[LIBJOBS] White River Junction, VT-Librarian- Department of Veterans Affairs

 

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Job Title: LIBRARIAN

Department: Department Of Veterans Affairs

Agency: Veterans Health Administration

Job Announcement Number: OG-11-DSp-483346

 

SALARY RANGE:	$47,448.00 - $74,628.00 /year
OPEN PERIOD:	Wednesday, June 08, 2011 to Tuesday, June 21, 2011
SERIES & GRADE:	GS-1410-09/11
POSITION INFORMATION:	Full Time Career/Career Conditional
PROMOTION POTENTIAL:	11
DUTY LOCATIONS:	1 vacancy - White River Junction, VT
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:	United States Citizens

 

JOB SUMMARY:

VacancyID: 483346 (Include on all documents). ***APPLY ONLINE OR BY FOLLOWING THE FAXING INSTRUCTIONS LOCATED IN THE "HOW TO APPLY" SECTION*** To fulfill President Lincoln's promise – "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" – by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to veterans? YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Every job at the VA impacts the Veterans that we serve.  You can be part of that team, helping to make sure that our Veterans receive the top-quality care they deserve.  VA professionals feel good about their careers and their ability to balance work and home life. VA offers generous paid time off and a variety of predictable and flexible scheduling opportunities.  For more information on the Department of Veterans Affairs, go to http://www.vacareers.va.gov/.

KEY REQUIREMENTS: You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job. You will be subject to a background/suitability investigation. Designated and/or random drug testing may be required.

 

Duties

Additional Duty Location Info:

 

1 vacancy - White River Junction, VT

 

 

This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-11. At the GS-09 grade level, the incumbent performs assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. The incumbent will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-11.  Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher level work, and availability of funds.  Promotion is not guaranteed and no promise of promotion is implied.

 

The Librarian position will be located at the Executive Division of the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), White River Junction,  VT, and will serve as Librarian/Research Bibliographer in the PTSD Resource Center.  Duties include but are not limited to the following:

 

·         Research Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) literature/publications to provide to clinician, researchers etc.

·         Searching psychology, psychiatry and social work and or other fields in biomedicine to identify materials to be included in the PILOTS database

·         Evaluating documents to determine relevance to the PILOTS database

·         Facilitate developing and maintaining procedures for obtaining materials and tracking through cataloging, indexing and sorting

·         Use controlled vocabulary to index articles

·         Identify material that is relevant to include into a database on traumatic stress

·         Writing abstracts and/or summaries of documents

·         Entering bibliographic citations into a database

·         Proposing changes to the controlled vocabulary

·         Conducting research to determine the efficacy of proposed controlled language changes

·         Providing advice to users of a bibliographic product

·         And other duties as assigned

 

Work Schedule: Mon - Fri - 8AM - 4:30PM

***RELOCATION EXPENSES AND/OR INCENTIVES ARE NOT AUTHORIZED***

 

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