information, developing chains of communication and/or working out solutions regarding highly complex and critically sensitive issues, particularly those related to pollution control, assessment of damages to natural resources, as well as the Department's response to releases of oil and hazardous substances.
4. Represents the Department in a variety of forums, panels, task forces, workshops, etc., seeking sources of information and policy expertise, and identifying and analyzing and resolving Department and interagency policy and coordination issues with other governmental, State and private interests.
5. Functions as principal advisor to and collaborator with the Director on environmental response and recovery responsibilities, assessments. May assume the Director's duties during their absence.
6. Supervises staff which may be assigned and/or detailed from time to time to assist in specific tasks or projects.

OS has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and incumbent may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval.

Driver's License required to attend meetings at locations other than regular duty location as well as temporary duty (TDY) travel to get in/around TDY locations for meetings/trainings/site visits.

Occasional weekend work required to respond to emergencies such as oil/hazardous substances spills or
environmental response to disasters.

Salary Information
Salary Range Information GS-15 Washington DC: $163,964-$191,900 (Per Annum). *First time hires to the federal government typically start at the beginning salary in the range for their respective grade level.

This vacancy may be used to fill additional positions as vacancies become available.

As an Accountant, you will analyze the accounting accuracy of all financial data that is generated from the AOC's accounting system and provide accountability of all funds as well as assets and liabilities. 

Operational Accounting and Analysis

• Analyzing and reconciling general ledger accounts and accounting data to assess accounting data integrity.  
• Analyzing and accounting for the lifecycle of interagency agreements (IAAs) and related transactions.
• Performing general ledger account analyses, accounting for leases and property plant and equipment (PPE), Treasury reporting, and financial audit support.
• Analyzing supporting documents to ensure that the data included is internally consistent, and is accurately recorded in the financial system in accordance with all governing procedures for the reporting of such items.  In cases of inaccurate reporting, incumbent takes the necessary action to resolve any discrepancies.
• Reviewing accounting entries to determine the accuracy of the data recorded in the financial system.
• Reviewing and assessing the accounting impact of any changes to laws, regulations and financial management guidance to ensure that accounting processes are in compliance with overarching standards and guidelines.

Accounting Transaction Processing

• Processing accounting adjustments to general ledger accounts in the financial system to ensure that accounts reflect proper balances.
• Preparing and updating accounting entries to reflect AOC business actives such as billing and collections, acquisition and disposal of property, accruals, and other relevant accounting transactions.
• Preparing and posting non-recurring adjustments as needed to correct and reflect accurate general ledger account balances, as needed.

Financial Management and External Reporting

Provide support for maintaining efficient financial management processes and reporting AOC’s financial activities to external stakeholders. Such duties include, but are not limited to:

• Performing ongoing analysis to ensure that financial data is compliant with governing procedures and those transactions are accurately classified and presented in the financial reports. In cases of inaccurate reporting, taking the necessary action to resolve any discrepancies.
• Providing support for the preparation of the agency's audited financial statements.
• Assisting with the preparation of externally required financial reports, which include, but are not limited to external reports for submission to Treasury, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Congress.
• Working with management to propose or implement changes that promulgate efficient, compliant and well documented policies and procedures. Identifying and communicating impact of new regulations or financial management requirements on existing policies and procedures.

Financial Audit Support

• Working with external auditors on financial audits and reviews.
• Working collaboratively with auditors and colleagues to clarify and resolve audit issues.

**Duties quoted at GS-13 level; If selected at the GS-12, candidate will have non-competitive promotion potential to the GS-13.**

• Translate organizational goals into work assignments for IT team and personnel.
• Coordinate regional short and long-range planning and utilization of IT customer support functions, resources, coordination of systems and applications procedures and integration.
• Manage technical and non-technical aspects of the region service center relations and activities to customer support operations, network, LAN/WAN connection and applications in geographically dispersed locations, workstation service support, Help Desk field support, oversight of field operations, and on-site management.
• Exercise significant program responsibilities in working with management, other work team leads, and the IT executives and management DUS and ACIO, contractors, vendors, and other Federal entities.
• Maintain the operational management of the service center environment to include configuration and problem resolution, software distribution, call logging and tracking, workstation configurations, asset management, software discovery, and configuration management.

• Serves as a registered apprentice in a developmental capacity as a wildland firefighter trainee serving on one or more of the following module types: engine, hand crew (suppression, fuels or wildland fire module), or helitack.
• Performs all aspects of wildland and prescribed fire operations such as, line construction, ignition device (e.g. fuses, drip torches, flares, and terra torch) use, patrolling fie line and the use of water and hand tools to perform mop-up.
• Will fight wildland fires in extreme heat conditions and austere environments for an extended period of time, which will include sleeping in an outdoor environment (fire camp or near fireline).
• Starts pump engine, primes pump, adjusts engine speed and pump valves, lays hose, and uses appropriate nozzles and nozzle adjustment in effective use of water and additives.
• Services and makes minor repairs to engine; inspects, checks and services accessories such as pump, water lines, tank, reels, or pump power plant; and keeps in fire readiness.
• Inspects, cleans, and stows hose. Makes emergency repairs and adjustments of pump while in use. Performs line construction and mop-up activities.
• Will complete all necessary training requirements and maintain physical fitness requirements to advance within, and graduate from the apprenticeship program.
• The apprenticeship training assignments include: fire suppression and leadership courses, as well as attending the basic or advanced Wildland Firefighter Apprenticeship Program.

The Education Specialist assists the Exhibits and Education staff in educational programs that fulfill the CVC’s mission. This includes developing new educational programs for the visiting public (adults, families, students, groups and international visitors), teaching or delivering educational programs, assisting with the evaluation of educational programs, identifying necessary supplies, organizing the storage of educational supplies and working with special events staff to arrange spaces for educational activities. Work on weekends, evenings and holidays is required, as needed.

The individual selected for this position will:

Educational Program Development and Work

• Present existing educational programs and develop and facilitate new educational programs that fulfill the mission of the CVC.
• Work with other Education Specialists; Educational Program Manager; Adult, Family, and Youth Program Coordinator; Exhibits and Education Division; Volunteer Coordinator and other Visitor Services staff to implement educational programs and projects in line with AOC policies and CVC procedures and practices.
• Develop and offer formal and informal educational programs and hands-on activities for various audiences; Exhibition Hall and Democracy Lab; and other venues including assisting with volunteer training, creating content for interpretive signs and coordinating materials preparation and classroom, cart or venue set-up. Ensures that programs are compliant with accessibility objectives and follows safe work practices.
• Communicate the significance of Congress to everyday life, the role of citizens in a democratic process, and the evolving understanding of “We the People” to visitors (adults, families, students, groups and international visitors) through programs, carts, presentations, tours, hands-on activities, workshops and family days or events. Develops programs and teach using inquiry-and object-based learning techniques.
• Facilitate discussion with and among visitors in order to engage them with Exhibition Hall and Democracy Lab themes and content through programs and activities.
• Assist with project review and program analysis including assembling documentation such as written materials, digital files, photographs and participant evaluations. Develop content for website, brochures, handouts, activity sheets and curriculum for review by the Exhibits and Education team. Attend meetings and conferences with colleagues and collaborating agencies and organizations.

Educational Program Administration and Collaboration 

• Develop goals, objectives and planning for educational programs, as well as hands-on activities for family days, event days and other large programs.
• Ensure that developed programs adhere to the impact statement and interpretation plan for Exhibition Hall and Democracy Lab.
• Recommend edits to policies and procedures related to incumbent’s duties and responsibilities.
• Coordinate set up and take down of educational program exhibits. 
• Resolves problems by quickly identifying issues and developing action plans to improve program design and execution.
• Support the work of the EED by acting as backup for delivery of programs organized by others in the division, especially by the other Education Specialists.

Educational Supply Maintenance and Management

• Work with other Education Specialists; Educational Program Manager; Adult, Family, and Youth Program Coordinator and Exhibits and Education Division staff to identify needed educational supplies.
• Organizes CVC educational supplies, storage areas and carts.
• Achieves well-organized storage and cataloging of educational supplies and develops a regular schedule for inventorying supplies.
• Ensures that items are stored safely and securely within appropriate storage areas.
• In collaboration with other EED and Special Events staff, ensures proper set-up and take-down of educational exhibits, as requested, including working with Special Events staff to request proper amount and configuration of tables and chairs, providing needed educational supplies and equipment and setting up appropriate signs alerting people to programs.
• Ensures that education location material setups are compliant with established accessibility and safety practices.
• Actively communicates educational offerings to visitors within the CVC and the AOC, in accordance with policy and procedure.

Publicizes Education Programs 

• Assists in communicating educational offerings to external customers.
• Actively communicates educational offerings to visitors within the CVC and the AOC, in accordance with policy and procedure.
• Works with EED, Visitor Services, Marketing and Communications and Restaurants and Special Events staff to enhance public understanding and awareness of the educational activities of the CVC.

The major duties of the Interdisciplinary General Engineer/Landscape Architect position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assists the Project Manager (PM) in initiating, establishing, guiding, and controlling one or more design/construction projects from inception through completion.
• Guides project formulation, and development through to completion of projects that are within quality, budget, and schedule commitments.
• Responsible for writing scopes of work; developing Government estimates; assisting in the negotiation of task orders and construction contracts; coordinating contracted efforts; providing quality assurance of contracted products; and closing out compliance, pre-design, design, and construction management efforts provided by numerous external contractors performing professional services on major, simple to highly complex, multi-phased projects.
• Works expeditiously with team members to resolve all outstanding issues due to deficient work. Incumbent serves as the primary or alternate Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) on assigned projects.

Tour of Duty: Tuesday - Saturday 6:00AM to 2:30PM 

This is an Emergency Essential position. Depending on the type of emergency, the employee may be required to report to work during emergencies and inclement weather situations.

** You must possess a valid, unexpired State or District of Columbia driver’s license at application.

Major Duties:

• Monitors the stock on hand of tools, parts and other supplies and materials. Reports items that are in short supply due to higher-than-normal demand, breakage or frequency of repair. Prepares requests to order such items and requests for items not normally kept in stock. Examines incoming items to confirm that the items comply with what was requested. Notifies the supervisor of discrepancies in quantity, description or usability.
• Maintains a clean and orderly shop and inventory.
• Uses an automated stock keeping system to monitor inventory status. Prepares item descriptions for new items introduced into the system.
• Checks in tools returned by workers. Visually examines tools and tests them to determine whether they should be sent for repair. Stores items in designated locations. Relocates items as necessary to accommodate changes in inventory and use patterns.
• Occasionally Drives golf cars, UTV’s, pickup trucks and non-CDL trucks to transport materials and staff to various locations.

                 Must possess a State or D.C. driver’s license. Occasionally operates forklift to unload and load trucks.  Forklift operation requires a valid driver’s license and a Certificate as a Powered Industrial Truck operator for the Forklift in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6).

• Maintains an inventory of supplies and materials based on usage rates. Participates in periodic inventories. Receives materials and supplies personally stored and monitors the receipt of supplies and materials purchased and stored by trades’ shops.
• Coordinates the movement of incoming and outgoing supplies and placement of materials with the docking and storage areas. As assigned, delivers receiving and shipping documents to CGA procurement staff confirming deliveries.
• Screens shipping and receiving documents to identify any discrepancies in number and/or type of items ordered. Contacts vendors to resolve such issues and expedites the resolution of discrepancies.

The incumbent must follow all relevant safety rules, regulations and standard operating procedures. Must utilize knowledge of and must comply with applicable Office of Compliance and OSHA safety rules and regulations to ensure that work progresses in a safe manner. Receives training, either on the job or through classroom training, to ensure that all safety practices and equipment are fully utilized. Must use of any required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

• Incumbent serves as trained and experienced member of a wildland fire module or hand crew or engine crew executing fire management activities in fire preparedness, fuels management and prevention, and fire suppression, monitoring, and post fire activities.
• Specific specialty areas of work within fire modules or crews include fire engine operation, fire management planning, fuels management, and prevention.
• Work may also include all hazard and emergency response activities.
• Work activities include gathering and considering information on weather data, topography, fuel types, and fire behavior in responding to wildland fire incidents.
• Implements tactical directions on attacking, controlling, or mopping up fires, building or patrolling firelines, cleaning up burned areas within firelines, suppressing spot fires, felling snags or trees, and cutting brush.
• May drive and operate a wildland fire engine, positioning the engine for proper use and operation.
• Conducts tree felling and chainsaw.
• Maintains and/or coordinates and ensures maintenance of equipment and various hand tools such as shovels, Pulaskis, and McLeods, water hose, and backpack pumps.
• May be required to operate light vehicles and 4X4's.