Work Study Student Program 2026/2027

Work Study Student Program 2026/2027 Legislive Branch Library of Congress Summary The Library of Congress Work Study Student Program is a progressive, career development program for local high school students. It combines on-the-job training and career development with classroom instructions and educion. Under the program, students earn a federal salary, receive work site supervision and career assistance. Students will get the chance to work part-time when school is in session with the possibility of full-time employment during school breaks. Learn more about this agency Summary The Library of Congress Work Study Student Program is a progressive, career development program for local high school students. It combines on-the-job training and career development with classroom instructions and educion. Under the program, students earn a federal salary, receive work site supervision and career assistance. Students will get the chance to work part-time when school is in session with the possibility of full-time employment during school breaks. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/04/2026 to 04/23/2027 Salary $16.79

• $16.79 per hour Pay scale & grade GS 01 Locions Many vacancies in the following locions: Washington, DC MANY vacancies Hytsville, MD Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Internships
• Appointment up to 1 year to concur with public high school calendar. Work schedule Part-time
• Up to 20 hours per week. Monday
• Friday 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. OR Monday
• Friday 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
• available from August 19, 2025 through June 30, 2026.

Service Excepted Promotion potential 01 Job family (Series) 0303 Miscellaneous Clerk And Assistant Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Announcement number 2026/2027 Work Study Control number 867845900 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Help This program offers high school students insights into the environment and culture of the world's largest and most comprehensive repository of human knowledge. Work Study Students exposed to a broad spectrum of library work: copyright, preservion, reference, access standards, and informion management. Please see the list of required documents below. Incomplete applicions will disqualify you from the program. For more details about the Work Study Student Program, click here: https://www.loc.gov/item/internships/high-school-work-study-program-hrs/ Requirements Help Conditions of employment Students enrolled in a Work-Based Learning Program are given preference Homeschooled students must have completed 70% of their high school studies To be considered for a position students MUST submit ALL required documents For a student to be eligible to submit an applicion for the Library of Congress Work Study Student Program they must meet the following requirements. Must be a US Citizen Must be enrolled in their Junior or Senior year of high school studies a local high school not more than 45 minutes commute to worksite Must be available for work Monday

• Friday 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. OR Monday
• Friday 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
• available from August 19, 2025 through June 30, 2026.

Must be least 16 years of age Must be eligible for a Work Permit OR 18 years old Must be in good standing with high school grades Must be in good standing with previous employers or supervisors volunteer positions Must demonstre positive behavior high school and work environments Must recommended by the approprie high school officials through required e-mail procedure (see Required Documents section of vacancy for e-mail procedure) 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 ste or District of Columbia laws, marijuana use is illegal, considered criminal activity, and can affect your employment the Library. In addition, past drug use and activities (e.g., selling or distributing) may deem you ineligible for employment. Qualificions GS

• 1: No experience required other than tendance in accredited high school with an early release time.

(During High School Work Study Program) Educion Students who are homeschooled must have completed 70% of their high school studies the time of applicion as demonstred on school transcript. Additional informion The Library of Congress is an equal opportunity employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities who meet eligibility requirements are strongly encouraged to apply. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities. If a student needs a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion on a case-by-case basis. Applicants with disabilities may be considered under special hiring procedures and must submit an approprie certifice of eligibility when applying for this position. The de of certificion must be within one year of the vacancy closing de. For more informion contact the selective placement program coordinor 202-707-6024 or email spp@loc.gov. The Library of Congress is the nional library of the United Stes and is part of the Legislive Branch of the Federal government. As such, all positions are in the excepted service. Appointment/retention is subject to a favorable evaluion of an approprie personnel security/suitability investigion. The Library reserves the right to fill a lesser or greer number of vacancies indiced during the life of this vacancy announcement. 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 . 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. You must provide all the Required Documents. Completed Applicion through USAJOBS and federal resume tached to USAJOBS applicion.: Please note, there is no page restriction to your resume, and you are allowed to upload a resume longer than two pages in the resume section within the applicion process. When the applicion system prompts, please proceed to the agency site to complete your applicion. Cover letter sting professional objectives; include language abilities and additional skills, if relevant. Lest transcript from the current high school. (Report card and schedule of registered classes for the upcoming high school year is acceptable in place of transcript). Letter of recommendion, from the approprie high school Coordinor or high school counselor. Completed applicion packages forwarded to selecting officials in the Library who will arrange telephone and in-person interviews with promising applicants, based on the applicion package and desired skills. Failure to include these required documents will result in disqualificion. You may preview questions for this vacancy. 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 . 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 Please be sure to submit ALL Required Documents. If any documents are missing, your applicion considered incomplete and disqualified. 1.

REQUIRED

• Completed applicion through USAJOBS and federal resume tached to USAJOBS applicion.

2.

REQUIRED

• Cover letter sting professional objectives; include language abilities and additional skills, if relevant 3.

REQUIRED

• Lest transcript from the current high school.

(Report card and schedule of registered classes for the upcoming high school year is acceptable in place of transcript) 4.

REQUIRED

• Letter of recommendion, from the approprie high school Work-Based Learning Coordinor or high school counselor.

In the letter of recommendion, the Coordinor or counselor MUST assume responsibility for monitoring student's progress, test to the applicant's proficiency, reliability and the feasibility of his/her carrying out assignments. Letter of recommendion MUST be emailed from the high school e-mail address of the Work-Based Learning Coordinor or counselor.

E-mail letter to:

jobhelp@loc.gov . The subject line

MUST READ

Work Study Student Recommendion letter for [full name of applicant/student]. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please carefully follow all instructions under the How to Apply tab to ensure considerion for the position. Students are required to apply online for this announcement. Except for letters of recommendion, mailed or e-mailed documents

WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

. Students must complete the entire applicion process, including submission of all documents before this announcement closes. To do so, complete the following steps. Step 1 : If the student does not already have one, cree a resume on USAJOBS. Although students must enter their Social Security Number for USAJOBS, this informion will not be provided to the Library of Congress. Step 2 : Review the Job Announcement. We recommend students go to the end of the Qualificion and Evaluion section of the job announcement to preview the online questions th answered in Step 4. Students may wish to customize their USAJOBS resume to ensure th it supports their responses to these questions. Step 3 : Click on the "

APPLY ONLINE

" button to the right of this announcement. Follow USAJOBS' instructions to access the students account and submit resume. The student redirected to the Hiring Management website to complete the applicion process. If this is the student's first time in Hiring Management, they asked to answer questions reled to their eligibility for Federal employment. The student able to upde this informion and save it to our account for future announcements. Step 4 : Once the student has completed the eligibility questions, they taken directly to the vacancy applicion questions. Answer all questions honestly and thoroughly. Step 5 : Hiring Management offers two options th will electronically tach the student's documention to their online applicion once they finish answering the questions in the job announcement. (1) The student may select a document th they have already uploaded to USAJOBS for a previous announcement. (2) The student may electronically upload a document directly from their computer to their applicion. Be certain to review the complete applicion for confirmion the document uploaded and click on "Finished" to be returned to USAJOBS. 

IMPORTANT NOTE

If the student has multiple documents of the same kind, e.g. 2 high school transcripts from different schools or 2 SF-50s, etc., be sure th they are all in the same file on the student's computer or in the student's USAJOBS profile before uploading them. If the student tries uploading them individually, only the last one sent visible in our system. If students have any questions about this informion, please contact the person on this announcement BEFORE the closing de. Step 6 : Students click on "Submit" after they have completed their applicion. Once the applicion has been submitted, the student can check their stus online through their Hiring Management or

MY USAJOBS

account. Student's complete online applicion and any required supplemental documention (e.g., SF-50, etc.) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. It is the student's responsibility to ensure th all documents are received on time and th the merials are readable. Failure to do so will result in the applicion being excluded from considerion for this announcement. If a student is experiencing any technical difficulty with the online process, they

MUST CONTACT THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE.

For all technical issues please contact JobHelp@loc.gov , no ler than 4:30pm EST of the Closing De.

REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS WILL NOT BE GRANTED.

Agency contact informion Customer Service Center Phone 202-707-5620 Fax 000-000-0000 JobHelp@loc.gov Address

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 101

Independence Ave.

SE LM107

Washington, District of Columbia 20540 United Stes Next steps Please review our evaluion process under "How You Will Be Evalued." You may check the stus of your applicion for this position any time by logging onto the USAJOBS "My USAJOBS" tab and clicking on "My Applicions". You will receive final notificion via e-mail when this vacancy has been filled.

Selection Process:

Applicions Received 1. Student applicions are received 2. Applicions are reviewed for completeness and incomplete applicions are disqualified Applicant is Interviewed 1. Work Study Student Position becomes available 2. Hiring Manager calls student applicants for interview 3. Hiring Manager interviews student applicants 4. Students receive an upde from their Hiring Manager shortly after the interview if they have been selected for a position. Students who have not received calls or e-mails have not been selected and remain in the pool of student applicants for considerion for other Work Study Student positions when they become available. Applicant is Hired 1. Human Resources calls student applicant to offer the position and sends out Official Offer Letter to student, Vocional Teacher, and Hiring Manager 2. Student reports to jobsite for first day of employment 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 Please be sure to submit ALL Required Documents. If any documents are missing, your applicion considered incomplete and disqualified. 1.

REQUIRED

• Completed applicion through USAJOBS and federal resume tached to USAJOBS applicion.

2.

REQUIRED

• Cover letter sting professional objectives; include language abilities and additional skills, if relevant 3.

REQUIRED

• Lest transcript from the current high school.

(Report card and schedule of registered classes for the upcoming high school year is acceptable in place of transcript) 4.

REQUIRED

• Letter of recommendion, from the approprie high school Work-Based Learning Coordinor or high school counselor.

In the letter of recommendion, the Coordinor or counselor MUST assume responsibility for monitoring student's progress, test to the applicant's proficiency, reliability and the feasibility of his/her carrying out assignments. Letter of recommendion MUST be emailed from the high school e-mail address of the Work-Based Learning Coordinor or counselor.

E-mail letter to:

jobhelp@loc.gov . The subject line

MUST READ

Work Study Student Recommendion letter for [full name of applicant/student]. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please carefully follow all instructions under the How to Apply tab to ensure considerion for the position. Students are required to apply online for this announcement. Except for letters of recommendion, mailed or e-mailed documents

WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

. Students must complete the entire applicion process, including submission of all documents before this announcement closes. To do so, complete the following steps. Step 1 : If the student does not already have one, cree a resume on USAJOBS. Although students must enter their Social Security Number for USAJOBS, this informion will not be provided to the Library of Congress. Step 2 : Review the Job Announcement. We recommend students go to the end of the Qualificion and Evaluion section of the job announcement to preview the online questions th answered in Step 4. Students may wish to customize their USAJOBS resume to ensure th it supports their responses to these questions. Step 3 : Click on the "

APPLY ONLINE

" button to the right of this announcement. Follow USAJOBS' instructions to access the students account and submit resume. The student redirected to the Hiring Management website to complete the applicion process. If this is the student's first time in Hiring Management, they asked to answer questions reled to their eligibility for Federal employment. The student able to upde this informion and save it to our account for future announcements. Step 4 : Once the student has completed the eligibility questions, they taken directly to the vacancy applicion questions. Answer all questions honestly and thoroughly. Step 5 : Hiring Management offers two options th will electronically tach the student's documention to their online applicion once they finish answering the questions in the job announcement. (1) The student may select a document th they have already uploaded to USAJOBS for a previous announcement. (2) The student may electronically upload a document directly from their computer to their applicion. Be certain to review the complete applicion for confirmion the document uploaded and click on "Finished" to be returned to USAJOBS. 

IMPORTANT NOTE

If the student has multiple documents of the same kind, e.g. 2 high school transcripts from different schools or 2 SF-50s, etc., be sure th they are all in the same file on the student's computer or in the student's USAJOBS profile before uploading them. If the student tries uploading them individually, only the last one sent visible in our system. If students have any questions about this informion, please contact the person on this announcement BEFORE the closing de. Step 6 : Students click on "Submit" after they have completed their applicion. Once the applicion has been submitted, the student can check their stus online through their Hiring Management or

MY USAJOBS

account. Student's complete online applicion and any required supplemental documention (e.g., SF-50, etc.) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. It is the student's responsibility to ensure th all documents are received on time and th the merials are readable. Failure to do so will result in the applicion being excluded from considerion for this announcement. If a student is experiencing any technical difficulty with the online process, they

MUST CONTACT THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE.

For all technical issues please contact JobHelp@loc.gov , no ler than 4:30pm EST of the Closing De.

REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS WILL NOT BE GRANTED.

Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Customer Service Center Phone 202-707-5620 Fax 000-000-0000 JobHelp@loc.gov Address

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 101

Independence Ave.

SE LM107

Washington, District of Columbia 20540 United Stes Next steps Please review our evaluion process under "How You Will Be Evalued." You may check the stus of your applicion for this position any time by logging onto the USAJOBS "My USAJOBS" tab and clicking on "My Applicions". You will receive final notificion via e-mail when this vacancy has been filled.

Selection Process:

Applicions Received 1. Student applicions are received 2. Applicions are reviewed for completeness and incomplete applicions are disqualified Applicant is Interviewed 1. Work Study Student Position becomes available 2. Hiring Manager calls student applicants for interview 3. Hiring Manager interviews student applicants 4. Students receive an upde from their Hiring Manager shortly after the interview if they have been selected for a position. Students who have not received calls or e-mails have not been selected and remain in the pool of student applicants for considerion for other Work Study Student positions when they become available. Applicant is Hired 1. Human Resources calls student applicant to offer the position and sends out Official Offer Letter to student, Vocional Teacher, and Hiring Manager 2. Student reports to jobsite for first day of employment 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 Open & closing des 05/04/2026 to 04/23/2027 Salary $16.79

• $16.79 per hour Pay scale & grade GS 01 Locions Many vacancies in the following locions: Washington, DC MANY vacancies Hytsville, MD Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Internships
• Appointment up to 1 year to concur with public high school calendar. Work schedule Part-time
• Up to 20 hours per week. Monday
• Friday 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. OR Monday
• Friday 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
• available from August 19, 2025 through June 30, 2026.

Service Excepted Promotion potential 01 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Announcement number 2026/2027 Work Study Control number 867845900