** Offset Photographer Supervisor (Pre-Press Operator Foreman-UNICOR)**

**Department of Justice**

**Location**

1 vacancy in the following location:

** Relocation expenses reimbursed**

No

** Telework eligible**

No

** Clarification from the agency**

THIS IS A DELEGATED EXAMINING ANNOUNCEMENT OPEN TO ALL U.S. CITIZENS. Duty Location: FCC Petersburg, VA NOTE: A 10% RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE WILL BE PAID TO SELECTEE(S) WHO MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR RECRUITMENT BONUSES AND MUST SIGN A 24 MONTH SERVICE AGREEMENT.

**Duties**

** Summary**

You can have a meaningful career with an agency that truly values a diverse workforce. You will find a diverse workforce employed from entry level jobs to senior management positions. We protect public safety by ensuring federal offenders serve their sentences of imprisonment in facilities that are safe, humane, and provide reentry programming. Employees at correctional facilities perform correctional work regardless of their specific occupation.

**Responsibilities**

This position is located in the Print Plant of Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (UNICOR), at FCC Petersburg, VA. The institutions mission is accomplished by the employment of federal inmates who provide printing services for Bureau of prisons installations and other agencies of the federal government throughout the United States. This Print Facility is a complete print facility that incorporates Press-press, Press, Bindery and Shipping Departments.

The Offset Photographer Supervisor is to perform all duties of the Pre-press operation to include but not limited to formatting digital jobs to run on the Digital Press and Conventional Offset Presses, operate digital workflow process, paste up, stripping, and platemaking. The Offset Photographer Supervisor trains inmate employees on digital imaging workflow programs, and formatting jobs for the Digital Press and the Conventional Offset Presses.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and is performed on a regular and recurring basis.

**Travel Required**

25% or less - Travel may be required for training and/or work related issues.

** Supervisory status**

No

** Promotion Potential**

09

**Requirements**

** Conditions of Employment**

+ U.S. Citizenship is Required.

+ See Special Conditions of Employment Section.

+ Selective Service Requirement:

**Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)**. The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1)this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) you are found well qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and rate equivalent to the Highly Qualified category using established category rating criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility with your application of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at:

**The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)** provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) you are found well qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and rate equivalent to the Highly Qualified category using established category rating criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at:

** Qualifications**

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements.

Applicants must have had sufficient training and experience to show their ability to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifications will be determined by comparing your application to the responses to the Applicant Assessment Questions against the guidelines found in the Job Qualification System for Trades and Labor Occupations, WS-4401 Series.

To qualify for this position, you MUST meet the Barely Acceptable level on both screen-out elements (Ability to supervise) and (Aptitude for work with prisoners); receive at least one half of the total possible points; AND you must furnish detailed information on your resume to support your assessment responses to demonstrate that you clearly possess the experience and skills to successfully perform the duties of this position at the journeyman level.

Failure to specifically identify skills equivalent to a journeyman in this field may result in your score being lowered or in being found ineligible for this vacancy.

The screen-out elements are a critical self-assessment of the applicants experience and are essential for satisfactory job performance.

**Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.**

**Education**

See Qualifications Section for education requirements, **if applicable**.

**ONLY** if education is a requirement/substitution for specialized experience, applicant MUST upload legible transcripts as verification of educational requirement. Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include School Name, Student Name, Degree and Date Awarded (if applicable). All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, .

*Foreign Education:* For information regarding foreign education requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition at the U.S. Department of Education website: .

If you are selected for this position and qualified based on education (i.e. basic education requirement and/or substitution of education), you will be required to provide an OFFICIAL transcript prior to your first day on duty.

**Additional information**

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3307, a maximum entry age of 36 has been established for initial appointment to a position in a Bureau of Prisons institution. If you are above the maximum entry age and have prior federal law enforcement coverage, you MUST submit an SF-50 to verify prior coverage.

Qualified Preference Eligible Veterans may be exempt from meeting the maximum age of 37.

Please refer to the Required Documents Section for the appropriate documentation to submit to validate veteran eligibility.

**Special Conditions of Employment Section:**

Appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a pre-employment and panel interview, urinalysis, physical, and background investigation.

All applicants are subject to, and must satisfactorily pass all screening requirements in relation to National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and credit check.

All applicants not currently working in an institution will be required to complete a qualification inquiry regarding convictions of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence in order to be authorized to carry a firearm