Responsibilities
This position is being filled under the Pathways Internship Program. The program is designed to provide students enrolled in a wide variety of educational institutions, from high school to graduate level, with paid work opportunities in agencies to explore Federal careers while still in school. The Internship provides managers a ready source of student employees and potential permanent employees upon completion of the program requirements. It also provides the student with work experience directly related to the curriculum studies or career goals while offering eligibility for non-competitive conversion to permanent employment upon completion. For more information on Internship opportunities within the Department of Veterans Affairs, please visit: https://www.va.gov/EMPLOYEE/pathways-internship-program/.
The Student serves as a Pathways Intern Library and Archives Intern. Trainees perform a variety of clerical and administrative functions at the needs of the service assigned to, using judgment to answer simple and reoccurring questions and to resolve basic problems. This position provides a wide variety of paraprofessional and a wide variety of paraprofessional and technical support functions to Library Service including but are not limited to:
- Provides technological assistance and training to NF/SG VHS staff and Veterans in person, phone, Skype (web conferencing), and other emerging modalities, in support for the VHA Mobile Health Program’s health-pads program (iPads and mobile technology such as iPhones, all VA apps such as VA Video Connect, Annie, BHL, etc.) .
- Assists Veterans in the use of the library’s equipment such as desktop computers, tablets, e-book readers, portable DVD players, Playaways, and more. Instructs users to the equipment and troubleshoots equipment issues.
- Assists the NF/SG VHS staff and Veterans in the use of health databases, public catalog, internal and external web sites and print resources.
- Obtains interlibrary loan items for staff through the use of online systems such as DOCLINE, OCLC, and VALPAC
- Handles circulation desk duties by checking in and out library materials, recalling overdue loaned items, deactivating weeded materials
Requirements for initial appointment
GS-3 Completion of 1 academic year of post-high school study
GS-4 Completion of 2 academic years of post-high school study or associate’s degree
GS-5 Completion of 4 academic years of post-high school leading to a bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree
The required education must lead to a bachelor’s degree with specialization in or directly related to the field in which the student trainees will receive training on the job. The degree of specialization in this field must satisfy on graduation the specific educational requirements in the qualification standard for the corresponding two-grade interval positions. The Cooperative Education Program is structured to give students the opportunity to work in positions related to their academic/career goals.