Duties
This announcement has an APPLICATION LIMIT of 200 applications. Therefore, applicants should apply as soon as possible. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT WILL AUTOMATICALLY CLOSE AT 11:59PM EST ON THE DATE THAT 200 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED UNDER THIS POSTING. If the 200 application limit is not met, the job announcement will close at 11:59 pm, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Applicants need to ensure they provide all supporting documentation at the time they apply to the vacancy announcement.
TRO provides program management for Library-wide internship and fellowship programs and promotes the Library’s brand as an employer-of-choice through recruitment and outreach. The team balances a portfolio of programs, projects and events by working effectively both as a team and individually in their various leadership and support roles.
Provides technical support for supervisors and staff administering a range of programs, projects, operations, and initiatives. Applies professional competence and extensive knowledge of relevant HR and human capital management policies, theories, and principles. Maintains pertinent operating procedures and resource materials. Independently performs routine technical assignments, prioritizing workload in coordination with supervisor and colleagues. Assists in training lower-graded employees.
Compiles, reviews, reconciles, enters, updates, reports on, and maintains personnel, financial, programmatic, survey, and evaluation data and information in various systems. Extracts and manipulates data and information to analyze technical issues and problems, determine their interrelationships, and resolve them using the appropriate methods and techniques.
Uses standard software to prepare documents containing tables, graphs, and other data visualizations, and to complete routine writing assignments and prepare periodic and special reports.
Serves as a liaison with HCD customers to acquire, clarify, or exchange facts or information needed to complete assignments. Provides guidance on policies and procedures. Conducts research and provides technical answers to inquiries from HCD customers. Acts to resolve problems or delays relative to HCD programs, projects, and initiatives. Keeps supervisor and designated staff informed of the status of problems or issues that require intervention or correction.
Performs general clerical and administrative support duties as assigned, including receiving visitors and telephone inquiries, determining nature of call or business questions, and answering questions based on knowledge of HCD programs, projects, or initiatives or forwarding inquiries to the appropriate HCD employee; assisting with classroom setup and management; and maintaining administrative records.
Devises efficiency improvements such as streamlining cumbersome or time-consuming administrative processes for gathering and processing information, organizing records and files and manipulating data and information.
Participates in planning and conducting quality assurance and control activities to ensure accuracy and authoritativeness of HCD data and information across multiple systems and formats. This may include using specified systems and workflows to track data and information, check for discrepancies, and correct complex problems and inconsistencies; conducting periodic audits of data and information for quality issues; and reviewing documents to ensure completeness, accuracy, and compliance with HCD standards. Develops solutions that eliminate or reduce data discrepancies. Provides guidance to colleagues in addressing difficult questions related to quality assurance and control.
Develops or modifies quality assurance and control-related policies, procedures, and resource materials; recommends new standards and guidelines, as well as new methods, approaches, and procedures to ensure continuous quality assurance and control.
Other duties as assigned
The position description number for this position is 393567.
The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustment for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area.
This is a non-supervisory, non-bargaining unit position.
Relocation expenses will not be authorized for the person(s) selected under this vacancy announcement.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
Conditions of Employment
Library of Congress employees are prohibited from using illegal drugs, including marijuana. The Library is part of the Federal Government and abides by federal law, so regardless of individual state or District of Columbia laws, marijuana use is illegal, considered criminal activity, and can affect your employment at the Library. In addition, past or current drug use and activities (e.g., selling or distributing) may deem you ineligible for employment.
Qualifications
Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision.
Ability to perform program support and administration for a career development program.**
Ability to provide liaison services.**
Ability to utilize computer technology.**
Ability to communicate in writing and copyedit documents.**
Ability to interact collaboratively with others in a career development program.
Ability to plan, organize and learn continuously.
Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Additional information
Although it is the Library's policy to afford the maximum pay benefit to employees when setting rates of pay, a new appointee who has had no previous Federal service will generally be paid at step one of the grade.
The Library of Congress is an equal opportunity employer.
Applicants must submit a complete application package that is received by the closing date of this announcement.
Appointment/retention is subject to a favorable evaluation of an appropriate personnel security/suitability investigation. For more information, please see:Vetting Process
This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please email ADA@loc.gov. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Applicants with disabilities may be considered under special hiring procedures and must submit an appropriate certificate of eligibility when applying for this position. The proof or disability/certification may be issued by the State Vocational Rehabilitation Office, Disability Services or Career Services office of the applicant’s college or university, or the Department of Veterans Affairs. The letter must verify that the applicant has a severe disability and must be dated within three years of the date of the application. Certification from health care providers are not accepted. For more information contact the Library's Office of Equal Employment Opportunity at 202-707-6024 or email spp@loc.gov. FAILURE TO SUBMIT YOUR CERTIFICATION WILL CAUSE YOUR APPLICATION TO NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT PROGRAM.
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and is part of the Legislative Branch of the Federal government. As such, all positions are in the excepted service.
The Library reserves the right to fill a lesser or greater number of vacancies indicated during the life of this vacancy announcement.
Initial permanent appointments to the Library of Congress require completion of a one-year probationary period. Probationary periods served at other Federal agencies do not count toward this requirement.
The Library of Congress may offer repayment for all or part of federally insured student loans. However, not all service units within the Library of Congress participates in the repayment of federally insured student loans. Therefore, determination to repay a federally insured student loan is subject to approval by the appropriate service unit.
Any person(s) selected for this position may be converted to a permanent appointment if the position becomes available as a permanent position.
A “Not to Exceed" (NTE) status is used to identify an appointment with a specific ending date. However, the Library has the right to separate a NTE employee at any time due to either performance issues or budget constraints.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
The Library of Congress evaluates applicants through an applicant questionnaire and a structured interview. Applicants may also be screened for some jobs through licensing, certification, and/or education requirements, a narrative/application review, and/or a preliminary telephone interview.
The knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) that are marked with a double asterisk (**) in the vacancy announcement and the applicant questionnaire are considered the most critical for a position. To be considered for final selection, applicants must demonstrate fully acceptable experience in these designated KSAs in the narrative/application review, preliminary telephone and/or full structured interview.
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