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Office of Cuba Broadcasting

Radio Broadcast Technician

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A Broadcast Technician operates audio equipment and transmitters for a radio or television station. Operates and maintains equipment that regulates signal strength for a station. Arranges sound equipment and monitors the volume and quality of sound for programs; synchronizes sound with visual images for television shows or other broadcast events such as sports games. May edit recorded shows or productions.

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Radio Broadcast Technician U.S. Agency for Global Media Office of Cuban Broadcasting (OCB), Radio Technical Branch Summary This position is loced within the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), Technical Operions Division/Radio Technical Branch. Radio Marti Master Control is the technical switching and distribution hub of all incoming and outgoing radio lines. The incumbent is responsible for performing any and all functions necessary to ensure the effective broadcast of Radio Marti programming including but not limited to live production studio operions and live remote broadcast operions. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced within the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), Technical Operions Division/Radio Technical Branch. Radio Marti Master Control is the technical switching and distribution hub of all incoming and outgoing radio lines. The incumbent is responsible for performing any and all functions necessary to ensure the effective broadcast of Radio Marti programming including but not limited to live production studio operions and live remote broadcast operions. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Miami, FL No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $95,326 - $123,927 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1001 General Arts And Informion Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
DE-13051766-26-SC
Control number 883606400 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Clarificion from the agency Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), the public, Veterans; All U.S. Citizens. Duties Help As a Radio Broadcast Technician , you responsible for duties to include, but are not limited to: Operes studio equipment including audio mixer, digital record, edit and playback systems using generally accepted broadcast standards and practices. Works under the direction of a producer for the during live programming but may serve as "line producer" for the playback of recorded merial. While acting as "the producer" adheres to predetermined schedule making time adjustments are required. Monitors quality of out-going and in-coming audio merial taking corrective action as necessary to assure compliance with established parameters and broadcast standards. Monitors and controls via remote control Marhon transmitters. Monitors sellite receivers and transmitters. Keeps written transmitter logs as required. Takes corrective action to assure transmitter is opering within established parameters. Establishes circuits from field and remote locions and co-ordines with other technicians Uses knowledge of audio signal flow and routing and uses th knowledge and take the necessary steps to correct or work around system problems. Edits pre-recorded programs to incorpore music and effects utilizing studio audio consoles. Augments TV Marti Master Control and TV Marti audio operions as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S Citizen or U.S. Nional. This is a public trust position. If selected, this position requires the completion of the SF-86.
Suitability Determinion:
If selected, you subject to a background investigion to establish your suitability for federal employment. The background investigion may include, among other aspects, a review of your credit and legal history. This position is covered by a Union Agreement; AFGE Local 1812, 330 Independence Avenue S.W., Room 1169, Washington, D.C. 20237, afgelocal1812@gmail.com, (202)920-4884. This position may require serving a one-year probionary period. The full performance grade level for this position is GS-12. This position may require working nights, weekends, and holidays. If you are a male applicant who is born after 12/31/59, you are required to be registered for the Selective Service. Qualificions Applicants must have a minimum of one year of specialized experience a level of difficulty and responsibility comparable to the GS-12 or comparable pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the prive sector. Specialized Experience is experience th has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience th is typically in or reled to live production studio operions andlive remote broadcast operions. Experience opering digital and analog broadcast and recording equipment systems. Experience with editing software and computer operions. Experience with various codecs and transmission devices. Experience with basic broadcasting theory and technical standards reled to operion of broadcast systems and equipment. Experience monitoring and adjusting broadcast systems to meet accepted broadcast standards. Educion Educion is not required for this grade level. It cannot be used for qualificion purposes. Additional informion Stus applicants who wish to be considered under merit promotion procedures, including those eligible to apply under Interchange Agreements with other Merit Systems and Veterans Employment Opportunity Act of 1998 , should apply under announcement #
ST-13053437-26-SC.
Applicants must meet all qualificion requirements by closing de of the announcement to be 1. If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/59 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency. For Military Selective Service Act requirement informion, please Selective Service 2. Your applicion to this vacancy announcement will only allow considerion for this announcement. We cannot electronically or manually move your applicion to corresponding announcements, if applicable. 3. Additional vacancies not reflected in the announcement th occur after the opening de of the vacancy announcement for position(s) identical (same grade, series and title) to the original vacancy may be filled from the selection certifice during the validity of the certifice. 4. Budgetary conditions may delay or otherwise affect filling this vacancy. However, all interested candides should apply now. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once your applicion package has been received, a review of your qualificions made to ensure you meet the job requirements and competencies required for this position.
Competencies:
Communicions and Media Electronics Multimedia Multimedia Technologies Production Possession of competencies must be addressed in a resume and/or cover letter. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume and supporting documention made and compared against your responses to the occupional questionnaire. The numeric ring you receive is based on your responses to the questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and or experience, your score can and adjusted to more accurely reflect your qualificions. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring. You placed in one of three ring cegories: Qualified Cegory-Applicants possessing experience th meets the minimum qualificions of the position, a numeric ring below 79. Well Qualified Cegory-Applicants possessing experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position, a numeric ring of 80-89. Best Qualified Cegory-Applicants possessing experience th substantially exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position, a numeric ring of 90 and above.
Applicion of Veterans' Preference:
Cegory Ring does not add veterans' preference points, but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each cegory. Preference eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10 percent or more placed the top of the highest quality cegory (except in the case of scientific or professional positions the GS-09 level or higher). Preference eligibles who do not have a service-connected disability of 10 percent or more assigned to the approprie quality cegory based upon the job-reled assessment and listed ahead of non-preference eligibles within the approprie quality cegory.
Fair Chance Act:
Under the Fair Chance Act , agencies are not allowed to request informion about an applicant's criminal history until a conditional offer of employment has been made, except as allowed for access to classified informion; assignment to nional security duties or positions; or recruitment of a Federal law enforcement officer. An applicant may submit a complaint or any other informion reled to an organizion's alleged noncompliance with the Fair Chance Act. The complaint must be submitted within 30 calendar days of the de of the alleged noncompliance. To make a Fair Chance Act inquiry or complaint, send an email with the approprie informion to HROperions@usagm.gov , subject line: Fair Chance Act. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are required by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de for your applicion package to be complete. Encrypted or ineligible documents may result in loss of considerion. Resume (2 page only): Include contact informion, educion, and detailed work experience (including work schedules, employment des, and position titles).
Veteran Preference :
If you are a veteran with preference eligibility, you must submit the member 4 copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility sting character of service. If you are claiming 10-point veterans' preference, you must also submit a VA letter and an Applicion of 10-Point Veterans' Preference ( SF-15 ). Applicants seeking widow or other special veterans' preference must submit a SF-15 form and all documents indiced for their specific form of preference. If you are still on active duty, you may submit a stement of service from your Personnel Command which stes the de you entered active duty, the de you are separing, and the campaign medals you have received.
ICTAP:
If you are an eligible Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) applicant, you may apply for selection priority. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be red 80 or above on the ring criteria for this position. ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separion notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separion; an agency certificion th you cannot be placed after injury compension has been termined; an OPM notificion th your disability annuity has been termined; OR a Military Department or Nional Guard Bureau notificion th you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456. How to Apply Help You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. If you cannot complete the Applicion Package online, please contact the Human Resource Specialist listed in this vacancy announcement. To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents and any approprie Accepted Documents. To begin, click Apply in the announcement; then, choose to cree a new USAJOBS account or Sign-in into your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before submitting it. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. Click the following link to pre-view and print the occupional questionnaire https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13051766 . After completing the questionnaire and uploading approprie documents, click the Submit Applicion to submit your applicion package. It is applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered in the profile is accure and all required documents are uploaded and submitted before 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/18/2026 of the announcement to receive considerion. Human Resources will not modify or change any part of your applicion. If a document is not in legible form, applicant will not be able to view it in Applicion Manager which means applicant must again upload the documention to the system by the closing de of this announcement. To verify your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account. The page will display the positions for which you've applied as well as the stus of each applicion. To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click on the plus sign (+) next to the job title to expand informion about the job. Next click on Upde Applicion to complete the applicion process.
Note:
Submission of a resume alone IS NOT a complete applicion. This position requires the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described previously. Please carefully review the complete job announcement, including the Required Documents, Other Informion, and How to Apply sections of the announcement. Applicion packages will NOT be accepted via mail or e-mail. All resumes/applicions received the addresses listed in the Contact Informion or Agency Informion destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact HROperions@usagm.gov or 202-920-2400 to request this. Agency contact informion Stephanie Creek-Bevins Phone 202-920-2400 SCreek-Bevins@usagm.gov Next steps Once the online questionnaire and applicion package is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. After a review of your complete applicion is made, you notified of your ring and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The following documents are required by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de for your applicion package to be complete. Encrypted or ineligible documents may result in loss of considerion. Resume (2 page only): Include contact informion, educion, and detailed work experience (including work schedules, employment des, and position titles).
Veteran Preference :
If you are a veteran with preference eligibility, you must submit the member 4 copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility sting character of service. If you are claiming 10-point veterans' preference, you must also submit a VA letter and an Applicion of 10-Point Veterans' Preference ( SF-15 ). Applicants seeking widow or other special veterans' preference must submit a SF-15 form and all documents indiced for their specific form of preference. If you are still on active duty, you may submit a stement of service from your Personnel Command which stes the de you entered active duty, the de you are separing, and the campaign medals you have received.
ICTAP:
If you are an eligible Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) applicant, you may apply for selection priority. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be red 80 or above on the ring criteria for this position. ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separion notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separion; an agency certificion th you cannot be placed after injury compension has been termined; an OPM notificion th your disability annuity has been termined; OR a Military Department or Nional Guard Bureau notificion th you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456. How to Apply Help You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. If you cannot complete the Applicion Package online, please contact the Human Resource Specialist listed in this vacancy announcement. To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents and any approprie Accepted Documents. To begin, click Apply in the announcement; then, choose to cree a new USAJOBS account or Sign-in into your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before submitting it. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. Click the following link to pre-view and print the occupional questionnaire https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13051766 . After completing the questionnaire and uploading approprie documents, click the Submit Applicion to submit your applicion package. It is applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered in the profile is accure and all required documents are uploaded and submitted before 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/18/2026 of the announcement to receive considerion. Human Resources will not modify or change any part of your applicion. If a document is not in legible form, applicant will not be able to view it in Applicion Manager which means applicant must again upload the documention to the system by the closing de of this announcement. To verify your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account. The page will display the positions for which you've applied as well as the stus of each applicion. To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click on the plus sign (+) next to the job title to expand informion about the job. Next click on Upde Applicion to complete the applicion process.
Note:
Submission of a resume alone IS NOT a complete applicion. This position requires the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described previously. Please carefully review the complete job announcement, including the Required Documents, Other Informion, and How to Apply sections of the announcement. Applicion packages will NOT be accepted via mail or e-mail. All resumes/applicions received the addresses listed in the Contact Informion or Agency Informion destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact HROperions@usagm.gov or 202-920-2400 to request this. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Stephanie Creek-Bevins Phone 202-920-2400 SCreek-Bevins@usagm.gov Next steps Once the online questionnaire and applicion package is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. After a review of your complete applicion is made, you notified of your ring and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Miami, FL No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $95,326 - $123,927 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
DE-13051766-26-SC
Control number 883606400